Nigeria has recorded two deaths and 87 new COVID-19 cases as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). While announcing these via its official website on Friday morning, the agency said that the 87 new infections on Thursday is a decrease from the 209 infections reported on Wednesday. It said the new infections […]
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Beginning from November 8, foreign air travelers to the United States will be required, with only limited exceptions, to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of vaccination status before boarding a plane to the US. This new global travel system replaces the existing country-by-country restrictions, putting in place a consistent approach worldwide, the US […]
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Guy Ryder. Photo/Twitter/GuyRyder • G20 members have received 15 times more vaccine doses than African countries • Of 6.9b vaccine doses globally, only 2% administered in Africa • 2.88m Nigerians fully vaccinated, representing 1.4% of population • ILO says pandemic impact on jobs worse than expected • Global labour market hamstrung by unequal vaccine distribution […]
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said the experience with the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that it is not tenable for Africa to depend on import for 99 per cent of vaccine and 90 per cent of pharmaceuticals. She lamented that most of the continent’s population today remains unvaccinated, as […]
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•How to meet global COVID-19 targets, by WHO, UN Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewole Tomori, has provided reasons why the United Kingdom imposed travel restrictions on vaccinated Nigerians. The virologist, who is also a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, noted that though the […]
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(Photo by Handout / Merck & Co,Inc. / AFP) The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN) has hailed an experimental drug for severe COVID-19 that cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half. Interim clinical trial results, published last week, showed the tablet – molnupiravir – was given twice […]
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Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has reiterated the seriousness of the Federal Government’s call for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of civil servants. Speaking yesterday at the unveiling of ‘Nigeria at 60 Photo Exhibition’ with the theme, “60 Years of Our Togetherness, in Abuja, the SGF, who was guest of honour, stated: “So, […]
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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has ordered compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for all cabinet members, public servants, health workers and others in the State. He explained that the directive is part of the measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state. This was contained in a memo from the office of the Head of […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said seven more people have died from the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the country’s fatality toll to 2,647. The NCDC disclosed this on Friday morning via its official website. The additional 601 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an increase from the 299 cases reported on Wednesday. It also indicated […]
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In this file photo, a health worker checks the temperature of a traveller as part of the coronavirus screening procedure Airport. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo – RC2EUE9X5YKK Varying travel protocols that were put in place by some countries have thrown international travellers into confusion. The safety protocols, as part of measures to slow the spread of […]
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