Omicron
26 Mar 2022
Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy.
20 Mar 2022
China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country's northeast as it battles its biggest Covid-19 outbreak in two years.
19 Mar 2022
China reported two Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, it's first in more than a year, underlining the threat posed by an Omicron outbreak that has triggered the country's highest case counts since the pandemic's outset.
6 Feb 2022
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), registered 145 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday.
25 Jan 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech have begun enrollment for a clinical trial to test the safety and immune response of their Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine in adults aged up to 55, the companies said in a statement Tuesday. Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla has previously said that the pharmaceutical giant could be ready to file for regulatory approval of…
23 Jan 2022
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says consistent decrease in COVID-19 case positivity indicated the end of the fourth wave in the state.
21 Jan 2022
Omicron is now the dominant Covid-19 variant circulating in the European Union and European Economic Area (EAA), the bloc's health agency said on Friday.
20 Jan 2022
Cases of Covid have plummeted in Africa and deaths are declining for the first time since the Omicron-dominated fourth wave of the virus reached its peak, the UN said Thursday. Describing the 56-day flareup as Africa's "shortest upsurge yet," the World Health Organization's African regional office said newly reported cases fell by 20 percent in…
18 Jan 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization chief said Tuesday, cautioning against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free.
15 Jan 2022
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now exceeded 10 million, the World Health Organisation has said.
14 Jan 2022
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Friday that his Premier League champions had been hit by a fresh wave of coronavirus cases.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday denied a report that it devalued the Naira to N631 to the dollar. CBN tweeted a graphical image with "fake news" to debunk a report by Daily Trust suggesting that it devalued the Naira. Daily Trust reported that at the resumption of the weekly bidding for foreign…
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged ground-handling companies to prioritise effectively staff recruitment and retention, consistent implementation of global standards, and automation of operations.
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Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has conducted a successful site acceptance test for its newly installed surface movement radar and ground control systems in Abuja and Lagos airports.
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A Deputy Superintendent of the Federal Fire Service, Augustine Abah has been docked by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over allegations bordering on fraud and employment racketeering. ICPC in a Charge No: CR/283/2023, brought before Honourable Justice F.A. Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 57, sitting in…
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Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI) has faulted the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on new appointments in key aviation parastatals, and rechristening of the Ministry of Aviation as Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.