Another N255million approved for repairs of oxygen plants in 5 hospitals President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients who need oxygen. This disclosure emerged at the first National Economic Council meeting of the year […]

Fire tore through part of the world’s biggest vaccine production hub in western India on Thursday, but the company insisted that the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic was not affected. Serum Institute of India is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. TV channels […]

Health systems in Africa hobbled by shortages of oxygen and other resources are struggling with Covid’s “second wave,” pushing the fatality rate above the global average, the continent’s health watchdog said Thursday. Africa has so far recorded around 3.3 million cases of Covid-19 and nearly 82,000 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control […]

The number of US Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday surpassed the country’s toll of military fatalities in World War II, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. As of the evening, the tracker showed that 405,400 people have died from the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the United States. The total number […]

Kano State Government says it has recorded 17 deaths and 827 new cases between November 2020 and January. Dr Sabitu Shanono, the Deputy Coordinator, Technical Response of the state task force on COVID -19, disclosed this during a sensitisation meeting with five Emirs and 50 district heads in the state. “From November 2020 to January […]

Foreigners caught not wearing face masks on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are being subject to an unusual punishment: push-ups. Video footage circulating on social media this week shows tourists in T-shirts and shorts being made to do the exercise in sweltering tropical heat as masked security officials stood over them. Bali authorities made […]

The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago. With the global death toll now well past two million, and new variants of the virus causing deep concern, countries across the world are grappling with how to slow infections until […]

By Chidi Nkwopara, Owerri Three out of the 27 local government areas in Imo State have been identified as the epicentres of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The Chairman, Imo State Task Force on COVID-19 Pandemic, Professor Maurice Iwu, who disclosed this yesterday, while speaking during a public enlightenment programme in Owerri, however, […]

By Sola Ogundipe New guidance for State Governments, public and private institutions, on the use of approved Antigen (Ag), based Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) for  COVID-19 has been published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. In a statement, the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said the rapid antigen kits were being […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Benue State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar Tuesday disclosed that the COVID-19 test conducted on returning students of schools in the state indicated that non contracted the virus. He said the state government and management of schools were working round the clock and had also put measures in […]