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Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 3m – Africa CDC

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and...

Michael Simire - January 10, 2021

Health

Abia Nzelu: How to tackle Nigeria’s second wave of cervical cancer

The whole world is currently grappling with the second surge of COVID-19 infection. This pandemic destabilised year 2020, affecting over 85 million people and...

Michael Simire - January 9, 2021

Health

EU to purchase more 300m doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, research claims it might be effective against new strains

The European Commission has renewed a contract with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase an additional 300 million doses of their vaccine against...

Michael Simire - January 8, 2021

Health

Nigeria and the world in a pandemic year

Nigeria became a beautiful bride of sort in a year of pandemic as the international community came to her aid in the fight against...

Michael Simire - January 7, 2021

Health

Africa’s COVID-19 cases near 3m as death toll hits 69,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 2.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African...

Michael Simire - January 7, 2021

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AfDB approves five-year gender strategy to boost inclusive growth

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a new Gender Strategy for 2021 to 2025 tagged “Investing in Africa’s women to accelerate inclusive...

Michael Simire - January 7, 2021

Health

Second COVID-19 wave ravaging the land, claiming lives, says LUTH CMD

Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, Prof. Chris Bode, has said that the COVID-19 second wave was ravaging the...

Michael Simire - January 6, 2021

Health

British dialysis patient first to receive AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine

A dialysis patient is the first person in the world to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine outside a clinical trial. Brian Pinker, 82, received the jab at Oxford...

Michael Simire - January 4, 2021

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