Mali on Friday said it would close bars and restaurants for two weeks, close fairs and shutter schools until January 10 to fight the novel coronavirus. Hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases in the vast Sahel country, torn by jihadist attacks and currently under a shaky caretaker government following an August coup. The closure of […]

China aims to vaccinate 50 million people against COVID-19 before the Lunar New Year holiday, which starts mid-February, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported on Friday. The Hong Kong-based paper said that officials from centres for disease control and prevention across the country participated on Wednesday in a televised training meeting to prepare for […]

Once again, Germany has reached grim new heights in the coronavirus pandemic, as the country eases into a weeks-long lockdown designed to bring down persistently high infection numbers. The nation’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control on Friday recorded 33,777 new cases confirmed over the past 24 hours. This was officially the first time […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,145 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday, Dec.17, 2020 . It said that as of Dec. 17, 2020, 1,145 new confirmed cases and one death were recorded in the country. The figure […]

After being relatively spared by coronavirus, Africa is bracing for the pandemic’s second wave, noting how the microbe has once more cut a swathe through rich countries in Europe and North Africa. Africa’s most-hit nations are again having to contemplate stringent public health measures as they await the arrival of the vaccine cavalry. In South […]

China plans to start opening its vaccination programme to members of the public in southwestern Sichuan province early next year, health officials said, despite the inoculations not yet receiving official approval. At least one million people have already received a jab in China after vaccine candidates were approved for “emergency use”, but so far they […]

***Records 1,145 cases, 1 death By Chioma Obinna Nigeria on Thursday for the first time since the pandemic crossed 1,000 daily COVID-19 infections with 1,145 new confirmed cases of the disease and one death. On Wednesday, December, 16, the country had recorded a total of 930 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the second-highest daily infections since […]

By Wole Mosadomi – Minna Niger State Government has ordered the closure of Public and Private Schools as well as Tertiary Institutions across the State with effect from Thursday. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chairman, Niger State Task Force on COVID-19 Pandemic, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, stated that the […]

By Wole Mosadomi – Minna Niger state government has taken proactive steps towards averting the second wave of COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in the State as it has directed all civil servants to stay at home from Monday, December 21st, 2020. The directive, however, exempted those on essential services. A statement signed by the Head of […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating. The 42-year-old took a test ‘as soon as the first symptoms appeared,’ the Elysee Palace said in a brief statement. Mr Macron will isolate for seven days but plans to continue running the country via video conference. Frantic contact tracing is now afoot […]