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Iran Records Over 5,800 Daily Covid Cases
Iran has become the hardest hit country in Middle East by the pandemic in terms of total cases and deaths. Health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said 239 people with Covid-19 had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total since February to 27,658. She added that the number of confirmed cases had risen…
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UK To Fine Lockdown Violators Up To £6,400
UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has announced fresh £800 fines and £6,400 for repeat offenders caught attending illegal house parties during the nationwide lockdown. This new measures have been launched with the hope that it helps the curb the spread of the new British variant hence affecting the high rates of Covid-19 cases in the…
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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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Spain Imposes New Travel Ban On UK Tourists Till After Summer
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has ordered a new travel ban that restricts British tourists from holidaying in Spain until the end of summer, when the majority of the population has been vaccinated. This ban comes as the Spanish Health Ministry reported 41,576 new coronavirus cases, the highest number registered in a 24-hour period since…
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Nigeria To Receive Covid-19 Vaccines By February
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum in a communique on Thursday with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GOVI) revealed the country would receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines by February. Chairman of the forum, Kayode Fayemi, revealed that there is an arrangement for the World Health…
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Covid-19: An Insight On The Cost Of Testing In Nigeria
As COVID-19 vaccination continues to be at the centre of discussion in the world right now, African countries like Nigeria still struggle to make Covid-19 testing affordable and accessible to both rich and poor. While Covid-19 tests are made available for free in some African countries, others like Nigeria require its citizens to pay for…
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Covid-19 World Map: A Look At Countries With The Most Cases
The Covid-19 world map has taken a new turn since the beginning of the new year. Though there has been no major change in the position of countries worst-affected and least-affected, the number of daily Covid-19 cases has brought a shift with some countries recording very high cases daily compared to others. The total global…
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Canada Slows Vaccination Over Delayed Delivery From Pfizer
Federal officials have revealed that only half of Canada’s promised COVID-19 vaccine doses by Pfizer-BioNTech will arrive in the next month as a result of production issues in Belgium. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, has expressed concerns over the delay saying the province’s strategy for the two-dose regime depends on steady shipments even though the Prime…
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Healthcare Expert Cautions FG against Politicizing COVID-19 Vaccines Distribution
Dr Rekevwe Ugwumba, a former consultant to the Senate Committee on Health has called on the government to avoid politics with the vaccination sharing formula across states in Nigeria, stressing that the process must be based on data and science made available to the general public. Ugwumba expressed her concerns via an interview with THISDAY…
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WHO Calls For Equitable Access To Covid-19 Vaccines
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization has expressed concern over the unequal distribution of vaccines, especially to health workers and the elderly in low-income countries. According to Ghebreyesus, more than 39 million doses of vaccines have been administered in at least 49 higher-income countries, whereas, only 25 doses have been distributed in…