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WorldStage Newsonline– The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday, inaugurated the first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate for preclinical trials in Nigeria.
COVID-19: TETFund inaugurates 1st indigenously developed Vaccine Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says in the past eight weeks, no fewer than 170,000 people have died from COVID-19.
COVID-19 has been on increase since December 2022 – WHO Read More
The latest wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in China has peaked at an estimated 4.2 million cases per day, the London-based Airfinity health research institute reported on Wednesday.
COVID-19 in China estimated to be peaking at 4.2m cases daily Read More The World Health Organisation (WHO) says sequencing remains vital to detecting and tracking the emergence and spread of new variants of COVID-19, such as XBB.1.5.
Sequencing remains vital to tracking spread of new COVID-19 variants – WHO Read More The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Member States to share COVID-19 sequences information to curb the spread of the virus globally.
COVID-19: WHO urges member states to share information on virus sequences Read More
Dr. Hans Kluge, head of the World Health Organisation for Europe, says the ongoing COVID-19 surge in China is not expected to significantly impact the European region.
COVID-19: WHO allays fears as XBB.1.5 variant spreads to Europe Read More WorldStage Newsonline– The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that 65.7 per cent of eligible Nigerians have so far received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19: NPHCDA confirms more than 76.16m Nigerians partially vaccinated Read More WorldStage Newsonline– The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the last week of December 2022.
Nigeria records 35 new cases of COVID-19 infections Read More World Health Organisation (WHO) has met with COVID-19 experts to discuss the current surge in the virus in China and to offer WHO’s expertise and further support on the situation.
COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO meeting Read More
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), has said that recent experiences in the country with the arrival of the COVID-19 omicron variants showed that travel restrictions did not have any public health benefits but were disruptive for persons and businesses.
COVID-19: Travel restrictions did not have any public health benefits – NCDC Read More