COVID-19

The US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and developed mild symptoms, the White House said on Tuesday, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for a second time. The 71-year-old wife of the…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have expressed dismay that only nine per cent of rural dwellers in Enugu have received the COVID-19 vaccine. They disclosed on Saturday during the 2022…

Akwa Ibom is driving Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 surge as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 517 additional infections between August 6 and 11. The NCDC disclosed this via its official website on Thursday. It said…

Health experts and stakeholders have called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to publish the 2020, 2021 and 2022 COVID-19 and health security expenditure report. The experts include non-governmental organisations working in the…

German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which partnered with U.S. giant Pfizer to bring one of the world’s first coronavirus vaccines to market, has increased its turnover in the first half of the year. The increase was by 30.1 per cent…

Medical specialists on Wednesday berated the Kogi State Authorities for banning using face masks in public locations as a part of efforts to sort out insecurity within the state. They described the ban as a technique by the governor to…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has again warned of a possible fifth wave of the Covid-19 virus in the country, given the resurgence in the number of confirmed cases. It disclosed that about 1,332 cases were recorded in one week.…

Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani, said on Saturday that the state has recorded fresh 74 COVID-19 cases thus necessitating return to preventive measures to prevent spread of the deadly virus. Filani said residents…

President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, his administration announced, saying the 79-year-old leader was experiencing “mild symptoms” and would carry out his full duties while isolating at the White House. “He is…

As Muslim faithful prepare to mark the 2022 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has urged Nigerians to prevent the onset of a full-fledged fifth COVID-19 wave by adhering to recommended public health safety…