COVID-19

More than two years after it instituted safety measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has approved the immediate relaxation of the Safety Measures and Travel Advisory…

An Italian man has become the first person to simultaneously test positive for monkeypox, Covid, and HIV following his trip to Spain. A report from Newsweek revealed that earlier this year, a 36-year-old Italian male started developing…

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time Thursday morning, his office said. Biden, 79, has "very mild symptoms" and is taking Paxlovid, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. Biden is…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, Sunday revealed that presidential aides testing positive to COVID-19 and on self-isolation, confirmed that they are human and not immune to happenings around…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that it may implement the National Vaccination Mandate to prevent people from going into strategic public space over noncompliance with the COVID-19 Vaccination. You would…

It is reported that some Nigerian banks have allegedly issued directives demanding staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or post negative covid-19 results every two weeks. According to a report, six banks shared circulars to their…

A woman has died in a nursing home just hours after she reportedly received her first coronavirus vaccine in Queensland, Australia.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination, and oppression across Sub-Saharan Africa, Amnesty International (AI) said. The…

Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says the Nigeria’s health sector will emerge stronger at the end of COVID-19 pandemic, going by efforts aimed at repositioning the sector.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new figure in its update for August 28, 2020. The last time the country’s daily infection count dropped below 160 was on May 12, when 146 new COVID-19 cases were recorded.