Vaccinated

FILE - In this July 30, 2021, file photo, Bradley Sharp, of Saratoga, N.Y., gets the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from registered nurse Stephanie Wagner in New York. Starting Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration convenes its independent advisers for the first stage in the process of deciding whether extra shots of Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines should be dispensed and, if so, who should get them and when. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

US regulator approves expansion of coronavirus vaccine boosters

18 hours ago

Nigerian Red Cross

Coronavirus vaccination: Society urges more sensitisation of Nigerians to end pandemic

21 hours ago

Nigerian banks make coronavirus vaccination compulsory for staff

21 hours ago

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a news conference outside the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable

Canada launches coronavirus vaccine passport for travel

2 days ago

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday forecast that Africa’s economic rebound from pandemic-induced shrinkage would be weaker than in the rest of the world in 2021 and 2022.

IMF sees Africa lagging in rebound from pandemic blow

2 days ago

The Food and Drug Administration added a warning to the fact sheet for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine saying that the shot may lead to an increased risk of a nerve condition called Guillain–Barré syndrome. The agency says that the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risk.

US approves ‘mix and match’ coronavirus vaccine booster

2 days ago

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a virtual global climate summit via a video link in Brasilia, Brazil April 22, 2021. Marcos Correa-Brazilian Presidency via REUTERS

Brazil senators want president charged for homicide over 95,000 coronavirus deaths

3 days ago

Kaduna government to bar unvaccinated civil servants from offices

4 days ago

Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. Secretary of State and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19.

Ex-US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of coronavirus at 84

5 days ago

A medical worker admits a child to a Covid-19 facility of Krasnodar’s Children’s Infectious Diseases Hospital. Photo-RTE

Russia reports record daily virus cases again

6 days ago

FILE PHOTO - Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall, at the Vatican, October 13, 2021. REUTERS-Guglielmo Mangiapane-File Photo-File Photo

Pope pledges to continue being a ‘pest’ in defence of the poor

7 days ago

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha has raised the alarm that fraudsters were using his office to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

Nigeria announces new coronavirus protocols for in-bound travellers

7 days ago

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha has raised the alarm that fraudsters were using his office to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

Coronavirus: Nigeria issues revised international travel protocol

1 week ago

FILE PHOTO: Travelers queue in a security line limited to every other lane for social distancing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington, U.S. April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

U.S. to lift restrictions November 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers

1 week ago

The White House is seen as snow falls in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2019. – Brutally cold temperatures gripped the US Midwest on Januarty 31, freezing water mains, causing power outages, canceling flights and straining natural gas supplies. More than a dozen deaths have been attributed to the sub-zero weather and a weekend snowstorm that blanketed the same region. Many of the cold-related fatalities were in Michigan, where the governor said the death toll was still being confirmed. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)

US to open borders to vaccinated travellers November 8

1 week ago