coronavirus cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 859 cases of COVID-19 in 13 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). Lagos reported 555 cases, followed by the FCT with 57 and Rivers with 44. NCDC said 220 persons were…

Elated Sydneysiders celebrated the end of almost four months of coronavirus lockdown on Monday, putting behind them a period of “blood, sweat and no beers” in Australia’s largest city. Sydney’s more than five million residents were…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded one death and an additional 272 coronavirus infections in Nigeria on Sunday, July 24. NCDC released the information on its official website early on Sunday and the latest infections…

Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed after testing positive for the coronavirus, it has emerged. British shooter Amber Hill, top-ranked in the women’s skeet, was forced to pull out…

Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief, Toshiro Muto, has not ruled out cancelling the Games at the last minute should there be a surge in coronavirus cases. Officials announced a further nine positive cases among those linked to the…

United States has on Friday announced that it is shipping 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa, starting with Burkina Faso, Djibouti, and Ethiopia. Shipments to the first three countries will go out within days, with a total of 49…

Italy has reintroduced a five-day quarantine on arrivals from Britain after a spike in coronavirus cases in the country, Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced on Friday. “I have signed a new order that… introduces a five day…

Sixteen Covid-19 patients and two nurses have died on Saturday in the latest in a series of hospital fires in India, officials said, as the country’s health care system buckles under a surge in cases. There were around 50 other patients…

India has recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours for the first time, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed. According to the health ministry, 401,993 new infections were registered…

Daily deaths from COVID-19 in Nigeria seem to be resurging after almost two weeks of low figures as seven people died from the disease on Sunday. The seven deaths on Sunday raised the fatalities in the country to 2,048 in total, …

Nigeria on Thursday, January 28 recorded 864 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total caseload of the country to 127,024. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a post in the early hours of Friday. According to the…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has on Monday announced the extension of phase three of eased lockdown by one month. Read Also: Breaking: Buhari Approves Extension Of Eased COVID-19 Lockdown By Four Weeks Its chairman, Boss…

Dubai has ordered hotels and restaurants to put entertainment activities on hold and asked hospitals to cancel elective surgeries amid a record daily surge in coronavirus cases in the United Arab Emirates. The city’s Department of…

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has bragged that anybody with COVID-19 virus that enters Iwo community will be automatically healed. The monarch also prayed for an end to COVID-19 pandemic, urging Nigerians to adhere to all…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has on Friday said the country will close all travel corridors from Monday as part of efforts to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. According to BBC, travel corridors were introduced in…