• COVID-19 travel testing industry has enjoyed easy money with webs of corruption reinforcing it, says Pate • Nigeria should not rush into discarding all measures put into preventing the spread of disease, says Tomori • COVID-19 testing laboratories are not ‘fleecing points’, says NCDC • Syndicates providing means to contravene requirements for COVID-19 vaccination, […]
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Former United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on Twitter Tuesday evening. She wrote: “I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine. I’m more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness,” wrote the 74-year-old former secretary of state. Former President Bill […]
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PCR test Action Aid Nigeria on Saturday faulted the high cost of polymerase chain reaction tests for travellers. The Civil Society Organisation berated the Federal Government for failing to find cost effective and strategic ways of tackling the pandemic. As reported on Friday, World Health Organization special envoy on COVID-19, Ayodade Alakija, had demanded a […]
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Within the past few weeks, Nigeria has experienced a significant decrease in the number of confirmed infections and fatalities – giving a strong indication of the possible end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The latest statistics released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday morning, shows that the country recorded […]
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A picture taken on November 26, 2021 shows a man receiving a vaccine card from a health official after being administered a dose of Astrazeneca’s Vaxzevria Covid-19 vaccine at Secretariat Community Central Mosque, Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos. – Fearing a surge in coronavirus cases over the Christmas travel season and wary of the emergence of […]
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Doctors attending to COVID-19 patients at the National Hospital, Abuja • Over 50% Of Nigerians Have Been Exposed To Virus – NCDC • Says Nigeria Was Already Alert Before COVID-19 Because Of Challenges Of Other Infectious Diseases • Healthcare Challenges Far From Being Over – Experts • Progress In Health Sector Too Little, Too Late, […]
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The United Kingdom has announced plans to remove all COVID -19 testing requirements for fully vaccinated passengers entering England. According to the UK government, effective February 11, 2022, passengers entering England who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to book a Day-2 arrivals test. A message from British Airways chairman and Chief Executive […]
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File: A medical official performs a throat swab on a resident of Mabushi in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Abuja as part of the community testing for COVID-19 on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV] The fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to have ended in Nigeria, as the country, on Saturday, recorded […]
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Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran distributing COVID-19 kits Oyo State government has distributed COVID-19 first aid kits to some non-formal learning centers, under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme, saying this is part of its efforts at ensuring rapid response to emergency situations at its […]
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Staff members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to spray disinfectant outside a shopping mall in Xi’an in north China’s Shaanxi province on January 11, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT Five million residents of a central Chinese city were confined to their homes Tuesday while another megacity shuttered all non-essential businesses, as the […]
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