COVID-19: Germany’s death toll passes 100,000

More than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Germany since the start of the pandemic, a public health agency announced Thursday. Europe’s largest economy is battling a fresh surge…

12 states, FCT report 144 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths

12 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 144 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The agency…

11 states, FCT report 176 new cases of COVID-19, five deaths 

11 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 176 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to figures released on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The agency…

COVID-19: FG expecting 40m vaccine doses by January 2022

The National Economic Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the Federal Government has paid for 40m doses of Covid-19 vaccines. This is as it explained…

WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The proposed members of…

10 states, FCT report 78 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

10 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 78 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, according to figures released on Monday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The health…

8,114 new COVID-19 deaths, 604,978 fresh cases recorded globally

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,683,586 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000…

14 states, FCT report 519 new COVID-19 cases, 18 additional deaths

14 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 519 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The health agency…

Lagos, FCT, 11 others report 466 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

12 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 466 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to figures released on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The health agency…

COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave, says WHO

The World Health Orgainsation says that weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20 per cent, the sharpest seven-day decline in two months as the third wave pandemic…