Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says the continent’s Covid-19 case fatality rate is now higher than the global average, describing the development as “worrying and concerning”.

As the US enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” President Joe Biden is putting forth a national Covid-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools

As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term last January, the US recorded its first confirmed case of Covid-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had

The head of the World Health Organization has criticised drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in rich countries get vaccinated against Covid-19 before

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire says one out of every five persons tested in the last one week turned out positive for Covid-19, noting that the ministry of finance has released

Emirates airline, along with dnata, are among the first transport and air services organisations in the world to offer employees the option to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. The

Nigeria’s federal government has said it will strive to procure vaccines for at least 70% of its population. The government also said it has released N10 billion (about $25m) to

A nurse has received Brazil’s first vaccine dose after health regulators gave emergency approval to two jabs. Regulator Anvisa gave the green light to vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca and China’s Sinovac,

The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government. The Daqiaodao Food Co., Ltd. in

Nigerian governors have scheduled to meet on Wednesday, January 20, to review and consider new safety measures in view of the increasing spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is as

India has started inoculating health workers in what is likely the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. The

A highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the UK could become the dominant strain in the US by March, health officials have said. The Centers for Disease Control and

US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday said he would order increased production of syringes and other supplies to ramp up vaccinations against Covid-19 and improve upon the Trump administration rollout

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped two million on Friday as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish

The Nigerian government on Friday warned her citizens against fake coronavirus vaccines as there are reports that some are in circulation. with the country’s National Agency for Food Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) urging the

Following concerns over the opaqueness of the recent allocation of expected 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to states by the federal government, governors of Nigeria’s 36 states are making moves

Preliminary research has detected a new variant of the coronavirus in Kenya, with the research carried out by the state-linked Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) The variant, unique to Kenya,

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has kicked against the prolonged closure of schools, stressing that schools are not the drivers of the pandemic and that “no effort should be

The Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday claiming billionaire businessman and legal icon, Chief Bolu Akin-Olugbade. According to family sources, he died in Lagos at a private hospital accredited to manage the