Coronavirus

Belgium Registers First Cases of COVID-19 in Hippos

Matilda Omonaiye/ Two hippos in Belgium that vets noticed were “expelling snot” have been placed in quarantine after testing positive…

3 years ago

Jordan Court Jails Health Officials over COVID-19 Oxygen Deaths

Reuters/ A Jordanian court sentenced five senior health officials to three years in jail on Sunday for causing the death…

3 years ago

COVID-19: FG Approves Booster Shots

Pat Stevens & Agency Report/ The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has authorised vaccine booster against the pandemic for…

3 years ago

Omicron: African Genes could have Weakened COVID-19 Virus, Says Obaje

Agency Report/ Dr Jonathan Obaje, a Nigerian Research Scientist based in Singapore, says based on preliminary clinical data coming from…

3 years ago

No Conclusive Evidence Omicron Covid Variant is Vaccine Resistant, Says NCDC

Pat Stevens/ The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the fears about the Omicron covid variant’s ability…

3 years ago

Canada Reports First Cases of Omicron Covid Variant from Visitors to Nigeria

Pat Stevens/ Canada has announced its first cases of the B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant, also known as omicron, detected in two…

3 years ago

WHO Names New COVID Variant Omicron, Cautions Against Travel Measures

Agency Report/ The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday classified the B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa as a SARS-CoV-2…

3 years ago

New Covid Variant: Several Countries Ban Travellers from Southern Africa

Pat Stevens/ The EU has followed the UK's lead by announcing plans to impose travel restrictions on some southern African…

3 years ago

Talks to Waive Patents on Covid-19 Vaccines are ‘Stuck’, Okonjo-Iweala Warns Global Leaders

The World Trade Organization’s head has warned that highly-charged talks on an intellectual property waiver for Covid vaccines are “stuck”…

3 years ago

WHO Calls Emergency Meeting over New Covid-19 Variant

Pat Stevens/ The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting to discuss the emergence of a new coronavirus variant,…

3 years ago