By AFP US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was 94.5 per cent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the vaccine hunt. Moderna released early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants, after US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech last week said their Read more
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria exceed 65,000 as 152 new infections emerge
HEALTH Of the over 65,000 total, about 61, 073 persons have been discharged from hospitals, after treatment Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 152 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total of infected persons in the country to 65,000. This is according to an update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This new infection cases Read more
COVID-19: Nigeria cases reach 64,996 as NCDC confirms 112 new infections
The NCDC announced that the 112 new infections recorded in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FC T) shot up total cases in the country to 64,996. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 112 new infections of the coronavirus disease in the country. This was made known via the health agency’s Read more
WHO declares whole world must benefit from COVID-19 vaccine
By AFP “Never in history has vaccine research progressed so quickly. We must apply the same urgency and innovation to ensuring that all countries benefit from this scientific achievement…,” The head of the World Health Organization hailed the rapid progress towards a Covid-19 vaccine but insisted Friday that every country must reap the benefits. “A Read more
COVID-19: Nigeria records 94 new infections as total cases reach 64,184
Nigeria on Monday recorded 94 new coronavirus infections a sharp decrease from the 300 reported on Sunday – Nigeria’s highest daily tally in almost three months. Four more deaths were also recorded, as a result of coronavirus complications in Nigeria, raising the death toll in Africa’s most populated country to 1,158. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Read more
COVID-19 positive cases confirmed in Lagos boarding school
The Lagos State Government says it has confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made the announcement in a statement Friday night. A member of the school’s staff was confirmed positive to COVID-19 on the 2nd of November. Contact tracing has revealed that Read more
Nigeria announces 137 new cases of coronavirus
Nigeria on Tuesday announced about 137 new cases were of the COVID-19 infections 16 states on while four deaths have been recorded from the infection complications The official figure showed that a total of 1,151 deaths have been recorded thus far in the country. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) daily figure Read more
COVID-19: Nigeria records 72 new confirmed cases
The nation’s health agency announced this via Twitter on Monday. Nigeria has recorded 72 new infections of coronavirus according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC). The latest figure has taken the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 63,036. According to the NCDC, Lagos State, the epicentre of the virus in Read more
COVID-19: Nigeria records 170 new cases, 3 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 170 confirmed new cases of COVID-19. The public health agency also announced three deaths resulted from the coronavirus disease. This was made known by the NCDC via its Twitter account on Friday. It said that the new confirmed cases bring the nation’s total number of COVID-19 Read more
Covid-19: Nigeria records 147 new infections, total now 62,371
Nigeria, on Wednesday, confirmed 147 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths from complications from the disease. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced this in a tweet post last night. According to the health agency, Lagos has the highest number of infections with 82 cases, while FCT confirmed 20 cases, Rivers had 9 cases Read more