The United Nations Children’s Fund has revealed that at least 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, which translates to one child every two minutes. A report released by UNICEF on Tuesday to commemorate World AIDS Day disclosed that another 120,000 children died from AIDS-related causes during the same period, or one child […]
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Two cases of the new COVID-19 variant called Omicron, have been confirmed in Nigeria. It was identified in two travelers from South Africa last week through genomic sequencing of positive samples by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The World Health Organisation (WHO) had labelled the new variant a Variant of Concern (VOC) after […]
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This handout picture made available by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 29, 2021 shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressing the special session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The world must study the wreckage of Covid-19 and say “never again” by striking a pandemic preparedness treaty, the WHO said as countries […]
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The likelihood of potential further spread of the new Omicron Coronavirus strain at the global level is high, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. “Given mutations that may confer immune escape potential and possibly transmissibility advantage, the likelihood of potential further spread of Omicron at the global level is high,” the WHO said […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian universities and scientists to intensify research efforts to develop vaccines that can tackle the COVID-19 and its variants, which are afflicting the world. His call is coming on the heels of the new more contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has triggered global alert as more cases were recorded […]
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More countries record cases, reintroduce travel bans World Bank okays $5.8b vaccine cash for Nigeria, others The new COVID-19 variant known as Omicron has triggered global alerts as more cases have been recorded in some European and Asian countries. But the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the latest strain has not been discovered […]
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With travel restrictions being reinstated against a number of countries in southern Africa by the United Kingdom, United States of America and Singapore, among others, as well as the European Union (EU) and Brazil calling for the same, there are concerns about the risk that the new infectious variant could return many economies to lockdowns. […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that Nigeria recorded 58 additional cases of COVID-19 infections and zero death on Saturday. The NCDC made the disclosure in its daily COVID-19 report on Sunday morning. The 58 additional cases reported on Saturday indicate an increase from the 41 cases reported the previous day. The public […]
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The World Health Organisation has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’, and labelled it a variant of concern due to its large number of mutations and possible faster rate of infection. WHO, in a statement on Friday, said that preliminary evidence also suggests an increased risk of reinfection […]
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• New variant worse than Delta – S’Africa virologist • Being vaccinated against COVID-19 not licence to throw caution to the wind, WHO warns • Lagos braces up for the fourth wave laments low vaccination rate As the world slowly pulls out of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic with increased vaccination, South African scientists have detected […]
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