Tag:Coronavirus

Health

Africa’s COVID-19 infections surging by 20% amid third wave – WHO

The COVID-19 positive cases in Africa is surging by 20 per cent on a weekly basis, as most countries in the continent enters a...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2021

Health

Covid claims over 600,000 lives in the U.S.

More than 600,000 people in the United States are known to have died of Covid-19 as of Wednesday, June 16, 2021, according to data compiled by...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2021

Health

G7 Summit: COVID-19 vaccines should be considered ‘global public goods’ – Guterres

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Friday, June 11, 2021 that lifesaving Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines should be considered “global public goods” and a way...

Michael Simire - June 13, 2021

Health

COVID-19: WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for the vaccine to be rolled...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2021

Health

How Lagos will prevent third wave of COVID-19, by Commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the state will introduce technology to monitor the movement of inbound travellers in...

Michael Simire - May 5, 2021

Health

COVID-19: Nigeria imposes fresh measures aimed at flights from Brazil, India,Turkey

The massive resurgence of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil, Turkey and India has prompted the Nigerian Government to impose fresh measures aimed at...

Michael Simire - May 2, 2021

Pollution

UK data shows air pollution decreased to record lows in 2020 due to pandemic

The UK Government has released a publication containing statistics showing the trends in concentrations of five air pollutants using a variety of metrics for the period...

Michael Simire - May 2, 2021

Health