President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba on Monday urged workers across the country to take the COVID-19 vaccine for ‘a chance to stay...
Coronavirus-linked deaths in Africa surged by 43 percent in the space of a week, driven by a lack of intensive-care beds and oxygen, the World Health...
Lionel Messi will miss Barcelona’s final La Liga game of the season against Eibar on Saturday in order to “enjoy a rest” before the Copa America,...
At least one in three patients hospitalised with Covid-19 suffer long-term health issues including multiple organ problems and deteriorated mental health, according to a review of...
As America battled her over-half a million casualties from COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines began to trickle into the country, a friend of mine’s call from the...
Oyo state, on Monday, recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. The state recorded 88 new cases and was followed by Lagos state...
The total number of Germany’s coronavirus deaths crossed 40,000 on Sunday, as Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the coming weeks would be “the hardest” yet. Germany...
Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that a completed study of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it was 95 percent effective. They said the two-dose vaccine had...
At least 280,000 school-aged children were infected with the novel coronavirus between March 1 and September 19, detailed data released on Monday in a report by...
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed more than 600,000 lives worldwide, an AFP tally on Sunday revealed. A total of 600,523 deaths were recorded globally out...