Money will go to genomic sequencing, research centres for genomic epidemiology and a national bioinformatics network. The United States will invest $1.7bn to help states and...
A file photo of a medical doctor receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the National Hospital in Abuja on March 5, 2021. The number of eligible...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has registered another 80 cases of COVID-19 in eleven states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This brings the...
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Center, Pastor Paul Enenche has commended Kogi State Government on its response that contained the panic during the outbreak...
The Olympic Rings are pictured in front of the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne on March 21, 2020, as doubts increase over...
A Photo of COVID19 vaccine doses from #COVAX The Covax scheme launched a push for an extra $2 billion in donations on Thursday, saying it...
The rollout of shots produced by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson has been disrupted by fears over blood clots. There is a much higher risk of...
Hertha Berlin’s Hungarian head coach Pal Dardai arrives for an interview prior to the German first division Bundesliga football match between Hertha BSC Berlin and Borussia...
The Northern Regional Health Directorate has confirmed that about 480 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have gone to waste due to its inability to exhaust its...
By Okwy Iroegbu-Chikezie President Muhammadu Buhari has commended scientists and engineers for helping to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who represented Buhari, stated...
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a passenger for the Covid-19 coronavirus test after arriving at a railway platform on a long-distance train,...
Nigeria has been ranked first in Africa and the sixth globally among the 30 high tuberculosis, TB, burden countries of the world. According to estimates from...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has vaccinated about 800,000 Ghanaians against COVID-19 since the rollout of the mass vaccination exercise across the country on March 2,...
Sao Paulo, Brazil – The Brazilian Senate has launched an inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, widely condemned by medical experts as...
On-air personality, Toke Makinwa has given a disturbing update on how she feels after she took the AstraZeneca vaccine, all in a bid to counter the...
Denmark has become the first country to halt all use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after recent reports of rare but serious side effects among a small...
Istanbul, Turkey – Medical professionals warn that Turkey’s COVID-19 crisis could be even more severe than official statistics suggest, as new restrictions come into effect to...
A Sadhu wearing a facemask takes a holy dip in the Ganges river during the ongoing religious Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar on April 12, 2021.Xavier...
A medical professional has warned that smoking shisha could lead to cancer, decreased fertility and lung dysfunction. The medical expert, Dr. Olukunle Teemi who made this...
A medical professional has warned that smoking shisha could lead to cancer, decreased fertility and lung dysfunction. The medical expert, Dr. Olukunle Teemi who made this...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine vials against the COVID-19 coronavirus are seen at the Klerksdorp Hospital as South Africa proceeds with its inoculation campaign on February 18,...
In this file photograph taken on February 21, 2021, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev reacts as he plays against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their men’s singles final match...
Real Madrid have confirmed that captain Sergio Ramos has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Liverpool. Ramos sat out...
Agency Reporter Sergio Ramos has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of Real Madrid’s second-leg clash with Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The...
In this file photo taken on October 23, 2018 Real Madrid’s Spanish defender Sergio Ramos reacts during the UEFA Champions League group G football match...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has discharged 70 COVID-19 patients, bringing the total number of recoveries so far to 154,177. The agency made this...
Describing Nigerian scientists as worthy assets to be nurtured, President Muhammadu Buhari says he has observed that the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the potentials, talents, and...
In this file photo taken on March 22, 2020 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) conducts a media briefing at the end of a meeting with...
People wait to board a train back to their homes at a railway station in Dhaka on April 4, 2021, as the government will impose a...
A photo of beds at one of the isolation centres in Lagos. Photo: Twitter No new person has died from complications related to coronavirus (COVID-19)...
The Kano State Consumer Protection Council, KCPC, has said the positive Hepatitis B test result of six restaurant workers in the state have resulted in the...
The N10billion COVID-19 bailout as intervention fund to operators in the auto industry, expected to rescue ailing companies and firms to reposition the sector, seems to...
The health ministry says a ban to be in place until the ‘situation improves’ as India sees the sixth record daily rise in new infections in...
As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 84 new cases of the deadly virus have been recorded in 13 states, making the total number of confirmed...
It has been acknowledged that non-engagement in physical activities and the intake of food that are high in salt and sugar could lead to heart disease....
By Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf The first law of nature as the saying goes, “is the law of self-preservation.” This timeless principle was one of the...
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah receives shot on live television, urges Libyans to register online for their own vaccinations. Libya has launched its delayed COVID-19 vaccination...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 71 fresh cases of COVID-19 in 9 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This brings the...
By Evelyn Osagie MUSIC artist and UNICEF Nigeria Ambassador Cobhams Asuquo have called on Nigerians to have confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine and ensure children receive...
Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined Prime Minister Erna Solberg for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules when organizing a family gathering to celebrate her...
A hand out picture released by Brazilian presidency press office shows Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaking at the G20 Heads of State Meeting that this year...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the discharge of 217 patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 154,005. Following the recent recoveries,...
A file photo of a medical doctor receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the National Hospital in Abuja on March 5, 2021. Less than two per...
People stand in a queue at a Covid-19 vaccination centre amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 8, 2021.INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP More...
Malpass made this known on Wednesday in Washington D. C. during a news conference at the ongoing 2021 Spring Meetings which began on Monday. The president...
A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV...
A newly wedded Rwandan couple spent their first night in an open stadium after they were arrested for breaking Covid-19 rules in the country. The...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 110 new cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This brings...
By Collins Nweze The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said unprecedented fiscal support by governments during the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented more severe economic contractions...
A picture of the billboard of the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 has unfairly impacted some people more harshly than others, exacerbating existing inequities in...
The African Development Bank as well as the International Fund for Agricultural Development (AFDB/IFAD) have described Ogun State as the most suitable place for the Special...
The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Joseph Ari, says Nigeria recovered from the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic through the laudable economic policies...
