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Expert Claims US States Are Struggling With Vaccine Rollout
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, on Friday said most states in America are struggling to manage a slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout due to lack of information and financial support. Osterholm said states have not been given adequate information or resources needed to plan for vaccinations…
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UK Detects 77 Cases Of South African Covid-19 Strain
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that experts have discovered 77 cases of the South African Covid-19 variant through the testing of people who had recently travelled. The new variants had been identified because both Brazil and South Africa had ‘decent-sized’ genomic sequencing programmes but other countries were less well covered, he said. “The new variant…
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UK Records 610 Deaths As Death Toll Nears 100,000
610 people have died from coronavirus in the UK, as the country’s official death toll approaches 100,000. The UK government has confirmed 30,004 cases in the last 24 hours which brings infection toll to a total of 3,647,463 along with some 97,939 deaths. However, other counts already have already seen the country’s toll pass 100,000…
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Panama confirms first case of South African Covid-19 variant
Ministry of Health officials in Panama has announced the country has recorded its first positive case of the South African mutant strain of coronavirus known as ‘501Y.V2’. “This is a 40-year-old passenger, born in Zimbabwe, who entered the country on January 5 from South Africa and had previously made a stop over in the Netherlands…
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Hong Kong Imposes Temporary Lockdown
Hong Kong is set to impose a temporary lockdown on residents in coronavirus hotspots as new cases of Covid-19 have been reported. In a statement released early Saturday, the Hong Kong government made a “restriction-testing declaration”, which requires residents from parts of Jordan (Kowloon peninsula) to stay in their premises and undergo compulsory testing arranged by…
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Nigeria Approves N6.45bn For New Oxygen Plants
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the disbursement of the sum of N6.45billion for setting up of oxygen plants in 38 locations nationwide to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was disclosed at the first National Economic Council (NEC) of 2021 presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed said the…
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Covid-19 Spike Frustrates Japan’s Domestic Air Travel Rebound
From Japan being one of the countries with most success in combatting the pandemic last year and slowly growing back its aviation industry, a new surge in infections is threatening to wipe out the local airline industry’s hard-won gains. New reports claim the Japanese government have declared a state of emergency for the second time since the…
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COVID-19: Nigerian University Fumigates Ahead Of Resumption
As Nigerian Universities set to resume school sessions, the COVID-19 Task Force Committee of the University of Calabar has commenced the fumigation of the campus ahead of the Feb. 5 resumption date for academic activities. Speaking on the school’s Covid-19 safety protocols, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi on Saturday said…
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Senior Doctors Call For A Reduction In The Gap Between Vaccine Doses
Senior doctors in the UK have called for the reduction in the gap between the first and second doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to allow for a high number of people to be vaccinated. UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recently opted to delay a second Pfizer dose for up to 12…
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Over 100 Members of The National Guard Test Positive After Inauguration
Over a hundred members of the National Guard on duty in Washington DC for the inauguration ceremony have tested positive for coronavirus. An official who asked for anonymity told Reuters that although members of the troop who had become infected were less than 1% of the total number working across the Capitol. More than 25,000…