Category: Eliminating Viruses From The Earth

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered additional 497 COVID-19 cases, adding to a recent surge in infections that is driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official website handle on Sunday morning. The new infections indicated a decrease from the 590 […]

Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled Sunday to contain the country’s most widespread coronavirus outbreak in months. China on Sunday reported 75 new coronavirus cases with 53 local transmissions, with a cluster linked to an eastern airport now reported to have spread […]

Since last December when the Delta strain of the coronavirus was identified in India, it has swept rapidly across other several countries including the United States, United Kingdom, and Nigeria, fuelling fresh anxiety among medical experts and people who initially thought the pandemic was receding with the arrival of vaccines. Instead, the Delta, a highly […]

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 558 new COVID-19 infections in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), figures on Friday morning also showed that two new deaths from COVID-19-related complications were reported. The centre said that Lagos state led the daily infection chart with 376. The NCDC said that […]

Spike in Lagos as Nigeria records 404 new cases, highest in four months PSN laments unacceptable vaccination gaps, warns of ‘deadly’ Delta variant FG: Nigeria facing multiple concurrent disease outbreaks The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, raised the alarm that the global number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths during the previous week climbed by 21 per […]

People living with HIV more vulnerable, says UNAIDS A virologist and chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has faulted calls by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) that six states and Abuja should be placed on red alert following the impending third wave of the pandemic in the country and confirmation […]

Britain’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid, wearing a protective face covering to combat the spread of the coronavirus, arrives for a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paulís Cathedral in London on July 5, 2021, celebrating the 73rd anniversay of the NHS (National Health Service). Javid said on July 17, 2021 he had tested positive for Covid-19 […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given reasons why it has yet to approve any herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. This is contained in a statement signed by the agency resident Media Consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, and issued to newsmen on Sunday, in Abuja.The statement quoted Prof […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has granted emergency use authorisation for three COVID-19 vaccines – Moderna, AstraZeneca (from Korea) and Sputnik V. The AstraZeneca approved is from Korea due to the stall in the procurement of AstraZeneca vaccine also known as Covishield, manufactured under licence by Serum Institute of […]