The Kano State Covid-19 taskforce technical Committee, has introduced a Home-based care program to reach people in remote areas, as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the pandemic. A statement from the state Primary Health Care Management Board signed by its Information Officer Mr Maikudi Marafa, made the […]
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Around half of South Africa’s population is thought to have contracted Covid-19, studies and statisticians say, suggesting the virus has claimed tens of thousands more lives than officially recorded. The nation worst hit by coronavirus in Africa has registered more than 140,000 excess natural deaths since May 2020, according to […]
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the results of specially designed tests unveil the extent of the havoc the repeated lockdowns and the move to online studies have wreaked on the education system. The number of students having difficulties in writing, math and other studies has increased up to fourfold, […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has explained the conspiracy theory surrounding the vaccine, saying no country was interested in spending money just to kill Africans. The government said the Covid-19 vaccine is not meant to kill Africans as speculated by many. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Boss […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 1,634 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country. The health Agency while giving the report on Tuesday February 2, 2021 night via its website, said six fresh deaths resulting from Covid-19 complications have also been recorded. NCDC said the total […]
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 676 new cases of Covid-19 infections, bringing the total number of infections to 131,918 as cases have continued to surge. The health agency disclosed this on its official Twitter handle, Monday night. The NCDC said that twenty-one additional people died from […]
The Nigerian government says the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 is delaying because of politics and logistics due to no fault of Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who disclosed this in Abuja today Sunday January 31, 2021 said the […]
MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s Covid-19 vaccination programme in a public/private partnership. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination […]
