Lagosians who are yet to get COVID-19 vaccines are expressing concerns over the increasing bottlenecks they are made to navigate at various centres. The growing concerns followed moves by some organisations to make vaccination mandatory for their employees. The Guardian…
Fully vaccinated 74-year-old SAN, Williams, dies of COVID-19
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oladipupo Williams, was on Sunday reported to have died of COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated with the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. Oladipupo was the first child of late legal luminary, Chief Fredrick Rotimi Williams. A Facebook…
Kufre Ekanem recovers from two strokes and Covid infection
“We asked God for a new heart and He delivered a new heart”, Ezinne Kufre-Ekanem discusses the miraculous recovery of her husband from two strokes #WithChude On this week’s episode of #WithChude CEO of Rosemary’s Soft Furnishing Company, Mrs. Ezinne…
Global Citizen Live: World leaders pledge $1.1b to tackle Covid-19, extreme poverty, climate change
International advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, has announced that more than US$1.1 billion, 157 million trees, and more 60 million COVID-19 vaccines have been pledged by various governments, NGOs, and the private sector on the back of the organisation’s month-long countdown…
Telltale signs you may have had Covid-19
1/10 Did I Have It and Not Know It? The Covid-19 virus may have been around longer than we originally thought. So people may have had the virus and recovered from it without knowing. Some telltale signs could indicate that…
COVID-19: Lagos Governor canvasses vaccine equity at Global Citizen Live
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on richer nations of the world to urgently work towards equitable vaccine distribution to end the devastating effects of COVID-19, especially in low-income countries in Africa. Sanwo-Olu made the appeal while addresing a…
Covid-19: Edo confirms 5 deaths of unvaccinated persons
Edo State has confirmed the death of five more persons who were not inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccines, with the government urging citizens to come out to get the vaccines in order to remain safe and healthy. The State Covid-19…
A nurse’s training didn’t protect her from vaccine misinformation. Now, she’s one of the victims of Covid-19
Natalie Rise was a registered nurse in Idaho who loved her job as a home health care worker before she decided to stay at home with her special-needs twins, according to her brother, Daryl Rise. But her science-based training to…
*Coronavirus: Pain, anguish at Lagos isolation centre (Sun)*Igboho: Yoruba group to sue FG for disrupting Lagos rally (Tribune)
Coronavirus: Pain, anguish at Lagos isolation centre (Sun) As the third wave of Coronavirus is raging and currently wreaking havoc in communities across the country, some survivors have come out to recount the pain and anguish they went through. Their…
Food ingredients that could reduce the spread of Covid-19
Researchers at the University of Central Florida are exploring the possibility of food ingredients helping to reduce the transmission of Covid-19. Researchers Michael Kinzel and Kareem Ahmed are interested in foods that actively thicken and diminish an individual’s saliva, thus…