Coronavirus Updates
Syrian President, 1st lady test positive for COVID-19
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma al-Assad, were tested positive for COVID-19, state news agency SANA reported on Monday. After experiencing some symptoms, the president and his wife
COVID-19 vaccination painfree, says Osinbajo
Appreciates frontline health workers Urges Nigerians to get vaccinated Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the COVID-19 vaccination jab was pain free. Following the vaccination of President Muhammadu
EU looks to secure vaccine materials from US
The EU will open talks with Washington Monday to ensure its supply of US-made materials for coronavirus vaccines, a European source said Saturday, items currently under tough export restrictions. Internal
Photos of President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo taking COVID-19 vaccine
Earlier in the day, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo received the COVID-19 vaccine at the Presidential Villa (read it HERE). Below are photos from the seminal event. President
Breaking: Buhari, Osinbajo take COVID-19 vaccine
A screengrab of President Muhammadu Buhari taking the vaccine. By Johnbosco Agbakwuru— ABUJA President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, received the COVID-19 vaccine publicly at the Presidential
Cameroon to receive more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses — PM
Cameroon is set to receive “very shortly” more than one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said on Friday. Pointing to “a deterioration in the epidemiological
S/Africa marks a year since first case of COVID-19, with death exceeding 50,000
Friday marks exactly a year since the first case of the novel coronavirus was first detected in South Africa on March 5, 2020. The Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, said this
21 African countries report COVID-19 fatality rates higher than global average
Twenty-one African countries are reporting COVID-19 case fatality rates higher than the global average, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday. The number of
FCT Minister says storage, security of COVID-19 vaccines in place
Muhammad Musa Bello Mr Muhammad Bello, Minister, Federal Capital Territory, on Friday affirmed that an all-inclusive preparation had been concluded ahead of the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines into the
Covid-19: Nigeria’s developed vaccine at clinic trial ― VC, Adeleke University
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Vice Chancellor of Adeleke University, Professor Solomon Adebiola, has disclosed that a covid-19 vaccine developed by Nigerian scientists is currently at the clinical trial
