Health

Private universities seem to be coping better in adhering to COVID-19 protocols.

The Nigerian government has disclosed plans to vaccinate approximately 109 million people against COVID-19 over a period of two years.

He said that all workers in federal government agencies had been captured in the NHIS.

Low testing figures in many states has limited Nigeria's ability to determine the true extent of the spread of COVID-19.

"Member States are advised against the use of Ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19."

About 70 per cent of Nigerians pay out-of-pocket for healthcare.

Total COVID-19 cases across the African continent are now more than 3.8 million.

More than two-thirds of the over 150,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.

An average of about 1,000 cases has been reported daily since the beginning of 2021.

The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-`9, or

The whole world will only be safe from COVID-19 after ensuring that all populations are adequately vaccinated.

The 869 new COVID-19 cases were reported from 24 states.

The new Bill seeks to help Nigeria deal with any impending outbreak of infectious and contagious diseases in the future.

Tuesday's relatively high COVID-19 figure occurred despite the non-inclusion of data from Lagos.

Africa’s viral epicentre, South Africa, confirmed Tuesday that it is jettisoning plans to use the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and will...

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No tests have yet been carried out to ascertain whether the two vaccines also protect against the strain originating in...

The doctors had embarked on an indefinite strike 14 days ago over unpaid allowances.

NCDC says it is improving the quality of data and ensuring laboratories can focus on testing of samples

The 6, 422 new cases recorded last week represent a 26 per cent drop from the 8,685 cases recorded in...

With 574 new cases on Monday, 146,928 people have now been infected with the disease.

An official said said the Nigerian government plans to vaccinate all eligible population from 18 years and above, including pregnant...

African nations have three main ways of securing supplies for COVID-19 vaccines.

The B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant was first detected in the United Kingdom and has since spread to other parts of the...

Nigeria is expected to receive an initial 16 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines Global Assess...