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UK adds Nigeria to red list over Omicron fears

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UK adds Nigeria to red list over Omicron fears

Bode December 5, 2021

The United Kingdom has added Nigeria to its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England,” the UK government’s travel...

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No reports of deaths from Omicron variant – WHO

Bode December 3, 2021

The World Health Organization said Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The WHO said it was collecting evidence about the variant of concern (VOC), as countries around the world scramble to stop it from spreading. But despite a...

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Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise – WHO

Bode December 3, 2021

African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant. This became necessary as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rose by 54 per cent due to an upsurge in southern Africa, said the World Health Organisation in a statement released on...

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AfDB disbursed $3.2bn to fight COVID-19 – Official

Bode December 2, 2021

The African development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday said it had disbursed a total of 3.2 billion U.S. dollars as its contribution to combat the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa. Prof. Kevin Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, AfDB, disclosed this at the...

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Omicron: Travel ban on Southern African countries, form of stigmatisation – AU

Bode December 2, 2021

Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has said the travel ban on southern African countries, due to COVID-19 Omicron variant, it a form of stigmatisation against Africa. Mahamat said this while reacting to the travel ban on the Southern Africa countries at a news conference at...

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US confirms first Omicron case in traveler returning from South Africa

Bode December 2, 2021

The United States on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of the Covid-19 Omicron variant had been detected in California, in a fully vaccinated traveler who had recently returned from South Africa and was recovering from mild symptoms. Top health official Anthony Fauci said authorities “knew it was just...

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Ramaphosa visits Nigeria, asks countries to lift travel ban imposed on S/Africa

Bode December 1, 2021

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a lifting of the travel ban imposed on his country and other sister countries. Ramaphosa said the restriction (which he termed discriminatory) should be reversed to avert long-lasting damage to the economies of the countries affected. The South African leader said...

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FG begins enforcement of mandatory vaccination for civil servants

Bode December 1, 2021

The Federal Government has commenced the enforcement of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 at the Federal Secretariat. As early as 7:00 am on Wednesday, security men manned the main entrance to the Federal Secretariat where they demanded either a vaccination card or evidence of negative PCR test before allowing the...

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Three cases of Omicron variant recorded in Nigeria – NCDC

Bode December 1, 2021

By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. A statement issued on Wednesday by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said the three cases were linked to passengers from South Africa Recalled that...

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Global vaccination plan is ‘only way out’ of pandemic – UN Chief

Bode December 1, 2021

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has said the only way out of COVID-19 pandemic and out of unjustly distribution of vaccines is through a global vaccination plan. Guterres spoke to a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 developing nations (G77) and China on Tuesday at UN headquarters,...

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Omicron: Take COVID-19 booster shots, President Biden urges Americans

Bode November 30, 2021

U.S. President, Joe Biden, has urged vaccinated Americans to get their COVID-19 booster shots amidst the growing concerns about the potential threat posed by the new Omicron variant. President Biden, who made the call on Monday, also pleaded with those who have yet to be vaccinated to get their...

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No recorded case of Omicron variant in Nigeria – NCDC

Bode November 30, 2021

The Federal Government has insisted that the country is yet to record a case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, despite Canadian authorities’ claims that two passengers from Nigeria had tested positive. Speaking at the Presidential Steering Committee briefing in Abuja, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease...

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New COVID-19 variant: Ayade suspends 2021 Carnival Calabar

Bode November 29, 2021

PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade, on Monday suspended the 2021 Calabar Carnival. The Governor’s suspension of the 2021 Carnival at State Executive Council Chamber, took many by surprise as the governor had last week announced that the 2021 carnival will hold. The stakeholders meeting...

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Omicron could have originated in HIV patients – German expert

Bode November 29, 2021

The surprising number of mutations in the Omicron Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant could signal that it originated in a patient with HIV or another immunodeficiency, a top German immunology expert said. Carsten Watzl, secretary general of the German Society for Immunology, told dpa that it was not only conceivable but...

Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID-19 variant is more severe than Delta – WHO

Bode November 29, 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO) says it still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta variant. WHO, in a statement on Sunday, said that its experts, researchers in South Africa and around the world are currently conducting studies to better understand Omicron. The...

WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti

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Keep borders open as we tackle new COVID-19 variant – WHO

Bode November 29, 2021

The head of the World Health Organisation in Africa on Sunday urged countries to follow the science rather than imposing flight bans in a bid to contain the new Omicron coronavirus variant. “With the Omicron variant now detected in several regions of the world, putting in place travel bans...

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New COVID-19 variant: South African President calls for urgent reversal of travel ban

Bode November 29, 2021

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “immediately and urgently” reverse scientifically “unjustified” travel bans linked to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant Omicron. “We call upon all those countries that have imposed travel bans on our country and our southern African sister countries...

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NCDC ‘monitoring’ new COVID-19 variant Omicron, urges Nigerians to get vaccinated

Bode November 29, 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said it was monitoring emerging evidence on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, which was first recently identified in Southern Africa. The new variant “is considered highly transmissible” and has already triggered a new wave of travel restrictions targeted at countries in...

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Angola bans flight to many African countries due to new variant of coronavirus

Bode November 28, 2021

The Angolan authorities on Saturday announced the suspension of flights to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Tanzania due to the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, known as B.1.1.529 or Omicron. Francisco Pereira Furtado, the Angolan minister of state and head of the security house of...

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Omicron variant: Virologists urge FG to ban travels from South Africa, others

Bode November 28, 2021

Renowned virologists in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to be swift in its emergency response to the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa. The virologists including the Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof Oyewale Tomori; ex-National Chairman of the Association of Public...