Tag: COVID
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Pele had covid three weeks ago, not dead – Family
The family of Brazilian football legend Pele have said they’re ‘tired’ of receiving condolences. The three-time World Cup winner is currently in hospital, but his daughter, Flavia, denied reports he’s receiving palliative care.
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UK prime minister to unveil living with COVID plan amid criticism
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to unveil on Monday his “living with COVID plan’’ amid criticism from the opposition, unions and medical sectors which fear that the lifting of all restrictions. The opposition and medical sectors fear the scrapping of free testing and the legal self-isolation requirement could lead to another wave of the pandemic.…
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Canada identifies two cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant from two travellers to Nigeria
Canada said on Sunday it has identified its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid in two people who had travelled recently to Nigeria. The government of Ontario confirmed that the two cases are in the capital, Ottawa. Federal and Ontario provincial officials said both patients are in isolation while public health authorities…
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11 die of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Rivers, Osun top list
Rivers and Osun states led with four COVID-19 related deaths on Friday, recording four each. The eight were among the 11 declared by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, raising death toll to 2,211. Ogun recorded two deaths and Oyo one death. While the death toll in Rivers has increased to 104, Oyo has…
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Buhari, Nigeria’s healthcare and COVID remedies (4), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon The third (3) part of this serial on April 19, 2021, examined Nigeria’s lack of capability to conduct clinical trials of vaccines, including for COVID-19, and how to tackle the challenges therefrom. The next stage is to develop and produce vaccines, and again, Nigeria has no capabilities to deliver, declares Dr Simon…
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Buhari, Nigeria’s healthcare and COVID remedies (1), By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon As Nigeria remains largely an onlooker in the search for remedies to combat the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19, the reality of the nation’s healthcare system is brought starkly home by President Muhammadu Buhari jetting out on March 30, 2021, for nearly a three-week medical trip to London. It’d…
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COVID-19: FCT residents throng healthcare centres for vaccination — Official
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday trouped to designated health facilities in Abuja to receive the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) checks at some centres revealed that people were interested in being vaccinated, contrary to speculation that many Nigerians were scared to take the vaccine. Mr Ferdinand…
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Again, Nigeria breaks daily Covid-19 infections record as Lagos claims 55% of caseloads
Nigeria has again surpassed its chart for the second day, after recording 1354 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The new figure overshadows the 1,204 cases set on Monday. According to figures released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos also posted a new record 712 cases, more than the 645 reported on Monday. The…
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Covid at Xmas: Humanity as Pawn, By Michael West
By Michael West Whoever is updated with information, politics, economy and contraption of Covid-19 will know that the foretold and orchestrated second wave of the virus will be prevalent at Christmas. I described it as ‘orchestrated’ because it is contained in the strategy document of Rockefella Foundation which states that in the last two months…
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90-year-old grandmother becomes first to receive Covid vaccine
Britain on Tuesday kicked off the biggest vaccination programme in the country’s history, with a 90-year-old grandmother becoming the first person to receive the Covid vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech. The historic inoculation was given to Margaret Keenan in Coventry, central England. Last week Britain became the first country to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, raising hopes…