Tag: Covid-19
Johnson scraps COVID-19 curbs in England
Johnson's "living with COVID" plan has sparked alarm that it is premature and will leave the country vulnerable to new…
UK’s Boris Johnson to scrap COVID-19 restrictions
Under the plans Britain will become the first major European country to allow people who know they are infected with…
Outpouring of ‘get well’ messages for COVID-19 struck Queen Elizabeth
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson led the official response, saying he was sure he spoke for the nation when he…
Africa’s COVID-19 cases exceed 11.06m – Africa CDC
South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Ethiopia are among the countries with the most cases on the continent, said the…
Pfizer’s COVID drug Paxlovid approved for emergency use
China has yet to approve any COVID-19 vaccines developed by foreign drugmakers but has vaccinated 87.1% of its entire population…
World hits 400m in COVID-19 cases
While cases have begun to level off in many countries, more than 2 million cases are still being reported on…
24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed at Beijing Olympics
The new figures bring the total number of COVID-19 infections detected at the Beijing Winter Games to 385 since Jan.…
Indonesia bans tourists arriving via Jakarta airport
The Southeast Asian country has seen a jump in cases, with more than 36,000 infections recorded on Sunday and the…
Honduran president Castro tests positive for COVID-19
The 62-year-old, who put the left back in power 12 years after her husband was ousted in a coup, was…
Unvaccinated people accounted for recent COVID-19 deaths in FCT – Minister
Also, the Secretary for Health and Human Services of the FCTA, Dr Abubakar Tafida, revealed that 433,000 people in the…
New Zealand records 243 new COVID cases
Health ministry data show 93% of those eligible above the age of 12 have been fully vaccinated and 49% of…
Daily COVID-19 cases tumble in Nigeria
Confirmed cases in Nigeria stood at 253,540 as at 4 February. Death toll remained unchanged at 3,136.
Singapore’s daily local COVID-19 cases triple
Authorities have previously warned that daily cases could rise to as many as 15,000 due to the highly transmissible Omicron…
900,000 Americans die of COVID-19 in new grim milestone
Experts said COVID-19 is not finished with the U.S. yet as the country may hit one million deaths by April.
Portugal to drop COVID test requirement for arriving passengers
The Interior Ministry, which is responsible for the entry of people into the country, could not immediately provide further details,…