COVID-19: Too early to predict end to pandemic, new variants – Prof. Tomori
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 […]
omicron variant
UK confirms first death from Omicron COVID-19 variant
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said at least one person infected with Omicron had died, as the country began an ambitious booster programme […]
Sanwo-Olu suspends Lagos peace walk due to Omicron outbreak
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that preparations towards Lagos peace walk planned for December 2021 be put on hold. The governor disclosed this […]
COVID-19: FG to vaccinate 70% citizens by end of 2022
The Federal Government has said it is prepared to vaccinate 70 per cent of the Nigerian population before the end of 2022. The Chairman of […]
Omicron: Ban on African countries unfair, discriminatory — Adesina
The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the travel ban on some African countries over Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant is […]
Prepare for likely spread of Omicron, WHO urges countries
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to prepare for the likely spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant as scientists continue […]
No reports of deaths from Omicron variant – WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The WHO said […]
Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise – WHO
African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant. This became necessary as weekly new COVID-19 cases in […]
Omicron: Travel ban on Southern African countries, form of stigmatisation – AU
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has said the travel ban on southern African countries, due to COVID-19 Omicron variant, it a […]
Ramaphosa visits Nigeria, asks countries to lift travel ban imposed on S/Africa
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a lifting of the travel ban imposed on his country and other sister countries. Ramaphosa said the […]
Global vaccination plan is ‘only way out’ of pandemic – UN Chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has said the only way out of COVID-19 pandemic and out of unjustly distribution of vaccines is through a global vaccination […]
No recorded case of Omicron variant in Nigeria – NCDC
The Federal Government has insisted that the country is yet to record a case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, despite Canadian authorities’ claims […]
NCDC ‘monitoring’ new COVID-19 variant Omicron, urges Nigerians to get vaccinated
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said it was monitoring emerging evidence on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, which was first recently identified […]