Coronavirus

The official said the Nigerian government is worried about the high number of health workers getting infected.

“The continent is better prepared today than it was one year ago," the Africa CDC chief said.

“More than 70 million #COVID19 vaccine doses have been administered so far. Less than 20,000 of these were on the...

Nigeria also recorded eight deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the country’s fatality to 1,586 in total.

"This new strain spreads faster and kills quicker."

Nigeria recorded 9,955 new Covid-19 cases, 14 per cent lower than the preceeding week

Nigeria recorded its highest daily tally of 27 deaths on Friday to topple the previous record of 23 coronavirus deaths...

Travel between France and countries outside the European Union will be banned from Sunday.

“From Friday, we’re extending our travel ban with the UAE, Burundi and Rwanda all added to the UK’s red list,”...

The new strain was registered in South Africa in October 2020.

A total of 2,990,890 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent.

Both private and public hospitals in the state to henceforth conduct COVID-19 tests for patients with fever, cough and catarrh.

A similar situation occurred last Friday when no data was included from Lagos and no reason was given for the...

It took about 11 months for worldwide infections to reach 50 million but in just three more months, the figure...

We do not need to wait for more deaths to recognise that we have a dire situation and react to...

This brings to 1,952 the number of confirmed cases in Kwara, with 1,610 patients discharged and 41 deaths.

Exactly a week ago, Nigeria recorded 1,964 new COVID-19 cases, the county’s highest daily figure ever.

Nigeria on Tuesday also logged 1,303 new COVID-19 infections, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

Last week, Nigeria reported 82 deaths, an average of 11 deaths daily from COVID-19.

He said the management of the NYSC cannot afford to risk the lives and health of the corps members.

"There have been reports of cases with the B117 variant strain, first reported in the UK, found in Nigeria."

The Nigerian government had announced that at least 100,000 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines will arrive the...

Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug believed to also have anti-Covid properties, although it has not been confirmed by relevant health...

Last week was one of the worst in Nigeria’s COVID-19 pandemic era.

Last week, 10,534 COVID-19 patients were discharged but the country still has 23,933 patients receiving treatments.