Category: Update on coronavirus

Covid-19: US regulators recommend ‘pause’ in use of J&J vaccine

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Top US health authorities recommended a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine “out of an abundance of caution” as they investigate any links between it and blood clots, a regulator said Tuesday. The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are assessing the “potential significance” of six reported cases of a rare blood clot in patients who have received the shot, the FDA tweeted. “Until that process is complete, we are recommending this pause,” it said. The regulator said that as…

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COVID-19 not yet over – MDCAN

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Prof. Kenneth Ozoilo, the National President, Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria, has urged Nigerians including health workers not to let down their guards against COVID-19, saying the pandemic is still very much around. Ozoilo, who lauded the government’s effort in providing COVID-19 vaccines for the citizens, however, urged Nigerians “to avail themselves the opportunity to get vaccinated as the benefits of doing so far outweigh the risks”. The MDCAN president, in a message to members made available in Ado Ekiti, stated, “I must greatly commend all our members…

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Covid-19: Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin is dead

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Yinka Odumakin, the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere dead. Report has it that, Odumakin died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital’s Covid Isolation Centre. Yinka, a human rights activist, who is married to a fellow activist, Joe Okei Odumakin, played a major role in the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO that fought the regime of late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election. As Afenifere spokesman, Odumakin spoke tenaciously for the rights of the Yoruba and the people…

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Covid-19: NCDC records 106 new infections, total now 162,997

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 106 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,997. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The country’s daily new cases continue to follow a downward trajectory, from an all-time high of 2,314 on Jan. 22, the country’s daily new positive cases came down to 48, as at March 29. The agency stated that the country have tested 1,767,694 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Covid-19: Slow vaccine rollout raises fears of third wave

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Experts disclosed yesterday, while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in Africa, where more than 3.2 million people have tested positive, that the third wave has hit East Africa. New infections has risen in Europe, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa. The African Union (AU)’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in a number of countries with increased infections. The latest data on the AU CDC portal showed that almost 95,000 people had died in Africa after contracting the coronavirus, while close to 2.8 million patients have…

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Covid-19: All political leaders must take vaccine first before common man – Sultan

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Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, President of the Nigeria Supreme Council On Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Sultan of Sokoto, has stressed the need for more political leaders in the country to come out openly to take the anti-COVID-19 vaccine to boost the confidence of ordinary Nigerians to accept and take the vaccine. Speaking at the sensitisation meeting for Muslim Scholars and Imams on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination, organised by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) in Abuja, the Sultan insisted that all political office holders must take the vaccine…

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COVID-19: NCDC confirms 135 new infections, total now 161,409

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 135 new infections, bringing the number of infections in the country to 161,409. The NCDC made this known on Thursday night via its official Twitter handle, where it disclosed that the new infections were recorded in 16 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). “On March 18, 135 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. “The new cases are reported from 16 states, Lagos (41), Imo (20), Ogun (14), FCT (10), Kebbi (11), Rivers (10), Akwa Ibom (eight) and Plateau (four). “’Ebonyi…

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Fear grips Nigerians over illegal COVID-19 vaccines

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There are indications that fake and illegal COVID-19 vaccines may soon flood the Nigerian market due to the it’s demands, thus experts have advised that the federal government should as matter of urgency, put measures in place. This became necessary after the Interpol; the global police in China and South Africa reportedly seized thousands of fake doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. The Lyon-based agency Interpol said 400 vials – equivalent to around 2,400 doses – containing the fake vaccine were found at a warehouse in Germiston outside Johannesburg in South…

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Covid-19: My household avoided me after I tested positive –Obasanjo

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Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, on Friday said his household avoided him after he tested positive for COVID-19. He, however, said he was asymptomatic and recovered from the infection three days later. Obasanjo, who turned 84 on Friday, said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, while making remarks at a colloquium to celebrate his birthday. The colloquium, which took place simultaneously online and offline, was themed, ‘Reflection on Governance and Changes for Post-pandemic Leadership in Africa.’ The event attracted hundreds of guests who participated…

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172 persons arrested at Cubana nightclub fined N6.8m

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172 persons arrested by the Lagos state police command for violating COVID-19 protocols, have been convicted by a mobile court sitting at the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit in Oshodi. The state police command said on Monday that the presiding judge ordered each of the 172 violators to pay a fine of N40,000, and also sentenced them to community service. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had while parading them at the command headquarters in Ikeja, said the 172 persons were arrested during…

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