Bill Gates, billionaire businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, says he tested positive for COVID-19. Gates announced this on Tuesday in a post on Twitter, adding that he is experiencing mild symptoms. “I’ve tested positive for COVID. I’m experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts’ advice by isolating until I’m healthy again,” he wrote. “I’m fortunate to […]Read More
The federal government yesterday formally unveiled a strategy to enable the country achieve its COVID-19 vaccination target. While giving an update on the vaccination exercise, the government said the country has so far taken delivery of 64,113,760 doses of COVID-19 vaccines since vaccination began and has administered 24.8 million doses. Speaking at the launch of […]Read More
The Queen has tested positive for Covid-19, ahead of the expected ending of all coronavirus restrictions in England in the coming days. Buckingham Palace said the monarch, 95, was experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms” but expected to continue carrying out light duties this week. It was confirmed she had been in direct contact with her eldest […]Read More
South Africans without symptoms of COVID-19 will no longer need to isolate or test if they have been in contact with a positive case, the government announced on Friday, saying developments around the virus justified a shift from containment measures towards mitigation. The country has led the continent in terms of COVID-19 cases and deaths, […]Read More
· Government Slashes PCR Test Fee in Private Facilities · Test Remains Free in Approved Public Health Laboratories · Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) Deactivates Passports of PCR Test Defaulters The Lagos State Government has announced that while the fourth wave of COVID has tapered out, it will continue to ensure heightened public surveillance for COVID and ensure access […]Read More
Concerned with the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases seen in the evolving fourth wave, the Lagos State Government has commenced prosecution of inbound international passengers who fail to submit themselves for Day Two and Day Seven PCR tests as mandated by the Federal COVID-19 protocols and guidelines. Speaking on the development, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin […]Read More
Nigeria on Wednesday joined the growing number of countries that have recorded the first cases of the Omicron variant also known as B.1.1.529 lineage. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this in a statement signed by the Director-General, Ifedayo Adetifa, on Wednesday morning. The disease centre said the two cases of the variant were discovered […]Read More
He said he saw no need for a new lockdown “for now… if people are vaccinated and wear their masks”. Cases have been found in Canada, and the US has imposed travel bans on eight southern African countries. Mr Biden added that pharmaceutical companies were making contingency plans for new jabs if they are needed. […]Read More
Morocco is suspending all incoming air travel from around the world starting Monday for two weeks because of the rapid spread of the new omicron variant, the Foreign Ministry announced Sunday. The ministry tweeted that the decision was taken to “preserve the achievements realized by Morocco in the fight against the pandemic, and to protect […]Read More
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that it is not yet clear if the new Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants or if it causes more severe disease. “Preliminary data suggests that there are increasing rates of hospitalization in South Africa, but this may be due to increasing […]Read More