Lagos State Government has activated its Emergency Response Committee following a diphtheria outbreak in the boarding house of King’s College, Lagos, Victoria Island Annex. The Commissioner...
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency, UKHSA, on Friday detected the first case of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 in the country. UKHSA in a statement on its...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is in the news following a bill seeking to stop medical doctors from seeking greener pastures less than 5 years after medical...
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of the new coronavirus variant, Omicron. The announcement is the first to be reported in the Arab world. The...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a strong warning that the second year of Covid-19 is set to be “far more deadly.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
Contrary to reports, Nigeria has not been disqualified from accessing Covid-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility. Clarifying the position in Abuja on Saturday at an emergency...
The World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative has disqualified Nigeria and eight other African countries from global vaccine bid over the inability to meet the standard...
Nigerian government has said health workers and vulnerable citizens will be the first beneficiaries of the 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be delivered to the...