People entering into Ivory Coast will now be required to present a health pass confirming that they have been vaccinated, or taken a Covid-19 test in the last seventy-two hours. President Alassane Ouattara made the announcement as part of measures to check the spread of the virus. He also said that the validity of coronavirus PCR tests…
All is set for the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination exercise in Lagos State, which begins tomorrow. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced that the exercise is being done with the Moderna vaccine, which comes with two doses. Speaking during a media briefing at the State House in Ikeja, said Lagos State received a little above three hundred…
A Kenyan preacher based in the UK has been charged in court for selling what he called a Covid-19 remedy. Bishop Climate Irungu Wiseman sold a bottle of a mixture of oils at $125 He was charged in a London court with fraud and unfair trading offences. Wiseman made videos that he circulated online claiming the oils…
The second phase of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria has started as planned. Members of the Presidential Steering Committee, led by the Secretary to the Government, Boss Mustapha, attended the flag-off ceremony. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Doctor Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the success of the vaccination would depend largely on health…
Activities have been suspended for ten days at the Nigerian High Commission in London. The move is meant to prevent the spread of Covid-19, after two officials tested positive for the coronavirus. The High Commission confirmed in a statement that the positive test was discovered among the Head of Immigration Section and two other officials who went…
The Federal Government says state governments are responsible for seven out of twelve demands that caused the strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors. The Minister of Health, Doctor Osagie Ehanire, told newsmen in Abuja that the Federal Government cannot force the states to do anything on those demands. The Minister said NARD was taking advantage…