Covid-19 Archives — Page 2 of 27

December 18, 2021 No Responses

WHO Approves Covovax Vaccine For Emergency Use

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday approved the Covovax vaccine for Emergency Use Listing (EUL), elevating to nine the number of immunisations approved to fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The vaccine is produced by the Serum Institute of India,...

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...

November 29, 2021 No Responses

Ayade Suspends Calabar Carnival Over Insecurity, Omicron COVID-19 Variant

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has suspended the 2021 annual Calabar carnival due to insecurity and the outbreak of Omicron COVID-19 variant. Mr Linus Obogo, Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ayade, disclosed this in an interview with th...

October 8, 2021 No Responses

NCDC Tasks Media On Extensive Covid-19 Advocacy

The outgoing Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has challenged the media to carry out more advocacy roles as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking on Thursday in Lagos at ...

October 8, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Explains Measures For COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery, Reconstruction

The Federal Government has outlined some of the measures being implemented for COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Reconstruction in the country, after taking steps to contain the spread of infection, minimize casualties and ensure that clinical services could cope...

October 2, 2021 No Responses

World Bank Approves $400m Credit For Nigeria

The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $400 million credit for Nigeria from its International Development Association (IDA) for COVID-19 vaccine acquisition. A statement issued on Friday, in Washington, explained that the&nb...

September 28, 2021 No Responses

PSC Bans 2,000 Nigerians From Traveling Abroad

The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19 has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from traveling abroad and into the country for one year, for evading the Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s internat...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

CAC Registers 245,000 SMEs Free Of Charge

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has registered more than 245,000 Small and Medium Enterprises businesses free of charge. The Registrar-General, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday&...

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 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 15, 2021 No Responses

World’s Largest Airlines Plunges By $12b As COVID-19 Cases Climb

Airline companies are still far from pre-pandemic profit and sales as some of their businesses, like business travel, are not even comparable to normal levels. However, the growing number of COVID-19 cases, fears of new travel restrictions due to...

August 14, 2021 No Responses

Oil Extends Losses As Covid-19 Slows Demand

Oil prices fell for a second day on Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that demand growth for crude and its products had slowed sharply as surging COVID-19 cases worldwide forced governments to revive movement restrictions.Reute...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 610 New Cases Of COVID-19, Two Deaths

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 610 new cases of COVID-19 infections, the second-highest in nearly six months. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the new infections took the country’s total confirmed cases to 179,118, from the 422 ca...