The Omicron variant multiplies 70 times faster than Delta in human airways, according to researchers. A new study in Hong Kong provides the first information on how Omicron infects people, and it also suggests it replicates less well in human lung tissue compared with the original strain of the virus. This could indicate a…
The federal government has faulted red-listing of Nigeria and other African countries by the United Kingdom over fears of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire who described the ban as a hasty decision in an interview on Channels Television, also revealed that over 50% of the COVID-19 positive arrivals that the country has…
The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million today, November 1, less than two years into a health crisis that humbled wealthy countries with first-rate health care systems and devastated poor countries Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil – all upper-middle- or high-income countries – account for one-eighth of…
Britain’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, 95, has been told by doctors to rest for at least the next two weeks and not undertake any official visits, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Friday, October 29. The announcement comes more than a week after the monarch, 95, spent a night in the hospital for what…
American actor, Granville Adams has died at the age of 58. The actor, best known for his role as Zahir Arif in HBO’s Oz, lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, October 10, Variety reports The actor died with his wife by his side, an Instagram post shared by his family on his account said. “Today our…
Hippo Valley Medical Centre in Zimbabwe have gotten a lawsuit threat from a former employee at Tongaat Hullet, who alleged that medical doctors at the hospital left a surgical blade in his abdomen after conducting a surgery on him in 2019. David Mlilo lived with the blade for three years before a doctor from Parirenyatwa discovered…
Republic of Ireland international and West Brom striker, Callum Robinson has disclosed that he has chosen not to be vaccinated against Covid-19 despite being hit by Covid twice. The 26-year-old forward first tested positive in November last year and then again in August, meaning he had to sit out last month’s World Cup qualifiers. Asked in a recent interiview…
Three schools in Lincolnshire have been evacuated after the police received reports of “alleged bombs on the premises”. The Police have described the move as a “precautionary measure” even though no evidence has been found to back up the threats. Some UK news outlets reported that children were ordered to evacuate the schools in Spalding, as…
About 640 people who were fully vaccinated died with Covid-19 in England in six months (January to July) accounting for just 1% of deaths, new figures have revealed According to a Monday morning, September 13 publication by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the 51,281 people who died with the virus between January…
President Buhari has approved the appointment of Ifedayo Adetifa as the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Adetifa takes over from the immediate past NCDC DG, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who was recently appointed as an assistant director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in charge of health emergency intelligence. According to his profile on the website of the London…
