By Aluta News Dec. 18, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday tasked Nigerian universities to come up with a cure for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Represented by Mr John Mairafi, a Director with the National Universities Commission (NUC), Buhari gave the charge in Oye-Ekiti, at the 5th and 6th convocation ceremony ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 12, 2021 Lagos State led new COVID-19 infections for the second day running as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 612 new infections for Saturday. It stated on Sunday that new cases were recorded in seven states and the FCT. The News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 16, 2021 The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said the partial or full vaccination against the dreaded COVID-19 is not enough reason to drop non pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) guard, or a guarantee against infection. Ehanire said this on Monday in Abuja, at the nationalContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 21, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from Coronavirus (COVID-19) globally between January of 2020 and May, 2021. WHO gave the estimate in a new working paper: “The impact of COVID-19 on health andContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) were selectedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 4, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continues to rise, as 74 new cases were recorded by the NCDC on Sunday. The NCDC said on its website on Monday morning that the additional 74 infections brought the total of infections inContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 3, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has not recorded any death but registered 138 new cases of COVID-19 in the country as of Oct. 2. The NCDC said on its website on Sunday morning that the additional 138 infections brought the totalContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 3, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden has mourned the about 700,000 Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19. Biden, in his twitter handle on Saturday night, said: “Today, we mark another grim and heartbreaking milestone in this pandemic: over 700,000 Americans lost. “As we acknowledge theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 18, 2021 Uche Edochie, son of Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie has said that he spent over N6 million to treat COVID-19 virus at an isolation treatment facility in Gbagada in Lagos. Edochie took to his Instagram page @ucheedochie to share and announce his recovery experience.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 5, 2021 The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) says the country’s total infection toll now stands at 195,052, with a fatality toll of 2,522. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday morning, adding that Nigeria recorded 27 more Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths and 964 new infections from 19Continue Reading
