AS the world marked the 2020 World Health Day, April 7, The World Health Organisation, WHO says the  world needs no less than six million more nurses to achieve global health targets, with the low and lower middle-income countries suffering the most acute nurse shortages.

As New York City faced one of its darkest days with the death toll from the coronavirus surging past 4,000 — more than the number killed on 9/11 — the Chinese city where the global pandemic began lifted its final restrictions on movement Wednesday as deaths there plummeted. The tale of two cities came as […]

United States President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday, threatened to freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, saying the international group had “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also commented on the release of January memos from a senior adviser that represented an early warning of a possible coronavirus pandemic, saying he had […]

Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region. The organisation highlighted the bravery and defiance of people who took to the streets to demand change […]

Supercomputers are playing their part in urgent research into the novel coronavirus, which could help speed up the development of treatments. The powerful machines are able to process huge amounts of data in a matter of days, compared to months on a regular computer. This means they can screen libraries of potential antiviral drugs, including […]

THE Lekki-Epe Expressway was on traffic gridlock, yesterday, for the second day, despite the lockdown introduced by the Federal Government to check the spread of coronavirus pandemic.

The European Union is set to give 15 billion euros’ (16.3 billion dollars’) worth of support to Africa and other regions of the world for their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “In a few weeks, Africa and our neighbours could be facing the same enormous challenges that we here in Europe are currently facing,” […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Plans by the Federal Government to source as much as the sum of $6.9 billion from international lenders to fight the COVID-19pandemic has been described by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a ploy by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to deceive Nigerians. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, […]

Victor Ogunyinka Nigeria has taken its total confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) to 254, just as 16 new cases have been confirmed Tuesday evening. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) explained that of the 16 new cases reported on the 7th of April, ten (10) are in Lagos, two(2) is in FCT, two(2) are […]

Dr. Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator- General, National Park Service has called on the public to reduce excessive closeness and interaction with wildlife in order to curb some avoidable diseases including COVID-19. Goni made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He said there was […]

So far, countries across the African continent and further afield have implemented varying testing strategies in their countries, without a one-size-fits-all approach used universally. While comparisons across countries are being made, most countries have been challenged in their testing capacity and the approach adopted for the coronavirus (COVID-19), testing. Since the first case of coronavirus […]

The grieving mother of Emeka, a London bus driver who died of coronavirus has revealed that her son’s heartbreaking final words were ‘I’m not going to make it, mum.’  Emeka Nyack, 36, who drove the number four bus from Blackfriars to Archway, succumbed to the disease on Saturday after fighting it for more than two […]

The new coronavirus isn’t picky about who it infects — so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt? Experts say the community is disproportionately impacted by underlying conditions linked to poverty, and often faces challenges in accessing testing and health care. “We know that blacks are more […]

Can Coronavirus spread through air conditioning? This question has become poignant as winter in the northern hemisphere turns to summer and air conditioning units begin to rattle into life as people begin to feel the heat. However, with the coronavirus pandemic underway, some have asked the question as to whether it is safe to use […]

By Joseph Erunke THE medical aids and professionals provided by the Chinese government to assist Nigeria combat coronavirus (COVID-19) will arrive on Wednesday, April 8. The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, the main contractor handling the rail modernisation programme of the federal government, facilitating the assistance of the medical experts announced Tuesday night in […]