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Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of COVID-19 vaccine, has on Thursday said their product is effective against coronavirus variants that have emerged in Britain and South Africa. Several new variants — each with a cluster of genetic mutations…

Another new variant of coronavirus has emerged in Nigeria, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said. The discovery could add to new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that appear to be more…

Federal Government says it may impose a travel ban to and from certain parts of the world as a result of the emergence of a mutated strain of COVID-19 detected in the United Kingdom. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai…

Scientists at Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), at Redeemers University in Ede, Osun State say the new strain of coronavirus causing panic in the United Kingdom has been identified in Nigeria. The…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, December 22 announced 356 new coronavirus cases, 180 successfully treated patients and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours. The health agency made the announcement via its Twitter page with…

A patient in Italy was detected to have been infected with the more contagious strain of COVID-19 recently discovered in the United Kingdom, Italy's health ministry announced on Sunday. The ministry said the patient and his partner came…

As health experts around the world work tirelessly to figure out a new strain of coronavirus, a lady has taken to social media to share details of her brother’s ordeal after he contracted the mutated virus. The lady who tweets with the…

Saudi Arabia on Sunday halted international flights and suspended entry through its land and sea ports for at least a week, after a new fast-spreading strain of coronavirus appeared in Britain. The kingdom is “temporarily suspending all…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday, December 21 announced 501 new coronavirus cases, 519 successfully treated patients and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours. The health agency made the announcement via its Twitter page with…