The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday dashed hopes that the Ebola drug ‘Remdesivir’ and three other existing medications could be useful tools against COVID-19. Trials with four drugs conducted among 11,000 patients in 30 countries “appeared to have...
U.S. President Donald Trump is being treated with the antiviral drug remdesivir and is “resting comfortably” after testing positive for the coronavirus and being admitted to hospital, his doctor has said. The doctor, Sean P Conley said this late...
By Taiwo Ajala About 50 million Africans are expected to fall into poverty before the end of year 2020 as a direct consequence of the global COVID-19 Pandemic, a Goalkeepers Report, published annually by Bill and Melinda Gates has...
….As WHO declares Africa Wild Polio Free By Taiwo Ajala Containing the scourge of the Covid-19 Pandemic and also trying to keep Wild Polio Virus out of Africa will be a tough job, but with strong immunisation programmes improving...
By Taiwo Ajala Record breaker and fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt finally got defeated on the tracks, this time by a virus, which had stopped almost one million people in their tracks: Bolt tested positive for Covid-19....
By Elohor Igbru As Nigeria joins the world in celebration of the World Mask Week (WMW), the Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI) said it has rolled out series of activities that would create awareness and raise the...
The news that the University of Oxford has developed a coronavirus vaccine that appears safe and has triggered an immune response, is an encouraging step in our long journey toward returning to normality. It also provides the opportunity to...
By Rev. Chris Okotie What the devil has attempted to do, is to create the pattern of communion in this situation. How? Communion involves that which is solid, and that which is liquid. The bread is solid, the wine...
By Elohor Igbru For three days, the Nigerian Air Force ( NAF) will provide free medical services for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Faskari Local Government Area of Kastina state. The NAF has been key in tackling the myriad...
In short, when the threat of COVID-19 arose, almost all 55 nations on the African continent acted swiftly to stop its spread. They did so in the face of great economic risk—more than 80% of Africa’s population work in...
