Coronavirus
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the restrictions imposed on travellers from southern African countries due to the emergence of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, Omicron. Guterres, in a statement on Monday said, people of Africa should not be blamed for the immorally low level of vaccinations available in the continent. […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it is monitoring emerging evidence on Omicron variant and its implication, to inform Nigeria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that […]
Japan on Monday said it would ban all new foreign arrivals from Tuesday, Kyodo news agency reported. The Japanese government had earlier said it was considering reviving a blanket ban on foreign arrivals due to concerns regarding the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Japan’s border restrictions were eased in early November, allowing students, […]
The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified in Colombia in January 2021. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a “variant of interest”, the global health body said Tuesday in its weekly pandemic bulletin. The WHO said the variant […]
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has tested 2,180,444 samples for the Coronavirus as the country records 102 additional infections. The NCDC announced the new figures on its official website on Tuesday. The public health agency noted that the additional infections brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 166,918. […]
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Abuja has donated Coronavirus (COVID-19) medical equipment to the Federal Government, to help in the fight against the pandemic, a statement from the embassy on Tuesday, in Abuja, has said. According to the statement, the donation is part of the Kingdom’s efforts at the international […]
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