In preparation for the 2021 hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia, The Katsina Pilgrim Welfare Board has scheduled a date to administer COVID-19 vaccines on all 2021...
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has conveyed fears that hunger and food insecurity may kill more Africans than COVID-19. This was made...
Senior Pastor of Trinity Church, Ituah Ighodalo, has warned pastors kicking against the COVID-19 vaccines. Ighodalo, speaking on Arise TV, urged pastors to encourage their congregation...
Minister of Youths and Sports Development Sunday Dare has expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance with COVID-19 protocols by athletes and officials participating in the...
Active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 in the country have dropped to 7,700 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed the recovery and discharge of...
The Nigerian government has explained its directive to states to put COVID-19 vaccination on hold once they used half of the doses allocated to them. Minister...
The coronavirus pandemic has amplified risks for the most vulnerable in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), according to a new report by Amnesty...
Officers from the Ghana Immigration Service have taken their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the Hohoe Municipality. Assistant Superintendent Odoi Jeffery Nii Laryea, Commander,...
Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala says a total of 22,861 persons have received the COVID-19 vaccine in the state. The state had last...
Former Chelsea and AC Milan, Alexandre Pato has revealed he’s received the first Coronavirus vaccine in the US. The 31-year-old Brazilian footballer who plays for Orlando...
The Kogi State Government has officially flagged off the vaccination of citizens against the Covid19 pandemic after receiving 16,900 units of Astraneca Oxford vaccine The State...
Ever wanted to travel to an alien world on a virtual spaceship to see David Guetta’s avatar DJ-ing your own personal concert? Well, now you can,...
Raphael Varane Real Madrid defender, Raphael Varane has tested positive for COVID-19. Madrid announced this development on Tuesday, thus ruling him out for the Champions league...
Agency Reporter Real Madrid have been rocked by the news that Raphael Varane has tested positive for Covid-19, with the French defender now unable to play...
16,900 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have been received by Kogi state. The doses of vaccine were received by the executive director of Kogi state...
A man wearing a face mask walks downtown Tbilisi on March 28, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) ...
The Kogi State Government has taken delivery of about 16, 900 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Executive Director, Kogi State Primary Health Care Development Agency...
In this photo taken on April 5, 2021, shop workers protest against restrictions imposed as a preventative measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Dhaka. (Photo by...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 135 fresh cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The health...
Officials said most new infections are occurring in younger adults, and are likely due to fast-spreading variants. For a fourth week in a row, the numbers...
Contrary to observations during the Valentine Day celebration in Osogbo, where residents ignored COVID-19 safety guidelines, the Easter celebration in Osogbo was different as regards the...
The recent advice by the International Monetary Fund for governments to “spend as much as [they] can and then spend a little bit more” to deal...
Defender Alessandro Florenzi has become the latest Paris Saint-Germain player to test positive for Covid-19 and will miss the Champions League game at Bayern Munich, his club...
Libya’s interim Prime Minister on Sunday announced the arrival of the first batch of vaccines against Covid-19, as the war-torn country’s crumbling health system struggles...
It is beginning to feel as though not a week can go by without scientists identifying a new variant of the coronavirus. Each time a new...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has indicated that about 9,139 patients are currently being treated across the country. This was contained in data obtained...
By Igbaugba Ehigimetor Thirteen of the 15 states that arrived in Benin on Friday for the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), labeled Edo 2020, have passed...
By Ambrose Nnaji Total Exploration and Production (E&P) Nigeria Limited in joint efforts with the Federal Government contributed N1.2 billion ($3.2m) to fight the Covid-19 global...
For the past 48 hours, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded zero COVID-19 death. From the data obtained by GCFRNG on Sunday from...
Alberto Fernandez, who received the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus jab earlier this year, says he is in ‘good spirits’. The president of Argentina, who was vaccinated...
As Kenya is ravaged by a third wave of infections and deaths, the government has instituted a partial lockdown to try and limit the spread of...
The spokesperson for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, speaks during his appearance on GCFRNG’s Sunrise Daily on November 5, 2020. Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afẹ́nifẹ́re has confirmed that its...
The alleged ill-attitudes of Taraba State workers towards the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise in the State have no doubt become a major concern to the state...
Some persons have been arrested by the Dansoman District Police Command for allegedly heading to the Dansoman beach as part of the Easter celebrations. The police...
(FILES) Handout file photo taken on June 10, 2020 released by Argentina’s Presidency of President Alberto Fernandez wearing a face mask with the colors of Argentina’s...
The total number of active COVID-19 cases across the country has dropped to 9,270. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the revelation on Friday...
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged Ghanaians to continue to adhere to all COVID-19 safety protocols during the Easter festivities. Dr. Bawumia reminded...
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on Ghanaians to strictly adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols during the Easter festivities to curb the virus’...
As preparations are on top gear for the celebration of Easter, which marks the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Osun State Government has encouraged...
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Action (MOA) with the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to avert the union’s planned nationwide strike. NAN...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday received his first jab of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, joining hundreds...
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research is set to introduce COVID-19 antigen tests to improve testing for the coronavirus. Speaking to GCFRNG, the Director of...
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said new clinical trial data signalled that their COVID-19 vaccine could protect against the new coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa....
French cycling classic the Paris-Roubaix, originally scheduled for Sunday, April 11, has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Cycling Union said Thursday. The...
Ghana is expected to receive about one million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine to aid the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. These vaccines...
A civil servant at the Gwamna Awan General Hospital in Kaduna State, Mrs Hannatu Tanko has revealed that she vomited blood after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine....
Canada’s most populous province is expected to return to lockdown after a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections, local media reported Wednesday. Premier Doug Ford is...
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha It was celebration galore in three schools in Anambra State following donation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities by former Minister...
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