Rwanda has barred direct flights to and from nine countries in southern Africa, joining a growing list of nations that have imposed travel restrictions over a...
The surprising number of mutations in the Omicron Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant could signal that it originated in a patient with HIV or another immunodeficiency, a top...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta variant. WHO, in a...
Canada has confirmed its first cases of Omicron COVID-19 variants in two travellers from Nigeria, the nation’s health ministry reported. The variant was first identified from...
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian universities to intensify their research to develop a COVID-19 vaccine to tackle the dreaded virus afflicting the country. The President,...
The World Health Organization has designated a newly identified COVID-19 variant as a variant of concern (VOC), the organization announced Friday. The B.1.1.529 variant, now officially called “Omicron”...
Israel on Friday imposed a travel ban on most African states, after reporting cases of a new and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant first detected in South...
The UK government has imposed temporary travel restrictions on six African countries following the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa. A new variant of the...
Israel began rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 on Monday, becoming one of a handful of countries to inoculate children so young...
Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started, according...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians to stop the consumption of sodium (non-iodised salt) to prevent health complications. The Director-General...
Nearly 240 million children worldwide, or one in 10, live with disabilities and experience deprivation in indicators such as health, education and protection, according to a...