Experts have confirmed the newly imposed nationwide partial lockdown was due to the detection of the B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Nigeria. The variant was detected by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases( ACEGID) at the Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, and was communicated to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in […]Read More
The government of Madagascar has initiated its vaccine campaign after receiving its first shipment of 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Health Minister Jean Louis Hanitrala Rakotovao was among the first to be vaccinated in the country’s capital, Antananarivo. Vaccination began in the Indian Ocean island nation following a surge in infections which saw […]Read More
The Nigerian government has ordered a partial lockdown across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as fears of a possible new wave of the coronavirus looms. The National Incident Manager Mukhtar Mohammed, who is a member of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, announced the new directive on Monday during a […]Read More
Ahead of Eid al-Fitr, which is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of Ramadan, Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on local travels in a bid to overcome a fourth major wave of COVID-19 infections. According to the health ministry, 283 people in Iran died over the past 24 hours, bringing the total […]Read More
As India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, Africa faces the impending crisis of shortage of vaccines or delayed deliveries. The African continent relies majorly on the AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX initiative which is manufactured by Serum Institute in India. Now India has currently banned the export of vaccines, severely impacting the predictability […]Read More
The Federal Government has effected a travel ban that restricts entry to non-Nigerian passengers who have been in India, Brazil or Turkey in the last fortnight due to concerns over the surge in coronavirus and the different variants reportedly found in these countries. Recently, India saw the highest daily tally of new SARS-CoV-2 infections ever […]Read More
South Africa has announced it will resume its vaccination rollout with Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine following a temporary suspension for a possible link between the jab and blood clots. The government announced that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered again starting from Wednesday. It had been put on hold after six people in the […]Read More
Amid fears of possible expiration, The United Nations Children’s agency (UNICEF) said it will redistribute more than 1.3 million doses of vaccines meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency had previously announced the vaccine distributed under the global COVAX initiative will expire on 24 June. Due to doubts raised by blood clout issues […]Read More
Nigeria, in the seventeenth week of 2021, recorded a total of 467 cases of COVID-19. On average, the country had over 66.7 daily records of cases between April 23th and April 29th, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 45 cases on Friday, 23th of April. […]Read More
The Kenyan government has temporarily suspended all flight to and from India as a deadly coronavirus variant ravages the Asian nation. Kenya’s 14 days flight ban begins at midnight Saturday, May 1, giving a three-day grace period that allows those wishing to return to the country. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the Covid-19 response […]Read More
