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September 8, 2022 No Responses

WHO Reports Global Decline In COVID 19 Cases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says cases of COVID-19 have declined globally. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this on Wednesday in an online COVD-19 media briefing. “This is very encouraging. But there is no guarantee these trends will persist....

August 12, 2022 No Responses

COVID-19: Akwa Ibom Leads As Nigeria Confirms 517 New Cases

Akwa Ibom is driving Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 surge as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 517 additional infections between Aug. 6 and Aug.11, 2022. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Thursday. It said that....

December 26, 2021 No Responses

Worship Centres Flout COVID-19 Protocols

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the birthday of Jesus Christ on Saturday, some churches in Abuja did not obey/enforce the COVID-19 protocols of wearing face mask and social distancing. Christmas is an annual festival...

December 15, 2021 No Responses

US Surpasses 800,000 Covid-19 Deaths

More than 800,000 Americans have now died from the coronavirus, the highest recorded national death toll from the global pandemic. It comes as the US reached 50 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday. Most deaths have been recorded among...

September 26, 2021 No Responses

Lagos, Edo Top List As Nigeria Records 210 New COVID-19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded two more COVID-19-related deaths with 210 additional cases in the last 24 hours. NCDC, in its latest update on Sunday morning, explained that the cases were reported in 12 states and the...

September 4, 2021 No Responses

Edo, Akwa Ibom Top List Of 444 New Covid-19 Cases, 7 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded seven more Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths and 444 new infections from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NCDC explained that the 444 fresh cases reported on Friday, i...

August 24, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19: Lagos Uses 400 0xygen Cylinders Per Day

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that severe COVID-19 patients in the state currently utilise 400 oxygen cylinders per day since the outbreak of the third wave. Sanwo-Olu stated this on Monday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, during...

August 22, 2021 No Responses

Capital Market Committee Donates 2000 Covid-19 Protective Suits To Lagos

The Capital Market Support Committee for COVID-19 (CMSCC) has donated 2000 protective suits to the Lagos State Government to help battle the current third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The CMSCC is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

August 15, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Records 665 New Cases Of Covid-19, Eight Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 665 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths across the country. According to NCDC, the new cases were reported from 13 states- Lagos (369), Anambra (68), Oyo (63), Akwa Ibom (48),...

August 6, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Records 566 New Covid-19 Cases, 11 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday reported 566 additional COVID-19 infections due to a surge in the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The NCDC, which made this known via its website on Friday Morning,...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria Records 444 New Infections, 11 Deaths In 24 hours

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 11 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24-hours, adding to a recent surge in infections, driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The NCDC, which made this known...

July 17, 2021 No Responses

Israel Imposes Quarantine On All Inbound Travelers

Israel’s health ministry announced on Friday that all passengers entering Israeli borders would have to go through a mandatory quarantine. The ministry said the new regulation would start from Friday. It said that passengers arriving from the cou...

February 22, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 521 New Coronavirus, Eight Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 521 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 152,074. NCDC explained that the country’s daily COVID-19 infection rate has dropped below 1...

February 5, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19 Claims 734 Indian Doctors

India’s main association of physicians, on Thursday, said more than four times as many doctors had died than the government has said. This is as the country ramps up vaccination of health-care professionals in its bid to contain the COVID-19...