Vaccines Offer Important Protection Against COVID-19 – WHO
With the rapid spread of Omicron causing sharp increases in cases worldwide and leaving health systems overwhelmed, WHO urges for broader access to available COVID-19...
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COVID-19 Reported Cases Fall By 20%, Deaths Drop By 8% In Africa
BY DAYO ADESULU Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic...
Nigeria Begins Administration of Donated U.S COVID-19 Booster Friday
Nigeria will Friday begin the administering of the United States donated COVID-19 booster to Nigerians across the country. Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency,...
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Mild Symptoms Characterise COVID-19 Omicron Variant – South Africa
Omicron is fueling a steep surge in infections in South Africa but relatively few people are being hospitalised, experts said Thursday, as patients so far...
Uganda Tackle Misinformation About Covid-19 Vaccination In Acholi
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked the Ministry of Health and the Acholi Parliamentary Group to design strategies to address the smear...
COVID-19: 1.5 million People In Nasarawa Risk Death, Says NPHCDA
The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib has said that about 1.5 million people in Nasarawa State...
United States Donates 398,970 More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Madagascar
Today, 398,970 doses of the safe and effective Pfizer COVID-19 arrived in Madagascar. These vaccines were delivered via the COVAX facility and are part of...
Brace Up For 4th Wave Of COVID-19 During Yuletide – Health Expert
BY SEYIFUNMI LUMEKO Professor Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, on Friday urged Nigerians to brace up for the arrival of the fourth...
Mauritius Urges Citizens To Get COVID-19 Vaccination Booster Dose
It is strongly recommended that those who have received their two doses of COVID-19 vaccine be inoculated with the booster/additional dose so as to ensure...
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: WHO Emergency Teams Learning and Supporting Malawians
With Malawi’s top-level leadership fully committed to addressing bottlenecks that are hampering the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, WHO’s emergency ‘surge’ team is on the ground,...