Delta variant

President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his delegation have gone into isolation after a two-week trip to London, UK. According to ChannelsTV, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu confirmed…

As the delta variant of COVID-19 surges across the world, a new variant code named Lambda could be more resistant to vaccines, a new study has shown. Japanese researchers at University of Tokyo on July 28 shared a study that shows…

As the more contagious delta variant of the COVID-19 spreads, a total of 505 new cases were recorded on Tuesday in Nigeria. Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, which made this known via its website on Wednesday morning, put the country’s…

Authorities in Wuhan, China have on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for COVID-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. China is…

Health experts are afraid the imminent third wave of the coronavirus pandemic may have already hit the country as Nigeria on Friday recorded 317 fresh cases of the infection. The country also reported one death from the pandemic, raising…

Nigeria’s COVID cases witnessed a leap on Sunday as 203 people tested positive for coronavirus. According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official website, 203 additional COVID-19 cases and one COVID-19 related death…

Amid fears of the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic following the confirmation of Delta variant of coronavirus, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has placed six states and the Federal Capital Territory on red alert. In a…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 161 new cases of COVID-19 in the country as at July 12. NCDC revealed this on its website on Tuesday morning, stressing that the additional 161 infections brought total of…

Nigeria has confirmed the detection of the Delta COVID-19 variant in the West African country. Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2, is a version of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in India…

Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that 136 students in a high school have tested positive for COVID-19 Delta variant. Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2, is a version of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It…

World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Delta variant of coronavirus is driving the pandemic forward in Africa at record speeds. Infection numbers have increased in Africa for six weeks running, rising by a quarter week-on-week…