The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not considering a lockdown despite rising cases of COVID-19 infections across the country. Speaking at the weekly ministerial briefing organized at the State House in Abuja, Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the number of cases were not threatening enough, yet, for a lockdown to be […]Read More
As part of efforts to mitigate the effect of the third wave of COVID-19 infection in Lagos State, the State Government through its Incident Command Structure has fully activated 10 COVID Oxygen Treatment and Sample Collection Centres as well as 20 Local Government Area (LGA) Based COVID Sample Collection Sites. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who […]Read More
Lagos state witnessed an upsurge in daily new COVID-19 cases as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reported additional 422 infections on Aug. 9, 2021. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday morning. It confirmed that the additional 422 cases were from nine states and the FCT. The agency said […]Read More
The fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria has received a boost, as the country received 26 ventilators and other equipment from the World Health Organisation. Nigeria also took delivery of 3,560 fingertip oxygen pulse oximeters as authorities step up efforts to curb the spread of the disease in the period of a third wave. Minister of […]Read More
Nigeria’s has reported more deaths from COVID-19 complications as infections continue to rise in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 566 new cases and 11 deaths across the country on Thursday. According to the latest NCDC data, Lagos had the highest number of infections with 283 cases. Akwa Ibom followed with […]Read More
• State Records 30 Deaths in Few Days • Gov: ‘Moderna Vaccine Comes in Days, Astrazeneca Supplements Too’ The rise in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related fatalities recorded in the last one week presents a worrying trend of the third wave of the pandemic in Lagos State. From the last week in July into […]Read More
The Nigerian government has declared that it would sanction inbound passengers who abscond from COVID-19 isolation facilities, adding that it may prosecute such individuals as well. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while addressing a press conference in Abuja, said he believed such persons constitute a major risk to the country’s health system. He expressed concern […]Read More
The National Assembly has approved a N4.87bn budget for the National Intelligence Agency to track, intercept and monitor calls and messages on mobile devices, including Thuraya and WhatsApp. The amount is part of the N895.8bn supplementary budget submitted by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), last month and approved by both chambers of the […]Read More
Sydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia’s largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak. The New South Wales government said it had made the “difficult decision” as it battles the highly transmissible Delta strain. A stay-at-home order was issued on 26 June. Australia has recorded 910 deaths and fewer than […]Read More
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, her lawyer has confirmed to the BBC’s Burmese service. It comes as Myanmar is battling a surge in cases, the effects of which have been felt as far as China. Medical services in the country have buckled since the February coup, with health […]Read More
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