Over 80 drone applications under review, training centre in pipeline — NCAA
Stories by Dickson Omobola Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has said it is in the process of approving a new aviation training facility for drone operators. NCAA’s Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Engineer Godwin Balang, said the agency has chosen to be methodical to ensure the facility met all operational benchmarks. Balang, who spoke at the […]
Denmark completely stops using AstraZeneca vaccine
Denmark is completely halting the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, Danish Health Administration head Soren Brostrom has said. The vaccination campaign will continue without the shot from the British-Swedish company, Brostrom said at a press conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Denmark had temporarily suspended vaccinations with the AstraZeneca shot on March 11 as a precautionary […]
Germany decides against AstraZeneca for second jab for under-60s
People under 60 in Germany who were given the AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose will switch to a different vaccine for the second dose, German federal and state health ministers have decided. “The solution that has now been found offers good protection for people,” Bavarian lawmaker Klaus Holetschek, who chaired the Tuesday evening meeting, […]
154,225 patients recover from COVID-19 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that a total of 154,225 patients have recovered from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since its outbreak in the country in 2020. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,661 people. who recovered from the disease, […]
German Cabinet agrees ’emergency brake’ to fight virus’ third wave
Germany’s central government tried to reassert its authority in combatting the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday by agreeing on a set of national measures – including night-time curfews – to stem a third wave of infections sweeping the country. Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the “important, urgent” decision by her Cabinet to approve the legislation, which would […]
India overtakes Brazil as country with second-largest Covid caseload
India’s drugs regulator looked set to approve a third coronavirus vaccine – Russia’s Sputnik V – as cases continued to soar in the country, taking its total caseload past Brazil. India reported 168,912 new cases on Monday, according to Health Ministry data, marking the sixth record rise in a week and taking the total number […]
