By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. A statement issued on Wednesday by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said the three cases were linked to passengers from South Africa Recalled that...
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The Nigerian government has reassured the Republic of South Africa that it will continue to strengthen bilateral ties between both countries for the mutual benefits of both country’s citizens and economies. Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said this on Monday at the closing of the Ministerial Meeting...
The surprising number of mutations in the Omicron Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant could signal that it originated in a patient with HIV or another immunodeficiency, a top German immunology expert said. Carsten Watzl, secretary general of the German Society for Immunology, told dpa that it was not only conceivable but...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta variant. WHO, in a statement on Sunday, said that its experts, researchers in South Africa and around the world are currently conducting studies to better understand Omicron. The...
The head of the World Health Organisation in Africa on Sunday urged countries to follow the science rather than imposing flight bans in a bid to contain the new Omicron coronavirus variant. “With the Omicron variant now detected in several regions of the world, putting in place travel bans...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “immediately and urgently” reverse scientifically “unjustified” travel bans linked to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant Omicron. “We call upon all those countries that have imposed travel bans on our country and our southern African sister countries...
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 in Southern Africa. The new variant “is considered highly transmissible” and has already triggered a new wave of travel restrictions targeted at countries in...
The Angolan authorities on Saturday announced the suspension of flights to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Tanzania due to the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, known as B.1.1.529 or Omicron. Francisco Pereira Furtado, the Angolan minister of state and head of the security house of...
South Africa’s health ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as “draconian,” unscientific and contrary to WHO advice. The new strain, named Omicron, has been blamed for a surge in cases in South Africa, but has...
Police on Monday reported that a group of armed gangsters attacked the police station of Malamulele in South Africa’s Limpopo province. According to police reports, the gunmen took rifles, pistols as well as an unknown quantity of ammunition, and forced some of the officers into one of their official...
President of the African Import Export Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, has said Africa’s creative industry is a potent instrument that could grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of African countries and pull the youths out of poverty. Oramah said this at the two-day Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX), which...
The Intra-African Trade Fair 2021 (IATF 2021) came to an end on Sunday in Durban, South Africa, recording $36 billion deals during the week long event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event held physically in Durban, South Africa, while some other participants joined virtually from...