Health

Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have started to get their first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine. The flag off of the exercise commenced…

Spain on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Brazil and South Africa until May 25 to curb the spread of new coronavirus strains. Only legal residents or nationals of…

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new $90 million malaria control effort in eight Nigerian vulnerable states. The eight benefiting states…

The African Union Commission says the continent is making headway in defeating malaria through strong political commitment, increased funding, and innovations devised to…

The Edo State Government has vaccinated over 33, 819 persons in the state’s local government councils with the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, as part of efforts…

Twenty ventilators has arrived the country from Saudi Arabia for the ongoing fight against COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of other medical equipment donated by the…

Top US health authorities recommended a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine “out of an abundance of caution” as they investigate any links…

The World Health Organisation, WHO says the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic is a long way from over, insisting that nobody is out of the woods yet. The Director-General of the…

Israeli researchers report that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is as effective against B.1.1.7 variant of the virus, aka the U.K. variant, as it is against the…

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated against Covid-19, announced late Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. “At the end of…