DR Onyema Ogbuagu, a Nigerian physician based in the United States is one of the many doctors who were involved in the Pfizer trial for the covid-19 vaccine. The Associate Professor of Medicine, stated that the Vaccine had no trace of sars cov-2 virus and that the efficacy levels were real. Pfizer and BioNtech announced…
40 Million Recoveries have been recorded as of Monday morning by worldmeter.info, a coronavirus tracking platform. This shows level of success recorded in the fight against the virus. People who recover from viral infections always develop immunity against the same disease, but it still remains unclear if this situation is applicable in Covid-19 infection. The…
– The World Health Organization secretary general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warns that giving up control on the virus is dangerous and has called for an end to politicization of the virus. – Australia’s Victoria state has reported no new cases in the past 24 hours for the second consecutive day. – According to Johns Hopkins…
African Import – Export bank (AFREXIM BANK) is set to raise up to 5 billion dollars (€3.5 billion) in a bid to facilitate the provision of covid-19 vaccines to African countries. The head of Africa’s disease control arm, confirmed this . The move is to make covid-19 vaccines readily available to all African countries. Any…
Belgium Health Minister, Frank Vandenbroucke has warned that the country may have an increase in new coronavirus infections. The Minister said that new infections were close to ‘tsunami’ and authorities “no longer control what is happening”. On Monday, there are new measures to stop the further spread of the virus. All bars and restaurants are…
As NYSC camps resume soon, the federal government has said that all prospective corps members will go through a mandatory covid-19 tests. Mr. Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 said this during a briefing in Abuja on Thursday, 15th October 2020. “We have developed guidelines with the NCDC…
Chinese authorities in the city of Qingdao on Monday said that they will test the entire city for covid-19 in the next five days after new cases sprang up. The city has a population of more than 9 million people and the new cases are connected to a hospital treating people who returned with the…
Italian government has made the wearing of masks compulsory across the country. This is to ensure that the coronavirus pandemic is controlled. Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte explained that strict measures are put in place to avoid the virus hitting again on the country. Italians must put on masks indoors except in their private homes. “From…
In a tweet, the United Nations Refugee Chief stated that he had tested positive for COVID-19, after he led the first 2 days of the agency’s main annual meeting in person. In his tweet, “I am engaging with UNHCR’s Executive Committee from home as I have to isolate after testing positive to #COVID-19, I only…
The World Health Organization has fiercely warned European countries about what it called ‘pandemic fatigue’ which it says will threaten the ability of the continent to fight the corona virus. Speaking on the issue, WHO Europe Director Dr. Hans Kluge said, “although fatigue is measured in different ways, and vary in levels per country, it…