The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 301 additional infections of COVID-19 on Sunday. The NCDC via its verified website on Monday morning, also disclosed that eight people were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications on Sunday, bringing the country’s fatality toll to 3,103. It however stated that the eight fatalities were…
No fewer than 2,195,779 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Lagos as at Jan.12, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said. Abayomi disclosed this on Saturday through his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi while giving the state’s Vaccination Update. According to him, 1,026,144 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were administered as…
Yemi Sodeeq While some teams are reeling from the pains of the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, it is yet good news again for the Super Eagles of Nigeria as all the players have now been medically cleared to file out against Sudan. According to futballgalore.com, the latest round of tests indicates that there was no Covid-19…
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has given a vaccination waiver for individuals aged 16 and 17 to enable them to receive coronavirus jabs. The agency said this in an advisory made available to journalists on Thursday. “The NPHCDA has given a waiver for persons aged 16 and 17 to receive COVID-19 vaccines if required…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19. The drug baricitinib (a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis) is strongly recommended for patients with severe or critical covid-19 in combination with corticosteroids, says a WHO Guideline Development Group…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period. Briefing reporters in Geneva, WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the “huge spike” was being driven by…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it has recorded six more fatalities due to complications from the COVID-19 infection as of Jan. 12, 2022. The NCDC, on its verified website on Thursday morning, also said that 432 new cases of the virus were recorded in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja….
India on Wednesday urged state ministries of health to stockpile medical oxygen supplies towards containing a significant surge in Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections across the country. India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said since the beginning of January, the number of active COVID-19 cases in India had increased over 13 times to more than 955,000….
World Health Organisation (WHO) Technical Advisory Group has warned that current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure their continued effectiveness against Omicron and future variants. The opinion is contained in an interim statement from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, an expert group appointed by the UN health agency,…
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory in Abuja, urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and state government workers. This came to fore as the percentage…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced 766 fresh COVID-19 infections with one death recorded across 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a update on its verified website on Sunday, the NCDC said the country’s fatality toll from the disease now stood at 3,071. The public health agency disclosed…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC says about four Nigerians died in the last 24 hours following complications from the COVID-19 disease. The health agency made this known in an update on its verified Facebook page on Saturday morning. According to the update, the country has recorded 791 more cases of the disease in…
State begins administering booster shots The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency (KPHCDA), Dr Nusirat Elelu, on Friday that about 11 per cent of residents had so far received the COVID-19 vaccines. She said that at least 455,808 people had so far been vaccinated with the first and second doses of the…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arriving in Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after a video emerged of him partying with teammates in Dubai on the eve of the tournament. The 32-year-old now has to self-isolate and is a major doubt for Gabon’s opening two matches against Comoros on Monday…
An epidemiologist, Dr Adeola Oludare, says the new Omicron variant is spreading faster than all other variants of COVID-19. Oludare told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja, that COVID-19 cases were on a steep rise around the globe ever since the Omicron variant was discovered. She noted that the infection was…
The Bauchi State Government has begun administration of 83,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to stem spread of Omicron variant. Gov. Bala Mohammed, stated this at the inauguration of the mass vaccination exercise on Wednesday in Bauchi. Mohammed, represented by his deputy, Sen. Baba Tela, said the state government had received 83,000 doses of…
Sequel to its earlier directives, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that all candidates, clients and other members of the public below the age of 18 years are not required to produce any vaccination card before being allowed access to its facilities. The Board said these categories of persons are not covered…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, stated that the country has recorded Eight-hundred-and-fifty-nine new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, making the figures of infection’s tally to 238,420 and the death toll to 3,024. It said that the country also lost two persons to the virus on the same day, adding that the…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that approximately 10 million Nigerians have received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. In an interview with news men on Monday, the Executive Director, Dr. Faisal Shuaib gave the update. Shuaib said Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Jigawa and Osun States were the leading states and contributed 36…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has hinted that no person in Nigeria has died of COVID-19 with the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, the Omicron variant, in the country, as the variant surges across the country. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Data from the African Union…
The United States government has promised to ship the remaining 18 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria in coming weeks. Nigeria had earlier gotten 18 million doses from the United States. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard made the promise in a valedictory message to Nigeria today. The ambassador said “As…
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has advised Nigerians to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays responsibly — asking them to avoid mass gatherings and unneccesary interstate travels. The Chairman, PSC on COVID-19, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha made the call in a statement…
No fewer than 1,066,214 doses of expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have been destroyed by the Nigerian government. The vaccines were destroyed at the Gosa Dumping site on Tuesday in Abuja. This batch is said to be part of the 2,594,100 vaccine doses received on the 11th and 29th of October of which only 1,527,886 were…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja received his booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Presidential Villa. It is gathered that the president had taken his first jab of the vaccine on March 6 and the second jab on May 29, 2021. The booster vaccine was administered on the president on Tuesday by…
The South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after spending a week in isolation following a COVID test which returned positive, his office said Monday. Ramaphosa, 69, who is fully vaccinated, felt unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former president FW de Klerk in Cape Town on December 12 as his…
The Nigerian Government has been urged to be intentional about the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine plant in the country to be able to cater to the needs of the over 200 million Nigerian citizens living in Nigeria. Some pharmaceutical and virology experts spoke in the light of the current revelation by Reuters that some…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the Federal Government to clamp down on racketeers issuing fake vaccine cards to outbound travellers from Nigeria to developed countries. Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, the President of LCCI at a press briefing on Thursday in Lagos said that the government must take the COVID-19 pandemic as…
The Lagos State Government has threatened to prosecute anyone flouting COVID-19 guidelines and travel protocols released by the Presidential Steering Committee. The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this on Tuesday, adding that his government, through the courts, will prosecute anyone found wanting in compliance with guidelines. In a statement signed by the Governor’s…
The Nigerian Government is prepared to vaccinate 70 per cent of the Nigerian population before the end of 2022, the Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, said at the Nigeria’s COVID-19 Summit 2021 in Abuja on Monday. “We are now in the era of vaccines and non-pharmaceutical intervention measures. “We…
Taraba State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai has confirmed that no person living with HIV/AIDS died as a result of COVID-19 complication in the state. Unlike other parts of the country where many HIV positive persons were alleged to have died as a result of COVID=19 complication, the state did not record any such…
