COVID-19

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Nigerians about counterfeit COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits in circulation. The notification is contained in a NAFDAC public alert released to…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it has transitioned from weekly case announcements for COVID-19 to biweekly situation reports for COVID-19. The NCDC disclosed this in its public…

Hong Kong on Tuesday announced that it would no longer require residents to use a scanning app to enter venues and that overseas arrivals could now visit bars and restaurants from the moment they land in a further easing of COVID-19…

The director-general of the World Health Organization said Friday that due to COVID-19 “more than 8,500 people lost their lives last week — which is not acceptable three years into the pandemic, when we have so many tools to prevent…

China is softening its tone on the severity of the COVID-19 and has began easing some coronavirus restrictions even as its daily case toll hovers near record highs, after anger over the world’s toughest curbs fuelled protests across the…

The Federal Government, on Thursday, said that it had committed the sum of $21m to acquire a Boeing 737 simulator to further build the capacity of pilots. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while giving the scorecard…

Of the 3.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Nigeria since March 2021, health workers took 1.4 million jabs. This was disclosed by the executive secretary of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA),…

iPhone producers, Apple, on Monday, warned customers to expect delays in the shipment of iPhones due to COVID-19 restrictions at a manufacturing factory in China. Apple manufacturing partner, Foxconn’s iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, China,…

The World Bank says the world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, according to a new World Bank study. This is contained in a statement by the World Bank on Thursday. According to the statement, this is due…

Fans attending the World Cup in Qatar must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test regardless of their vaccination status, organisers said in a statement on Thursday. All visitors aged six and above must present a negative result from a…