By Ebele Orakpo It’s no longer news that the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, SARS CoV 2, also known as the coronavirus, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, hit the world like a bolt out of the blues, bringing to a screeching halt, global economies as nations locked down to stop the […]

THE World Bank has said that the new wave of COVID-19 pandemic that has seen a variant of the virus, Omicron, ravaging the world, may lead to governments across the globe being tempted to shut down schools again.

The Bauchi State Government says it has begun administration of 83,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to stem spread of Omicron variant. Governor Bala Mohammed, stated this at the inauguration of the mass vaccination exercise on Wednesday in Bauchi. Mohammed, represented by his deputy, Sen. Baba Tela, said the state government had received 83,000 […]

Omicron is spreading faster than any known variant. Barely one month after it was detected in South Africa, the highly contagious but less severe variant has spread to at least 110 countries.

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has expressed concern about the increasing cases of COVID-19, putting in place strict regulations as residents celebrate the Yuletide. Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat in the FCT, Dr Abubakar Tafida in a statement Saturday in Abuja said the Administration had observed with dismay […]

The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) has urged Nigerians to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays responsibly. The Chairman, PSC on COVID-19, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “As we prepare to celebrate with our families […]

Data from the African Union (AU) on Thursday shows that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly across the African continent. “As of Thursday, 22 countries have reported the presence of the Omicron variant. We can see clearly: the Omicron is spreading very quickly,” said John Nkengasong of the AU’s Africa Centres for […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The federal government has destroyed about 1,066,214 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated to the country to combat COVID-19. The destruction carried out on Wednesday in Abuja, according to the government, followed the expiration of the vaccines given to the country by foreign donors. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA […]

Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday that France could soon see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, due to the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Veran said despite all, the government does not plan to introduce new restrictions for the time being as the country expected 22-23 million booster doses that would […]

By Juliet Umeh As the Omicron variant dominates the COVID-19 news cycle, a new report by the  Partnership for Evidence-based Response to Covid-19, PERC, has shown that 78 per cent of people in Africa are willing to be vaccinated. The report said that across 19 countries surveyed, 78 per cent of people indicated that they […]