COVID Patients

Pfizer and MSD oral COVID-19 pills arrive at Misericordia hospital, in Grosseto

Pfizer’s coronavirus drug Paxlovid approved for emergency use

February 12, 2022

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 120 additional infections of COVID-19 from 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with three related deaths as of Oct. 29, 2021.

Nigerian records 89 new coronavirus infections

January 30, 2022

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 120 additional infections of COVID-19 from 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with three related deaths as of Oct. 29, 2021.

NCDC reports 6 coronavirus deaths, 123 additional infections

January 21, 2022

A nurse attends to a patient on a COVID-19 ward at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Milton Keynes, Britain, January 20, 2021. Picture taken January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

UK: Coronavirus disrupts public life again, but symptoms ‘less severe’

January 4, 2022

New Covid-19 cases in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an fell to their lowest in a week, health officials said Sunday, as residents face their eleventh day under strict home confinement.

China says ‘positive’ signs as Xi’an cases ease

January 2, 2022

WHO warns of coronavirus ‘tsunami’ as Omicron fuels record surges

December 30, 2021

A patient gets a throat swab to test for COVID-19 at a facility in Soweto, South Africa, Dec. 2, 2021.

Coronavirus: South African doctors see signs Omicron is milder than Delta

December 11, 2021

The United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department have advised against travel to Germany and Denmark because of rising number of COVID-19 cases in the countries

Coronavirus: US issues travel warning for Germany, Denmark

November 23, 2021

Irshad Hussain with his father at New Delhi’s LNJP Hospital [Bilal Kuchay/Al Jazeera]

India battles spike in dengue cases amid coronavirus pandemic

November 10, 2021

A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a man during a mass nucleic acid testing in Huichuan district following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China October 23, 2021. REUTERS

Experts: China won’t give up on its zero-tolerance coronavirus policy soon

November 2, 2021

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Monday after leading his ruling coalition to a strong majority in national elections.

Japan’s premier declares victory after ‘very tough’ election

November 1, 2021

People look at newspapers without adhering to the rules of social distancing despite the confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus in Tanzania. Ericky BONIPHACE - AFP

Tanzania says to start vaccine rollout soon

July 23, 2021

Nigerian government earmarks additional oxygen plant in LUTH

March 10, 2021

Paris’s international airport Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle has set up testing centres in a terminal dedicated to intra-EU flights to allow arriving passengers who failed to obtain a test in their country of origin to get one before passing immigration.

France imposes border controls in scramble to avoid lockdown

January 24, 2021

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, on Tuesday asked the passengers who were on the same plane with the lady to self-isolate as he released hotlines to call should they show any symptoms.

Coronavirus: More Lagos patients have breathing difficulties – official

January 13, 2021