The Lagos State government has closed down all COVID-19 vaccination centers across the state, despite the fact that the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign was completed with the vaccination of 257, 756 people. The State government said it acted in accordance with a guideline from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, that
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S.H.O.C.K.E.R: Elderly Woman Dies In Japan Days After Receiving Pfizer Vaccine
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced on Tuesday that a Japanese woman in her 60s died several days after being administered a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The woman, said to have no underlying conditions or allergies received the shot on Feb.26. She died on March 1, from what is presumed
Read moreNigerian Government Distributes N20,000 Each To 8,000 Women In Lagos
Mrs Rhoda Iliya, Nigeria’s Deputy Director of Information, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Iliya explained that Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, at the pr on Friday in Lagos reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to alleviate
Read moreFrance Introduces Tougher Covid-19 Restrictions For Non-EU Travellers
People traveling from non-EU countries to France will no longer be allowed enter by presenting a negative result from a quick COVID-19 test, but cross-Channel truck drivers will be exempt, the French government said on Friday. The new rules, which come into force from Monday, Jan. 18, and are set out in a French government
Read moreBREAKING: NCDC Announces New variant Of Coronavirus Emergence In Nigeria
A new variant of the deadly coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the alerted the nation on Thursday. The body however, announced plans to commence further investigation. “It’s a separate lineage from the U.K. and South Africa. Give us some time, it’s still very early”,
Read moreCOVID-19: Nigeria Records 1,133 New Infections, Total Hits 80,922
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,133 new infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the total figure of infected persons to 80,922. NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. More than 903,800 samples have been tested by the public health agency since the first confirmed case in February.
Read moreItaly, Europe’s Worst-Hit Country By Covid-19, Passes 70,000 Deaths
Italy reported 553 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 628 the day before, taking its total toll past 70,000, the health ministry said. The daily tally of new infections increased to 14,522 from 13,318. The first Western country hit by the virus, Italy becomes the fifth nation in the world to surpass 70,000 deaths, with an
Read more2nd wave of Covid-19: Our isolation center, other measures ready -NAUTH
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic should not be a source of worry to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) and its host communities since measures are already put in place to contain it while members of the public are expected to play their own part. This was the submission of the Chairman,
Read moreCOVID-19: Nigeria Records 11 More Deaths, 806 New Cases
Nigeria’s coronavirus death toll rose on Friday with the recent surge in new cases of fatalities as the country slips into the second wave of the pandemic. The total death tally from COVID-19 in Nigeria rose to 1, 212 on Friday after 11 more people died from the virus in the last 24 hours, NCDC,
Read moreCOVID-19: 18 Nigerian Army generals test positive for corona virus
At least 18 Nigerian Army generals have tested positive for COVID-19, military sources have claimed. According to Channels Television, the generals contracted the killer virus after they earlier came in contact with Major General Olu Irefin who died from COVID-19 complications last week. The affected senior army officers were attendees of the 2020 Chief of
Read moreFederal Government Says Nigerian-Made COVID-19 Vaccines Are Underway
Nigeria may be listed soon as one of the league of countries with breakthroughs in the development of candidate vaccines for tackling COVID-19 pandemic disease. This was disclosed by the Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Professor Babatunde Lawal Salako, at the Ministerial Health Sector Media Engagement in Abuja on yesterday.
Read moreWHO Looks At Possible ‘E-Vaccination Certificates’ For Travel
The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend countries issuing “immunity passports” for those who have recovered from COVID-19, but is looking at prospects of deploying e-vaccination certificates like those it is developing with Estonia. Estonia and the United Nations health agency in October started a pilot project for a digital vaccine certificate – a
Read moreAbia: 17 NYSC Members Test Negative To Covid-19
Commissioner for Health, Abia State, Dr Joe Osuji has disclosed that 17 members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, currently at the orientation camp at Umunna, Bende council area, have tested positive to Covid-19. Osuji, who said this in an interview with Journalists, added that the corps members were made to go through compulsory
Read moreCOVID-19 Update: NCDC Confirms169 New Cases
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday evening, confirmed 169 new cases of coronavirus infection in Nigeria. The health agency disclosed this in a statement via its Twitter handle. This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 66974 which includes 62,585 discharged cases and 1,169 deaths. Below is the
Read moreCOVID-19: NCDC Confirms 56 New Infections
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 56 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Monday. It said that the infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 66,439. The NCDC said that the new infections were from
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