President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has contracted coronavirus. A statement by the White House said the President on Thursday morning tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated and twice boosted. He is said to be experiencing very mild symptoms. “He has begun taking Paxlovid. Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will…
It has been revealed that the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021. This revelation was made by the WHO on Thursday. This is up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease, according to the Agence France Presse, AFP. The World Health Organization’s long-awaited…
A COVID-19 patient, who was pronounced dead and sealed in a body bag, came back to life just before being cremated. The pensioner was declared “dead” by nursing home staff. Footage from China shows hazmat suited nurses carrying the body bag with the pensioner to a hearse to cremate him. However, on their way there,…
The Muhammadu Buhari-led government has announced it has lifted the COVID-19 ban on large gatherings. FG also announced that the midnight curfew and crowd restrictions at weddings, concerts, and other crowded places have been lifted. The Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, on COVID-19 disclosed the lifting of the ban following the receding of the number of…
The former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama has tested positive for Covid 19. Obama took to his social media on March 13 to announce that he tested positive for Covid-19 while his wife, Michelle tested negative. The former America President disclosed that he found out he was positive for Covid-19 after…
The superstar singer has postponed the show to a latter date due to COVID-19 conditions. Grammy award-winning singer and Nigerian superstar, Wizkid has postponed his proposed Canadian tour of his Made in Lagos album due to Covid-19 restrictions in the country. The singer took to his twitter handle to annouce the postponement of the concert…
2020 is an unforgettable year in human history. The world suffered a pandemic due to COVID 19. The virus changed living as we knew it, and just when it seemed normalcy was being restored, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 came knocking. Viruses are known to naturally mutate over time. This new variant of COVID-19 is…
Nigeria Missing As UK Recognises COVID Certificates From Over 50 Countries This means that fully vaccinated Nigerians travelling to UK still need to self-isolate for 10 days. From October 4, UK said the new travel system comes into force with countries and territories categorised as either The previous traffic light system of green, amber and…
Oladipupo Williams, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is dead. The 74-year-old SAN died in the early hours of Sunday, October 3, 2021. His death was confirmed by his son, Kunle Williams. According to Kunle, Oladipupo died from complications due to COVID-19 on Sunday. On his Facebook page, he wrote: “My father passed away this morning…
The NCDC revealed this information via its website on Sunday morning that the additional 138 infections brought the total of infections in the country to 206,064. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has revealed that it has not recorded any death but registered 138 new cases of COVID-19 in the country as of October 2….
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told world leaders at the ongoing 76th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in New York, that he built hospitals across Nigeria to fight COVID-19. The President said in a bid to curtail the COVID:19 pandemic which halted economic and other activities across the globe in 2020 and early2021, that his…
Bishop Climate Wiseman, the Kenyan pastor and founder of Bishop Climate Ministries in Camberwell District, South London, United Kingdom, has denied fraud after allegedly selling “plague protection kits” for £91 as a cure for COVID-19. Bishop Climate Wiseman, 46, who is also known as Dr. Climate Wiseman and Climate Irungu, is said to have offered the…
The federal government has revealed that over a million Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib made the announcement during the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), on Monday, September 13. Shuaib said that while 1,692,315 persons have received two doses of…
The Edo state government has confirmed the death of a 33-year-old pregnant woman at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin and 15 other persons across other COVID-19 facilities. Disclosing the deaths to newsmen on Monday, the Head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, said the victims were not vaccinated. “This particular patient…
Thirteen western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for Coronavirus. Staff were alerted when several of the zoo’s troop of 20 western lowland gorillas began exhibiting symptoms, including runny noses, mild coughing, and loss of appetite. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that fecal samples and swabs sent to the University of Georgia’s veterinary diagnostic laboratory…
We all know that the pandemic has changed our way of life. Outings, clubbing, partying can never be the same again. However, with the vaccine, life got easier. The vaccine works as a preventive way to slow the surging pandemic, however, there are certain things that vaccinated people may be free to do which they…
Seventy people are reported to have been killed after being infected with the deadly COVID19 Delta variant. The Nation reports that the Vice-Chancellor of University Of Medical Sciences (UNIMEDTH) and Chairman, Ondo Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, disclosed this to newsmen today August 23 while addressing senior civil servants. Accusing the state civil servants…
Veteran Nigerian Musician, Mike Okri, has contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Okri disclosed this in his Facebook live he had on Saturday, August 21. Okri who recently returned home after decades abroad said he caught the virus on Friday, August 20, a day before he was due to travel. He said he felt “devastated” and “funny” and had…
According to a report by SaharaReporters, thousands of worshippers, devotees, and tourists at the grand finale of the two-week-long Osun Osogbo festival in Osun State, on Friday, ignored the mandatory use of face marks and observance of social distancing. Though the state government had said it would enforce the use of face masks and social…
The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination will begin on Tuesday, August 10 in Nigeria. The announcement was made after the federal government received over four million doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by the US government last week. In a statement signed by the spokesperson to the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr. Willie Bassey…
