After shifting the goal post from January ending to late February and then March, the Federal Government says it will take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, March 2. A statement […]
Ghana is scheduled to receive Wednesday the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a World Health Organization-backed effort to procure and distribute inoculations for free to poor countries. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are part […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday unveiled his ‘cautious’ lockdown exit strategy which could see life in England return to something close to normal by June at the earliest. Mr Johnson’s plan for easing restrictions will […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the emergency use of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The vaccine was recently approved by the W.H.O for emergency use. Director-General […]
People who have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been found to have strong T-cell responses against the Kent and South African variants of Covid, suggesting that the vaccine will continue to protect […]
People who have received the full course of Covid-19 vaccines can skip the standard 14-day quarantine after exposure to someone with the infection as long as they remain asymptomatic, US public health officials advised. The […]
By Mary Ugbodaga The presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 says international travellers, who violate the guidelines on preventing the spread of the virus, risk imprisonment. Mukhtar Muhammad, national incident manager (NIM) of PTF, disclosed […]
The Israeli co-founder of a nasal spray that kills 99.9% of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, has told Jewish News that she believes the spray will be a game changer in the fight against Covid-19. […]
The current situation with regard to the access and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines vividly illustrates the decades-old contradictions of the world order. Rich and powerful nations have rushed to lock up supply of multiple vaccine […]
By Mary Ugbodaga The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has it the 2.3 million mark. This is according to data obtained from Worldometer, a global statistics platform that provides real-time updates on the pandemic. […]
The federal government is in talks with some countries and other strategic partners to get COVID-19 vaccines into Nigeria by end of February 2021. Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, said this in a recent […]
An experimental cancer drug derived from a poisonous plant could stop Covid-19 in its tracks, researchers believe. Nottingham University academics claim thapsigargin should be effective against the coronavirus behind the pandemic and others that cause […]
A fresh lockdown could be on the way in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and other major cities in the country on account of the rising number of Covid-19 cases, the National Incident Manager of the Presidential […]
The UK’s 2020 vaccine chief today revealed she cracked open the wine and ‘broke dry January’ last night after learning another jab set be made in Britain was proven to beat Covid-19. Kate Bingham, who […]
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has warned that the nation might resort to the extreme option of another lockdown, if Nigerians fail to comply with prescribed guidelines and protocols. […]
A new ‘red-list’ of high risk countries has been laid out by Downing Street, in a bid to keep mutant strains of coronavirus at bay. UK nationals and residents returning from these destinations will have […]
UK travellers will be interrogated at the border on their reasons for going abroad, Boris Johnson has said, as he confirmed that British citizens returning from high-risk countries must quarantine in hotels at their own […]
Changes to the mouth, hands or feet could be the latest signs of infection with the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. Researchers found that 25 percent of COVID-19 patients seen in April 2020 had […]
An experimental coronavirus drug which is now being trialled on the NHS has been found to be 100 per cent effective in protecting against symptomatic cases of the virus. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday […]
Who will be forced to quarantine in hotels? As a first step, British travellers returning from high-risk countries where new strains of the virus have been detected, such as Brazil and South Africa, will be […]
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