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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…
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Nigeria To Heavily Fund Home-Made Vaccine Production
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the release of N10 billion to support local production of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, revealed this at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, which held on Monday in Abuja. The minister further disclosed that the country was making…
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Pfizer-BioNTech Claim Vaccines Are Effective Against UK COVID-19 Variant
A recently published research paper by Pfizer and partner BioNTech is claiming its coronavirus vaccine is likely to be highly effective against the UK COVID-19 variant. The variant also known as B.1.1.7, has caused alarm among experts because of its increased ability to spread and supercharge virus outbreaks. Pfizer research paper which has not been subjected to…
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Lebanon’s Healthcare Facilities Near Collapse As Covid-19 Cases Skyrockets
Lebanon’s main coronavirus facility has said the country’s health system is close to collapse with reports of shortage of beds, drugs, oxygen, ventilators and staff. Dr Firas Abiad of the foremost covid-19 facility in the country has said the government’s decision to relax coronavirus restrictions over a few fateful days at Christmas and New Year…
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2021 Week 3: COVID-19 Cases Rise Over 11,000
Nigeria, in the third week of 2021, recorded a total of 11,177 cases of COVID-19, the highest weekly record since the beginning of the year. On average, the country had over 1500 daily records of cases between January 15th and January 21st, 2020. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a…
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UK Records Over 1000 Fresh Coronavirus-Related Deaths and 33,552 Cases
The UK has reported 1,401 new coronavirus deaths and an additional 40,261 infections on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths in the UK to 97,329. This latest figure was reported just after senior doctors called on England’s chief medical officer to cut the 12-week gap between doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. Also, a total of…
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India Vaccinates Over 380,000 People In 3 Days
According to India’s Health Ministry, the country has successfully vaccinated over 381,305 people since nationwide vaccination began on Saturday. India recently gave emergency approval to vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and a local pharmaceutical company, Bharat Biotech as daily cases hit 12,584. On Monday alone, 148,266 people received injections. Health Ministry officials also revealed 580 cases…