Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will go into self-isolation immediately, after one of his close aides tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu and other members of his team will

A US government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that

The Nigerian government has directed health workers to be on red alert and has asked Covid-19 treatment centres across the country to prepare for reopening. Due to a decline in

South Africa’s health minister has blamed the nation’s teenagers for the second wave of Covid-19 as the new surge of infections were affecting those aged between 15 and 19 following

A top officer of the Nigerian Army Olu Irefin has died of complications from COVID-19. Irefin, a major-general and general officer commanding(GOC) six division, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state died during

Nigeria’s Former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021.

South Africa has officially entered a second wave of the new coronavirus as the number of infections per day exceeds 6,000. Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said in a televised address

Israel will begin administering the coronavirus vaccine to citizens on December 27, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night. Speaking at a news conference on the day that the first

Four Lions at Barcelona Zoo in Spain have tested positive for coronavirus, veterinary officials say. Three females named Zala, Nima and Run Run and one male called Kiumbe were tested

Indian authorities are investigating if organochlorines used as pesticides or in mosquito control caused the death of one person and hospitalisation of more than 400 in the southern state of

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the launch of a cold chain air freight to transport temperature-sensitive medicines, including a potential Covid-19 vaccine and comes amidst concerns of who will handle the

Pfizer Inc has applied for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, media said on Sunday, the first to do so in a country with the world’s second-highest

Britain will pay individuals who suffer any severe side-effects from Covid-19 vaccines under an existing programme, the government said on Thursday, ahead of a rollout of Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine

When Pfizer Inc. said last month it expects to ship half the Covid-19 vaccines it had originally planned for this year, the decision highlighted the challenges drug makers face in

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use. British regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to

Covid-19 could be causing lung abnormalities still detectable more than three months after patients are infected, researchers suggest. A study of 10 patients at Oxford University used a novel scanning

Nigeria’s federal government has owned up that acquiring the Covid-19 vaccine for the public is a challenging task before the country because of the global politics around vaccines. To that

Moderna Inc. said it would ask US and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection against

A Nigerian neuroscientist and start-up founder has created a device that can be used to detect Covid-19, the smell of explosives and even cancer cells. Oshi Agabi, a former roadside