Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP Covid cases are surging in the Chinese capital, officials said Monday, as the country navigates a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy. Just a few days after China began loosening restrictions, Beijing authorities said more than 22,000 patients had visited hospitals across the city in the previous […]
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Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Reports 36 new incidences of monkeypox in 14 states Five episodes of Lassa fever in Ondo, Edo, Nasarawa WHO, partners establish a fund for pandemic response The latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show […]
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Research body gives grant to 12 teams to build information systems Twelve teams working in Nigeria and 16 other countries are to benefit from an initial $7.2 million (N5.075 billion) in direct research funds to better understand how health mis- and disinformation spreads, how to combat it, and how to build stronger information systems, while […]
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Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Nigeria confirms 24 new cases, four deaths Nigerian deported from Cambodia after recovering from virus Be ready for monkeypox outbreak in villages, FG tells health officers Africa CDC, WHO experts lament vaccine, global health inequality New virus discovered, […]
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US President Joe Biden speaks about the recent mass shootings and urges Congress to pass laws to combat gun violence at the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2022. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP) President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, his administration announced, saying the 79-year-old […]
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Health workers wearing protective gear prepare equipment before testing people for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a compound in Shanghai on March 23, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP) Businesses, schools and restaurants in Xi’an will close for one week, officials said Tuesday, after the Chinese city logged a handful of Covid-19 cases as outbreaks […]
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A health worker tries to load into a syringe a Vaxzevria Astrazeneca vaccine during the vaccination of Muslim faithfuls against coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Secretariat Community Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos, on November 26, 2021. – Fearing a surge in cases over Christmas travel season and wary of the emergence of new variants, Nigeria […]
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The coronavirus pandemic led to the deaths of around 14.9 million people globally in the past two years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. WHO said that the figures include people who died from a COVID-19 infection as well as those with illnesses and injuries that passed away because of stretched health services […]
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Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths Sunday, its highest daily toll despite weeks of lockdowns, while China’s capital Beijing warned of a “grim” situation with rising infections. The world’s second-largest economy has been struggling to stamp out its worst outbreak in two years with a playbook of harsh lockdowns and mass testing as it sticks to […]
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Federal Government has eased the nationwide midnight curfew and llimitations on gatherings along with other restrictions imposed in 2019 to curb the spread of coronavirus. This is after the country recorded 3,142 deaths from 255,468 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to data obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control website. The […]
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