COVID19

Moderna, Inc. a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, announced that it has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its updated COVID-19 vaccine encoding the…

Sweden's Health Agency recommended on Monday, that people aged 80 or above should receive a second booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine, to ward off waning immunity amid the rampant spread of the Omicron variant. The agency said in a…

Nigeria has successfully vaccinated three million, nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand, nine hundred and forty-five (3,938,945) eligible people across the country. This is contained in the Country Report of Nigeria, which was…

Nigeria has recorded 78 new COVID-19 cases The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said this in its COVID update on Sunday. According to the report, the 78 cases were recorded in 11 states: Lagos(22), Kaduna (12),…

Uganda's president Yowreri Museveni has introduced sweeping new anti-coronavirus measures including a ban on all vehicular movement except for essential workers to help curb a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the nation. The…

Oil fell as India’s worsening Covid-19 crisis weighed on the near-term outlook for demand ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting later this week. Futures in New York slid below $62 a barrel after advancing 1.2% on Friday, the most in more than a…

Moves to bolster the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) emergency reserves could provide the $44bn needed to vaccinate 70 percent of the population in lower- and middle-income countries by the end of 2022. This would come at no added…

Nigeria has recorded 1,588 new cases of corona-virus cases in the country. This was contained in a report published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night. According to the agency, the total number of…

The Kano State Governor, Dr. Umar Ganduje has inaugurated COVID-19 Marshals in an effort to further to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, The Marshals, numbering 2,000, comprising of 1,000 Hisbah officials and 1,000 health workers…

Nigeria has recorded 685 new cases of corona-virus in the country. This was contained in a report published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night. According to the agency, the total number of infections in…