Category: Eliminating Viruses From The Earth

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and state government workers. […]

Over 15 million Nigerians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is according to the national daily call-in data from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). The agency said 10,813,596 of the total eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination were reached with the first dose. It said 4,590,263 were […]

Over 4.5 million Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Federal Government said on Saturday. According to data from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), as of December 31, 2021, 10,457,893 of total eligible persons targeted for COVID-19 vaccination were reached with the first dose. The agency said 4,515,006 of total eligible […]

NHS workers assist members of the public as they drive into a Covid-19 test centre close to the Royal Surrey County hospital in Guildford, southern England on December 24, 2021. – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his Christmas Eve message on Friday exhorted the UK public to get jabbed as a “wonderful” gift for […]

In this file photo taken on January 21, 2021, aerial view showing graves in a new area of El Palmar cemetery reserved for COVID-19 victims in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico. – Mexico recorded more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus in 2020 — 35 percent more than originally reported by the government, the national […]

Cars stand at a drive-in vaccination station, on a country road near Loechgau, southern Germany, on December 30, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle / AFP) Germany announced Thursday it would lift in early January strict travel rules for people arriving from countries hardest hit by the Omicron coronavirus variant. All […]

Indications emerged at the weekend that COVID-19 has crept into the Nigerian Presidential Villa, Abuja, allegedly afflicting some Presidential aides and State House officials. A number of close aides of President Muhammadu Buhari were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection and reportedly asked to self-isolate while taking treatment. Among those diagnosed with the infection after PCR test […]

President Muhammadu Buhari receiving booster dose The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued COVID–19 protection enforcement measures for the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the terriory. The Secretary of FCTA Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Abubakar Tafida issued the measures in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said the administration had […]

Chile will offer its citizens a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose from February, starting with high-risk categories, President Sebastian Pinera has announced. “The main concern and priority is to protect the lives and health of our compatriots,” he said Thursday at an event to mark a year since Chile launched its Covid-19 vaccination campaign. First to […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), says no person in Nigeria has died of COVID-19 with the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, the Omicron variant, in the country, as the variant surges across the country. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Data from the African Union (AU) shows […]