COVID-19
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Health
Omicron: Britain adds Nigeria to red list
Britain will require all inbound travellers to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test, and arrivals from Nigeria will have to quarantine…
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Health
FG approves COVID-19 vaccine booster for Nigerians
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has authorised vaccine booster against the pandemic for eligible Nigerians. Dr Faisal Shuaib,…
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Health
Omicron variant symptoms: 5 things you need to know
Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, who first flagged the new variant has said that symptoms…
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Health
2 cases of new variant of Covid detected in UK
Two people in the UK have been found to be infected with the new Covid variant, Omicron, the health secretary…
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Foreign
US joins EU in restricting flights from S’Africa over new covid variant
The US will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries to try to contain a new…
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Features
In Lagos, a bus ride with a stranger who dies of COVID
Pastor Dr Sharp Sharp, a charismatic fixture around Oshodi bus terminal, was trying to get ahead in life. It was…
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Health
Covid: Kwara flags off mass vaccination
WHO rates Kwara ‘a high-performing state’ Kwara State Government on Tuesday flagged off mass vaccination of residents of the state…
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Health
NPHCDA says over 3m Nigerians fully vaccinated against Covid
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says more than three million eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against…
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Health
Nigeria records 65 new Covid cases, 8 deaths on Wednesday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that Nigeria recorded 65 additional cases of COVID-19 infections and eight COVID-19…
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Africa
Cameroon basketball star Joel Embiid ‘struggling’ with Covid
Cameroonian basketball star Joel Embiid is struggling after testing positive for Covid-19, according to Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers.…