On Friday, Nigeria reported a surge in infections by 196 cases. There were also 46 recoveries and 2 deaths; just as the World Health Organisation announced the detection of the Omicron variant in 38 countries. Nigeria...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new COVID-19 strain as ‘Omicron’ and classified it as a variant of concern. The discovery of Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend...
Ifedayo Adetifa has taken over as the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), promising to build on the gains made so far. The new NCDC DG took over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who was...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the death toll from COVID-19 is now at its lowest level in almost one year. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said at media briefing in Geneva on Wednesday that “The number...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described malaria vaccine developed in Africa and by African scientists, recommended for children in sub-Saharan Africa, as “historic’’. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said this at a...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed a professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, a former vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, to serve as a member of its Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 vaccine composition. The...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that steps are being taken to address reported cases of rejection of COVID-19 cards of Nigerians traveling to Europe and America. State WHO Representative, Faith Ireye said...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20 per cent, the sharpest seven-day decline in two months as the third wave pandemic tapers off. At a virtual...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting yesterday approved the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise known as 5G for the nation. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, who disclosed this yesterday while...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has identified a new variant of the coronavirus — labelled as ‘Mu’ — which may be resistant to vaccines. The Mu variant is the fifth identified by the WHO...