China has put the city of Yuzhou into total lockdown after three persons tested positive for Covid-19, but without showing symptoms. Yuzhou, which has a population of 1.1 million saw its transport system shut down and all but essential food stores closed overnight. The move follows a similar lockdown in Xi’an, where thirteen million people have been…
France has announced tighter Covid restrictions amid concerns over the Omicron variant. Remote working will become compulsory for those who can and public gatherings will be limited to two thousand people for indoor events from January 3rd 2022. The news comes as France recorded more than one hundred thousand new infections on Saturday, the highest number reported…
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has limited indoor religious gatherings to fifty per cent with full compliance to public health measures. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha announced this in a statement. He explained that there had been reduced compliance to public health social measures which had led to increased COVID-19 cases…
The Lagos State Government has started clamping down on people who arrive in the state from overseas countries without going through the laid down Covid-19 guidelines. The guidelines require that international passengers who arrived in Nigeria must submit themselves for Day Two and Day Seven PCR tests. The Director of Public Affairs in Lagos State Ministry of…
… Sets 30% vaccination target The Lagos State Government has set a new target of thirty percent for Covid-19 vaccination within twelve months. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says he has mandated the Lagos State Ministry of Health to administer eight million doses of vaccines to four million residents by Christmas Day, December 25, 2021. Governor Sanwo-Olu also said…
The Lagos State Government has declared a fourth wave of Covid-19, with positive test rate said to be at six percent, as against less than zero in the middle of November. The declaration by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is contained in a copy of a media briefing obtained by Lasgidi FM News Desk. Governor Sanwo-Olu said analysis by…