World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 pandemic has triggered 25 per cent increase in anxiety and depression globally in the first year of the pandemic. The UN health agency’s new report suggested that the greatest deterioration in mental health took place in the areas worst-hit by COVID-19 -where infections were high and social interaction was […]

By Joseph Erunke The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has said more than 250,000 cases and 3,000 deaths were recorded in Nigeria in the last two years of the spread of COVID-19 pandemic to Nigeria. Director-General of NCDC, Dr Ifetayo Adetifa, in a press release, Monday, said the country has learnt major lessons in […]

Dr Okai Aku, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) on Tuesday said Nigeria had the human and material resources to deliver on the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines. Aku, a public health expert, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls […]

No fewer than 115,500 health workers died from COVID-19 in 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, linked to a “systemic lack of safeguards”, according to UN agencies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organsiation (ILO) on Monday warned that health teams worldwide needed much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they […]

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo, on Thursday, flagged off mass COVID-19 vaccination in the state. Uzodimma, who performed the flag-off in Owerri, urged residents of the state to ignore conspiracy theories behind the vaccine, and avail themselves of the opportunity to get vaccinated. He thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his pragmatic approach to the fight […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi A total of 98,271 persons have been fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic in Benue state. This was made known by the State Health Educator, Benue State Primary Healthcare Board, Mr. Emmanuel Beeka at a One- Day Media Refresher Orientation workshop organised by Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) for media professionals in […]

Beijing Municipal Commission of Education opposes making mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of children as a condition of their admission to schools and kindergartens. In a statement, the committee said “we oppose the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccination being a condition for children’s admission to education in schools and kindergartens.’’ The committee also advocated against educational institutions […]

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 36 coronavirus infections across four states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The latest statistics released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), shows that the new confirmed cases have increased the country’s infection toll to 253,727. With no fatalities recorded, the NCDC said, the country’s death […]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has integrated childhood vaccination at COVID-19 vaccination sites for children from 0-23 months. This is to ensure that preventable childhood diseases are not neglected in the face of the response against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the National COVID-19 […]

An Israeli hospital on Monday said preliminary research indicates a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine provides only limited defence against the omicron variant that is raging around the world. Sheba Hospital last month began administering a fourth vaccine to more than 270 medical workers — 154 who received a Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine and 120 others […]