Health

COVID-19: Why Sanwo-olu Must Close Elegushi Beach Thousands of Lagosians jettison COVID-19 protocols at the weekend as they swarm the Elegushi Beach, Lekki for picnic and fun. Picnickers were seen in thousands in a viral video as they played on the beach, some swam and some took pictures. This happened …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, insisted that the Federal Government has no plan to impose a fresh lockdown on Nigeria as the country battles the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Mohammed, who spoke at a conference in Lagos, however, appealed to Nigerians to adhere …

A Portuguese health worker has died two days after getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Sonia Acevedo, 41, suffered a ‘sudden death’ at home on New Year’s Day 48 hours after receiving the jab. An autopsy is expected to take place later today or tomorrow. The mother-of-two, who worked in paediatrics …

1204 New COVID-19 Cases, 655 Discharged And 7 Deaths On January 4 1204 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-654 FCT-200 Plateau-60 Kaduna-54 Kano-40 Rivers-30 Edo-28 Nasarawa-25 Kebbi-19 Bauchi-18 Oyo-13 Akwa Ibom-12 Bayelsa-11 Ogun-11 Delta-9 Abia-8 Benue-5 Imo-3 Borno-2 Sokoto-1 Osun-1 Highlights On the 4th of January 2021, 1204 new confirmed cases …

917 New COVID-19 Cases, 255 Discharged And 9 Deaths On January 3 917 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; FCT-222 Lagos-214 Kaduna-119 Plateau-92 Nasarawa-50 Oyo-41 Adamawa-33 Ondo-32 Abia-28 Ogun-19 Rivers-17 Kano-16 Yobe-14 Edo-8 Anambra-6 Ekiti-5 Jigawa-1 Highlights On the 3rd of January 2021, 917 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded …

The National Agency for food and drug administration, NAFDAC, has said the planned roll-out of coronavirus vaccines in Nigeria, expected to begin in January will not be subjected to fresh clinical trials before they are administered to citizens. The spokesman of the agency, Sayo Akintola, who made this known during …

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday not to be “trapped” by an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war through attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq. He issued the warning on the anniversary of the U.S. killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani …

More than 800,000 people in Russia have been inoculated so far against coronavirus and more than 1.5 million vaccine doses have been dispatched, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Saturday. Russia, which began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in early December, has the world’s fourth higher number of COVID-19 …

India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech and a state-run institute. The decisions mark the first vaccine approvals for the world’s second-most populous country, which after the …

ovid-19: Winner’s chapel, Daystar, other churches to have physical worship services Many churches in Nigeria have abandoned physical worship services to online services since the outbreak of covid-19 in the country. This is to stem the spread of the virus. However, Winner’s chapel, Daystar, House on the Rock Church and few …