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
Lagos State Government and its agencies did not order the closure of any school due to Covid-19, contrary to a media report. The reported closure of two private schools in Lekki did not follow a directive from the Government, as speculated in the media. Preliminary finding by the Lagos State Ministry of Education, according to […]Read More
Hospitals say they have almost exhausted supplies, with one reporting that 63 patients died as a result of oxygen shortages. Indonesia is recording more than 25,000 new cases every day. Increased travel and the highly contagious Delta variant have exacerbated the crisis. Indonesia has had the worst Covid outbreak in South East Asia, with about […]Read More
THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, Wednesday approved the draft 2021 supplementary budget of N895,842,462,917. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. The Minister explained that the […]Read More
India has ordered 300 million doses of an unapproved coronavirus vaccine amid a devastating second wave. The unnamed vaccine from Indian firm Biological E is in Phase 3 trials, and had showed “promising results” in the first two phases, the federal government said in a statement. The $206m order is the first India has signed […]Read More