World Health Organisation (WHO) says Omicron wave is threatening to overwhelm health workers in the coming weeks in Europe, with forecasts that more Europeans are likely to become infected with the variant. Currently, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 represents a “new west to east tidal wave sweeping across the...
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Global growth will slow down over the next two years in the face of “fresh threats” from COVID-19 variants and rising inflation, debt and income inequality, the World Bank said on Tuesday in its latest report. While economic growth experienced a strong rebound in 2021, it is expected to...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is to bar workers from accessing their offices as from Jan. 17 if they are unable to show proof of their vaccination against COVID-19. The Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communication, Malam Abubakar Sani, announced this in a...
The Bauchi State Government says it has targeted 2.286 million children for immunisation against polio in the 2022 first round exercise. The Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this at the inauguration of the exercise on Saturday in Bauchi. Dr. Mohammed said the exercise...
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday renewed its call for vaccine equity and solidarity to defeat COVID-19 pandemic as the highest number of cases were reported last week across the globe. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, told journalists in Geneva at his first press briefing in 2022 that the dawn...
Africa is approaching 10 million coronavirus infections as the pandemic goes into its fifth wave in certain countries on the continent. John Nkengasong of the African Union’s health body said on Thursday. “We might be tired of the virus, but the virus is not tired,” the director of the...
A Professor of Virology, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has said it is too early to predict that the COVID-19 pandemic will end soon as there are opportunities for virus transmission and the possible emergence of new variants. Prog. Tomori, who is also a former Vice-Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede,...
Lionel Messi is set to return to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) after testing negative for COVID-19. The Ligue 1 leaders announced on Sunday that the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner had returned a positive test while back home in Argentina. Messi subsequently missed the commanding 4-0 win over Vannes in the...
Liverpool’s 2021/2022 English League Cup semi-final first leg tie against Arsenal on Thursday has been postponed due to rising COVID-19 cases within Jürgen Klopp’s squad. Since the club initially asked on Tuesday evening for the match to be rearranged, there have been more positive tests – including assistant manager...
U.S. President Joe Biden says the country has given out over 70 million booster shots, urging America residents who are eligible for booster doses to get them as soon as possible. Biden, who disclosed this before a briefing with his COVID-19 advisers at the White House on Tuesday, also...
The presidency has announced that visitors to the presidential villa in Abuja would be required to take rapid COVID tests before they would be allowed to gain entrance. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu explained to Channels Television that the new development...
The Lagos State Government says it has identified and started communicating with about 6,500 inbound passengers who are suspected to have breached COVID-19 travel guidelines. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday. “We have commenced communicating with 6,500 inbound...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Mohammed Bello has been diagnosed of COVID-19. Mallam Bello, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, said he started feeling sick on Tuesday and his test result for the virus came out positive...
The UK Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has pledged up to £105 million of UK emergency aid to help vulnerable countries tackle the Omicron Covid-19 variant, with a particular focus on Africa. The vital aid will be delivered through trusted partners, such as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),...
Nigerian international and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen has again tested positive for COVID-19. The club announced this on Thursday, as preparations towards next month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon gears up. “Napoli has announced that Victor Osimhen has tested positive for COVID-19 but is asymptomatic. Dr Tartaro...
Hundreds of thousands more people were confined to their homes in northern China Tuesday as the country battled its worst Covid surge in 21 months and locked-down residents took to social media to complain about food shortages. China — where the virus emerged two years ago — has followed...
The Premier League in England announced on Monday that 103 new coronavirus cases among club players and staff. It was the highest weekly number recorded since testing figures began being circulated in May last year. The league has also confirmed it has reverted to emergency measures following a raft...
COVID-19 did not look kindly on Nigeria on Christmas Day as it hit 1,305 persons and took 21 lives. Sixteen of the lives lost were recorded in Imo. The 21 deaths recorded on Christmas Day increased Nigeria’s death toll to the virus to 3,014 from the 2,993 level of...
Over 4,500 flights were cancelled around the world by Saturday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel, according to tracking website Flightaware. One route, however, was thankfully not affected: Santa was on track delivering presents to children across the globe, air defense...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has asked Nigerians to avoid unnecessary travels in order to spread the spread of the Omicron variant in the country. He also called on the citizens to continue to adhere to all Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) including the regular...