Tag: Coronavirus

For years, Edward Holmes worried about animal markets causing a pandemic. Now he finds himself at the center of the debate over the origins...

January 12, 2 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a wave of public and political outrage on Tuesday over allegations that he and his staff...

Covid-19 killed at least one parent or primary caregiver for nearly 100,000 children in Peru, the country with the world’s highest coronavirus death rate,...

By Cecilia Ologunagba NEW YORK - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed optimism that COVID-19 pandemic would end in 2022. Ghebreyesus said at...

 The Premier League in England announced on Monday that 103 new coronavirus cases among club players and staff. It was the highest weekly number recorded...

Health officials in Taiwan on Wednesday announced that existing virus control measures would be extended through mid-July as more clusters of coronavirus infections spring...

Football, greyhound racing, horse racing, rugby league and rugby union are among sports to open their doors to fans as the third step of...

It wasn’t planned. I was seeing off my neighbour and friend on Thursday evening when one of the officers of our estate residents’ association called out...

Germany, France and Italy have become the latest European countries to temporarily halt the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine over a small number...

Former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, was vaccinated against the coronavirus on Tuesday.Chief Osoba received the Covid-19 vaccine at the Governor’s office...

Weeks after his posters surfaced in some states of the country, Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, declared at the weekend that he would contest to...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine while stating that it is safe. Buhari gave the assurance after he was vaccinated...

Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has stated that soon, no one will be able to travel the world...

Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he once tested positive for coronavirus. Obasanjo made the disclosure on Friday. According to him, he was relieved...

Zanzibar’s first vice president, Seif Sharif Hamad, who led the island’s opposition for three decades, died Wednesday, the president said, after he had been...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has raised the alarm over re-emergence of the dreaded Ebola virus in some West African neighbouring countries,...

Bayern Munich forward Thomas Mueller is set to miss out on Thursday’s Club World Cup final in Doha after testing positive for the coronavirus...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection 2021 which made the use of face masks in public...

Napoli have officially announced Victor Osimhen has tested negative for coronavirus and should resume training Saturday. The Partenopei announced the Nigerian forward received a negative...

Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have dissociated themselves from the reported claim by Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello that coronavirus vaccines are meant...