Nigeria has confirmed 357 new cases of COVID-19 amid the wave of fresh infections resurging in parts of the country. The number of new cases has continued to rise as authorities have yet to restore the relaxed measures initially put in place to curb the spread of the disease. In a tweet on Tuesday, the […]
Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine. Speaking exclusively to the BBC, he said he should not be associated with the anti-vax movement, but supported an individual’s right to choose. Djokovic was asked if he would sacrifice taking part in competitions […]
The Duchess of Cornwall is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, Clarence House has confirmed. Her husband, the Prince of Wales, tested positive for the virus on Thursday but Camilla, 74, carried out three public engagements on that day after testing negative. Prince Charles met the Queen two days before that but a royal source said […]
Christmas travel will increase the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, even among the fully vaccinated, the top US infectious disease expert says. “There’s no doubt about this, [Omicron] has an extraordinary capability of spreading,” Dr Anthony Fauci told NBC’s Meet the Press programme on Sunday. Dr Fauci, who advises the US government on the […]
The UK’s travel restrictions have been criticised by Nigeria after the country was placed on the red list amid fears over the Omicron variant. “What is expected is a global approach, not selective,” Sarafa Tunji Isola, Nigeria’s high commissioner to the UK, told the BBC on Monday. He also echoed comments made by the UN’s […]
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast. From next week, international travellers to the US, including Americans, must get a Covid test 24 hours before they depart, regardless of vaccination status. Mask requirements on planes, trains and […]
As China continues its strict zero COVID policy, hundreds of flights were cancelled on Friday, some schools were closed and tour groups were suspended after three coronavirus infections were reported in Shanghai. it was done. Beijing has largely succeeded in controlling the spread of the coronavirus within the border. travel restrictions And snap lockdown, but frequent […]
Nigeria has recorded 78 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths across the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Sunday night in its daily update on the virus. In the agency’s latest update, the cases were reported in 11 states of the federation. Lagos had the highest number of cases […]
Italian police have carried out a nationwide series of searches on a network of anti-vaxxers whom they suspected of planning violent acts. Anti-vaxxers are people who are opposed to vaccination, and who do not wish to vaccinate their children. Police officers and a unit of special investigators seized evidence at suspects’ homes, including on their […]
India will supply millions of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to its states to try to inoculate all school teachers by early next month, the health minister says, as the country gradually resumes physical classes. The pandemic has hit the country of 1.35 billion people particularly hard and hundreds of millions of its students have been […]
