The organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have sparked anger in Japan’s medical community after they asked 500 nurses to volunteer at this summer’s games. The request came as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and organisers pressed ahead with plans to…
India’s Covid-19 emergency is wake-up call to Africa – AU health chief
The raging state of the Covid-19 pandemic is India is a wake-up call for Africa that its governments and citizens must not let their guards down, the AU’s disease control agency warned on Thursday. African nations generally do not have…
E-Commerce: How Konga saved my family during the peak of COVID-19
Nigeria has fared fairly well with the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when compared with its counterparts in other parts of the world and against the backdrop of some worrisome predictions which pegged the country’s shabby public health care system as a…
154,225 patients recover from COVID-19 in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that a total of 154,225 patients have recovered from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since its outbreak in the country in 2020. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.…
Chinese COVID-19 vaccine efficacy is ‘not high,’ top health official admits
The efficacy of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines is “not high” and authorities are weighing options to bolster protection – including mixing different shots, China’s top disease control official has said. “The protection rates of existing vaccines are not high,” Gao Fu,…
More than 1 in 4 US adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19
As the US aims to ramp up inoculations to win the race against Covid-19 variants, more than 1 in 4 adults are now fully vaccinated.While more than 66 million people have received two doses,more than a third of Americans — or 112…
Easter: Pope Francis slams weapons spending in time of COVID-19
Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic “scandalous”. Coronavirus has meant this has been the second…
I wish my husband could read tributes of those he criticised – Odumakin’s widow
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband. She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised were saying…
Yinka Odumakin’s death a big blow – Afenifere
The Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, said it is devastated by the death of its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Odumakin. Its Secretary-General, Basorun Sehinde Arogbofa, said “It’s a terrible blow. A terrible blow to me as a person because we’ve been…
World University Games in China postponed until 2022
The World University Games that were due to open in China in just over four months have been postponed until next year, the governing body the FISU said on Friday. The Switzerland-based FISU said COVID-19 and travel restrictions prompted the…