Category: Eliminating Viruses From The Earth

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded three COVID-19-deaths and 299 new infections in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the additional 299 COVID-19 infections, on Wednesday, […]

Says states could only account for N14.73bn of N209.61bn Of the N209.61 billion COVID-19 allocation made to Enugu, Sokoto, Delta and Kaduna states, only N14.73 billion was disbursed by the states, according to findings made by transparency and accountability civil society organisations, BudgIT and Follow The Money International. They revealed that the sum of N50.13bn […]

Three people died as a result of COVID-19 complications, while 466 news cases was recorded on Friday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDDC, Confirmed this in an update on its Facebook page on Saturday morning. The new 466 COVID-19 infections indicate a decrease from 727 cases reported on Thursday. Withe these data, the Public […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that COVID-19 infections in Africa had dropped by more than 20 per cent, noting that it was the sharpest seven-day drop in two months, as the third wave pandemic winds down. The global health body, however, observed that the rate of deceleration was slower than the previous waves […]

Togo’s government has ordered all places of worship to shut down for one month starting on Friday, following a “worrying upsurge” in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. The West African nation of about eight million people has recorded just over 23,000 cases and 203 deaths but the true tally could be higher given low testing […]

The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF), a non-profit organisation created as a partnership between the international advocacy organisation, Global Citizen and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), is renewing calls for support and financial donations to the fund. NSSF is an innovative platform for resource mobilisation primarily established to supplement efforts to mitigate the adverse […]

The pandemic has changed the way of life for most; outings, clubbing, partying can never be the same again. However, with the vaccine, life got easier. The vaccine works as a preventive way to slow the surging pandemic. However, there are certain things that vaccinated people may be free to do which they previously could […]

Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) says the country’s total infection toll now stands at 195,052, with a fatality toll of 2,522. Itmade this known via its verified website on Sunday morning, adding that Nigeria recorded 27 more Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths and 964 new infections from 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). […]

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Thursday said the Federal Government would not make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory until there was enough to go round. This is as he added that vaccination would soon be made compulsory for civil servants. He stated this during a meeting with the state commissioners for health […]

Nigeria concerned as Japan halts use of Moderna COVID-19 Hope of an effective Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) vaccine may have been dashed, as researchers announced Tuesday that an advanced trial in Africa had been stopped after data showed that the shots offered only limited protection against the disease. The therapy, by Johnson & Johnson, is […]