The world has passed the grim threshold of 4.5 million Covid-19 deaths, according to an AFP tally on Monday, as the virulent Delta variant wreaks havoc globally. Since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, the virus has killed a total of 4,500,620 people, the tally of official sources revealed. Some 10,000 deaths are […]Read More
The authorities of the University of Lagos, Akoka have approved the reopening of hostels to students from Thursday, August 26. The varsity’s authorities also okayed the commencement of the second semester examinations physically on campus. This was contained in a release to the students Tuesday night. The reopening is coming six weeks after the closure […]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 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Wednesday morning. The News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicate a decline from the 161 cases recorded a day earlier. The NCDC said Lagos State, the epicentre of the […]Read More
The Federal Government through the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has extended the ban on flights from Brazil, Turkey and India by four weeks. In May 2021, the PSC banned incoming flights from Brazil, India and Turkey, noting that anyone who has been in these three countries within 14 days of their intended arrival date […]Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for a summit meeting that will seek to provide Africa with critical financing swept away by the Covid-19 pandemic. Africa has so far been less badly hit by the pandemic than other global regions — with a total of 130,000 dead […]Read More
Holding the Tokyo Olympics safely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage would be “impossible”, a union of Japanese hospital doctors warned on Wednesday. “We strongly oppose holding the Tokyo Olympics at a time when people around the world are fighting the new coronavirus,” the union said in a statement submitted to the government. “It […]Read More
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