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COVID-19 infections

May 17, 2023

COVID-19: South Korea’s new cases over 20,000 for second day amid eased rules

The country reported 26,147 cases, including 39 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,465,107, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.

COVID patients
April 19, 2023

U.S. authorises second dose of updated COVID-19 booster for old people

According to the FDA, the monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines are no longer authorised for use in the U.S.

An elderly woman taking Covid-19 vaccine
January 17, 2023

COVID-19: Maternal, infant deaths spike in Philippines

The Philippines’ Department of Health said Tuesday that maternal and infant deaths spiked during the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health workers attending to Covid-19 patient
January 17, 2023

China’s ‘zero Covid’ workers revolt over salaries, job loss

Meanwhile, China said almost 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths had been recorded since the government eased its restrictions over a week ago.

COVID-19 PROTESTERS IN CHINA
August 25, 2022
WHO and UNICEF
August 25, 2022

WHO praises Kano for scaling up COVID-19 vaccination

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded the Kano government for scaling up COVID-19 vaccination.

WHO and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje
August 14, 2022

Only 9% of Enugu rural dwellers received COVID-19 vaccine: UNICEF

UNICEF and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) are dismayed that only nine per cent of rural dwellers in Enugu have received the COVID-19 vaccine.

UNICEF and COVID-19 VACCINE
February 24, 2022

Hypertension drug found effective for COVID-19 treatment

The conclusion was based on a study to test whether Diltiazem could inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in cells and in a mouse model.

Chinese researchers
February 14, 2022

367,927 fully vaccinated people catch COVID-19 in South Korea

The number of those who were infected with COVID-19 after receiving booster shots was 93,054 on February 6.

Health workers attending to Covid-19 patient
February 10, 2022

COVID-19: Nigeria reports 37 new infections, total now 253,875

Again, Lagos state took the lead with 16 new infections, followed by the Federal Capital Territory with 11 cases.

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