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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, April 4th, 2022
New coronavirus travel guideline takes effect from today, April 4 By Ima Elijah Mustapha said that the new guideline prescribed for the fully vaccinated would apply to travelers between ages 10 and 18 years. A new international travel guideline has been issued by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, removing mandatory Polymerase Chain Reaction […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
The United Kingdom, UK, has taken all 11 countries off England’s travel red list. It will be made official tomorrow, Wednesday, the health secretary, Sajid Javid, announced. The decision means England will no longer require hotel quarantine for travellers from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. However, testing […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Health
Saturday, December 11th, 2021
Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Ghana’s Health Service Director-General Ghana will from Monday vaccinate returning citizens and residents against COVID-19 upon arrival at the airport if they have not received shots. Ghana’s Health Service Director-General, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, amid concerns over low take-up of vaccination. He said that all Ghanaians leaving […]
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COVID-19, Governors, Headlines, Health, Imo, State News
Saturday, December 4th, 2021
From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri Imo State governor,Hope Uzodimma has distributed 8100 Covid-19 vaccines delivered from Intercedd Health Products Ltd. to the 27 Local Government Areas of the State. Commissioner-designate, Rubby Emele who represented the governor during the distribution on Wednesday urged the 27 Interim Management Committee (IMC) chairmen of the councils to ensure even distribution […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Friday, October 8th, 2021
By Chukwuma Muanya •How to meet global COVID-19 targets, by WHO, UN Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewole Tomori, has provided reasons why the United Kingdom imposed travel restrictions on vaccinated Nigerians. The virologist, who is also a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition, noted […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Health
Friday, September 24th, 2021
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja World Health Organisation (WHO), has said that COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by over seven times from around 20 million doses per month to 150 million each month on average if the continent is to fully vaccinate 70 per cent of its people by September 2022. It noted that […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Monday, September 6th, 2021
Coronavirus in Nigeria On Saturday, Nigeria recorded 49 additional fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic with 964 fresh cases reported across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that Nigeria’s total infection from the pandemic stood at 195,052 while the fatality toll increased to 2,544 […]
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COVID-19, General Politics, Health, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, August 15th, 2021
COVID-19 scare: Buhari, delegation to go on isolation after London trip Buhari and his delegation in London By Terhemba Daka, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his delegation to the United Kingdom are to go on isolation after spending about two weeks in London. This is coming after Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, the UK High […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Health
Monday, June 21st, 2021
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Africa’s economies will continue to remain in jeopardy until the continent finds an answer to the non-availability of COVID-19 vaccination. Speaking at a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana, […]
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Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Health, United Kingdom (UK)
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
The United Kingdom has placed a travel restriction on travelers from Nigeria and other countries in order to contain the spread of COVID-9 in the country. The country listed Nigeria alongside 188 countries on the amber list on its website. Aside from the countries on the amber list other countries were categorised under green or […]
