Health

By John Ikani  Anyone vaccinated with an AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India would not be qualified to get the much-trumpeted European Union COVID Digital Green Pass, which launches 1 July. That’s because...

By Hannatu Sadiq Local NGOs in the Tunisian city of Kairouan are calling for urgent international help to combat the spike in coronavirus infections. The Tunisian authorities imposed a lockdown on the city with about 500,000...

By John Ikani The World Health Organization has stated that the COVID-19 Delta variant has been identified in at least 85 countries, and is spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations. Director-General of WHO Tedros Ghebreyesus told newsmen...

By John Ikani Namibia has run out of medical oxygen reserves as the country experiences record numbers of daily deaths from coronavirus. Disclosing this to newsmen, health minister Kalumbi Shangula said all local manufacturers of purified...

By John Ikani The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency NPHCDA says more than one million Nigerians have received the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, NPHCDA Executive Director,...

By Emmanuel Nduka   Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Aliyu Gambo, has informed that the Nigerian Government has spent about $6.2bn in identifying and treating one million HIV patients in...