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Covid-19: Nigeria Reintroduces Nationwide Curfew, Restrictions on Mass Gatherings
Authorities in Nigeria have reintroduced restrictions on mass gatherings to curb the further spread of Covid-19. The Presidential steering committee on Covid-19 also reintroduced a nationwide 12 am to 4 am curfew as part
Disneyland Opens Friday, Highlighting California’s Covid Turnaround
Four months ago, America’s most populous state was struggling to combat a surge in coronavirus hospitalizations that packed patients into outdoor tents and killed hundreds of people each day. On
Covid: Turkey Enters First Full Lockdown Thursday
The streets are crowded, the shopping centres busy and the traffic heavy. Some flock to the main bus terminal to get out of Istanbul, while others are trying to stockpile
India Hospital Fire Kills 13 Amid Covid Oxygen Crisis
At least 13 patients have died after a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of an Indian hospital treating Covid patients near Mumbai. The blaze, which took place
COVID-19: Why states were directed to halt vaccination halfway — FG
The Federal Government has explained why it asked all states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they used half of the doses allocated to them. Minister
COVID-19: Saudi to allow only ‘immunised’ pilgrims to Mecca
Saudi authorities said Monday only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month for Muslims. The
Twice-weekly Covid Tests to Be Offered to All in England
Everyone in England is to be given access to two rapid coronavirus tests a week from Friday, under an extension of the government’s testing programme. The lateral flow kits, which
Almost one in seven suffers long Covid, UK study finds
Nearly one in seven Britons who tested positive for Covid-19 continued to have symptoms for at least 12 weeks, according to a UK study released Thursday. The Office for National
Heart disease, cancer kill more Americans than Covid in 2020 ― Data
Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, according to provisional data released on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart
WHO experts say Covid probably came to humans from animals
Covid-19 probably passed to humans from a bat via an intermediary animal, an international expert mission to China concluded in a report seen on Monday, with investigators all but ruling
