China defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday but said it would “strive to do better” after independent experts criticised the speed of its response to a virus that has now killed more than two million people worldwide. Beijing has faced international criticism for an alleged lack of transparency after the virus emerged in […]

by Hiroshi HIYAMA Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic. “There is no work. Absolutely none,” said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, while clutching a small plastic bag of essentials on […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The federal government, Monday,declared that no COVID-19 test was required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. But the government,in a terse statement by the Federal Ministry of Education, Monday, explained that only temperature test should be carried out on students. In the statement released by the ministry’s Director […]

Govt doesn’t listen to experts – Prof Innocent Ujah It is problem of politics of pressure – Dr Casmir Ifeanyi By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale As schools reopened in some states across the country on Monday in the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigeria Medical Association has […]

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Chief Ebelechukwu Veronica Obiano, the wife of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, taking the Covid-19 vaccine in the United States of America.

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin The resumption of schools in Ilorin and other parts of Kwara state on Monday was marked by poor compliance with COVID-19 protocols marked The schools initially scheduled to resume the second-term academic session on January 4, had the resumption date pushed forward by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to January […]

…Disinfection of council secretariats too By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed chairmen of the 57 councils as well as council of traditional rulers, and chiefs across the state to commence a massive sensitisation on prevention of COVID-19 pandemic as part of precautionary measures to combat the second wave of the […]

A team of researchers at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) have established the capacity of Bromelain derivable from pineapple fruits in the management of COVID-19 cases. According to the University of Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, the discovery is in conjunction with Prof. Bamidele Owoeye, the Head, Department of Physiology, and Mr Ahmed Bakare, a […]

India on Monday stepped up efforts to bolster trust in coronavirus vaccines after it was revealed that nearly a third of those invited to get jabs at the launch of a nationwide drive failed to turn up. The government has launched one of the world’s most ambitious vaccine programmes, aiming to innoculate 300 million of […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The federal government, Monday, declared that no COVID-19 test was required for returning students to be admitted into their schools. But the government, in a terse statement by the Federal Ministry of Education, Monday, explained that only temperature test should be carried out on students. In the statement released by […]

Malawi is set to roll out a first set of anti-coronavirus restrictions this week, the president said, after overruling a court ban on lockdown measures to tackle a surge in cases. Unlike the rest of the continent, daily life had been unfolding normally in the southern African country since its High Court barred the government […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,444 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has tested 1,154,138 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020. According […]

Ekiti State Government on Sunday night announced that the curfew it imposed on the state from 8 pm to 6 am, including various other restrictions, had been relaxed. Consequently, the curfew is now to commence at 10 pm and end at 6 am as a result of school activities and other economic factors. Mr Akin […]

…We are in 2nd wave and not testing enough —Tomori …Nigeria is in the acute phase —Ihekweazu By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale Amidst concerns that the COVID-19 virus has infected more people in the country than have been reported, health watchers argue that gaps in the nation’s  testing protocol and inadequacies in […]