Tag: coronavirus
154,225 patients recover from COVID-19 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that a total of 154,225 patients have recovered from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since its outbreak...
India clears Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine amid deadly COVID-19 wave
India’s drug regulator has confirmed the approval of a third coronavirus vaccine – Russia’s Sputnik V – as the country battles a deadly wave...
Panel questions how China, WHO initially responded to the pandemic
China’s response to the first cases of COVID-19 in 2020 was too weak and the WHO may also have reacted too slowly.
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Global coronavirus cases surpass the 40 million milestone
Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a...
AUB lays off hundreds, as situation bites harder
The American University of Beirut’s (AUB) medical centre says it has laid hundreds of staff, as even hospitals buckle under the weight of Lebanon’s...
India tops a million coronavirus cases as pandemic hits villages
India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases, behind only the United States and...
Voting in Singapore extended over virus control measures
Voting in Singapore’s election was extended on Friday, after coronavirus infection control measures led to long queues and delays at polling stations.
Voting is mandatory...
COVID-19: Trump Jr.’s girlfriend tests positive
One of President Donald Trump’s top campaign fundraisers – and the girlfriend of his son Donald Trump Jr. – tested positive for coronavirus on Friday in South Dakota hours...
7 cops injured in London music fest violence
Seven police officials were injured in violence at an unlicensed musical event in the British capital as they sought to break up a crowd...
WHO warns of ‘hard, long battle’ with COVID-19
Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the still-raging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Abiola Ajimobi, dies at 70
Former Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi is dead.
Ajimobi died on Thursday at the First Cardiology Cosultants in Lagos after spending weeks in intensive...
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 20,244
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 436 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,244.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease...
France’s virus-tracing app makes good start
France's digital minister has said its coronavirus contact-tracing app has been downloaded 600,000 times since it became available on Tuesday afternoon.
StopCovid France is designed...
ITREALMS hosts webinar on IPv6
Multiple award-winning medium, ITREALMS Online has revealed that it will host its first virtual meeting on the Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6) on Saturday,...
Wike imposes curfew on Rivers
The Rivers State governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has imposed a state-wide curfew on the state, which will take effect from June 2 till further...
Democracy and the Coronavirus: A Strange Mixture
When we finally take a drink from the bottle before us, what will we become? JUBAL KANAYO takes a look at what the future...
