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COVID-19 sample tests near 264, 000 In Lagos
The State’s Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has disclosed the alarming number of Covid-19 sample tests in the state since the start of the pandemic. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, January 20, Abayomi revealed that 285, 948 total samples were tested, out of which 263, 358 were valid. He said that the remaining…
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Crowd At Heathrow Airport Spark Social Distancing Concerns
New pictures of a mammoth crowd with limited social distancing at the Heathrow Airport has sparked serious concerns for the apparent risk of the spread of coronavirus. One picture was posted by former British ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott was captioned: “T2 Heathrow Friday afternoon. No ventilation. Long delays. Super spreading.” This pictures and videos found…
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AstraZeneca to Cut COVID-19 vaccine delivery to EU by 60%
With the European Union’s deal to purchase 300m doses due by 29 January still pending, AstraZeneca has decided to cut deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60%. AstraZeneca was expected to deliver around 80 million doses to the 27 EU countries by the end of March, an EU official told…
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First Case Of UK Covid-19 Strain Reported In Nigeria
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says the B117 variant of COVID-19 first reported in the United Kingdom has been found in Nigeria. Boss Mustapha, PTF chairman and secretary to the government of the federation, made this known at the PTF briefing in Abuja, on Monday, January 25. “Over the last few weeks, the…
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Why Pregnant Women Should Avoid Covid-19 Vaccines
Health experts have asked that pregnant women avoid Covid-19 vaccines as it has not been recommended for use. In a recent post on the World Health Organization’s official website, experts said they do not recommend the use of the vaccine in pregnant women unless they are at high risk of being exposed to the virus.…
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Nigerian State To Force Compliance To Covid-19 Protocols As Death Toll Rises To 73
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Saturday said it has concluded plans to set up a Covid-19 Marshals to enforce strict compliance to Covid-19 protocols as covid-19 death toll rises to 73 in the state. Ganduje made the disclosure during a media parley on the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic in the state.…
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Scientists Say South African Covid-19 Variant May Escape Antibodies And Cause Reinfection
New study suggests that the new variant of the coronavirus ‘501Y.V2’ has mutations in nine parts of its spike protein, which enables it to infect human cells as it can likely escape “neutralization” by antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients. According to the yet-to-be peer reviewed study, published in the preprint platform BioRxiv, this new variant of the…
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Covid-19: WHO To Initiate Plan For Global Vaccine Rollout
WHO plans to approve several COVID-19 vaccines from western and Chinese manufacturers in the coming weeks and months, be rolled out globally so that poorer countries can start their inoculation as disclosed in a document published on Wednesday January 20. The health organization aims for rapid vaccine releases in poorer countries. COVAX, a global scheme co-led by…
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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…