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United States of America Set To Reopen Travelling Border to those who are Fully Vaccinated.

The United States of America has concluded plans to reopen its travelling borders to those travellers ( Air, Land, Sea ) that are fully vaccinated. Those travelling by air will as a matter of necessity tender a medical proof of vaccination on arrival in the States. They will also show a pre-departure negative (-ve) COVID-19 […]

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#COVID19 : Edo Mobile Court Convicts 16 persons For Violating Regulation

An Edo mobile court sitting in Benin and presided over by a Chief Magistrate, Bright Oniha, has convicted 16 people for disobeying the directive of the state government on compulsory use of face masks and restriction of movement between 10pm and 5am. The convicts, after pleading guilty to the offence, were sentenced to three hours […]

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COVID-19 : Nigeria Government To Review January 18th School Resumption Date.

The Federal Government on Monday said it would review the January 18 earlier date fixed for resumption of schools across Nigeria. It attributed the decision to the second wave of COVID-19 currently ravaging the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this while answering questions during a press briefing by the Presidential Task Force […]

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COVID-19: Vaccine Alone Cannot DEFEAT THE VIRUS – UN

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, Wednesday warned that vaccines alone cannot defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Guterres issued the warning at a news conference in New York on Wednesday. “Many pin their hopes on a vaccine, but let us be clear there is no panacea in a pandemic. “A vaccine alone cannot solve this crisis; certainly not […]

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LASU SENATE Releases FULL RESUMPTION SCHEDULE.

The Senate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, released it’s full resumption schedule for academic session at various levels. The senate said that only final year students at the undergraduate level such as 400, 500 and 600 levels were permitted to resume academic activities on Sept. 14. Mr Ademola Adekoya, the institution’s Head of Centre […]

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CORONAVIRUS TEST IS A COMPLETE WASTE – Bill Gate

Bill Gates, the former CEO and founder of Microsoft, believes Coronavirus tests are a ‘complete waste.’ According to the Billionaire, the amount of time it takes for test results to come back means they don’t achieve the purpose for which they were carried out, which is a timely isolation of the patient before spread of […]

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COVID-19: CANNABIS MAY REDUCE DEADLY LUNG INFLAMMATION – Researchers Explain

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, researchers have started to look for solutions in an unlikely place – the cannabis plant. Cannabis’ active compounds have a number of properties that make it appealing as a potential adjunct treatment for infections from the novel coronavirus, and recently scientists have begun looking at its potential for reducing susceptibility […]

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Covid-19 : VIRUS IS GETTING WEAKER & MAY DIE OUT ON IT’S OWN – Italian Expert claims

A top Italian doctor has claimed that the deadly Coronavirus is getting weaker and could die out on its own without a vaccine. Professor Matteo Bassetti said he is convinced the virus is “changing in severity” and patients are now surviving coronavirus infections that would have previously killed them. He described coronavirus as once an “aggressive […]

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Covid-19 : RESEARCH ON THE USE OF BLOOD PLASMA FOR TREATMENT ONGOING – Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie

The Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has revealed that they working on using plasma from the blood of recovered Coronavirus patients to treat people infected with the virus.  He revealed this at a news conference to commemorate the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). Ehanire said the plasma of patients who recovered from COVID-19 is called convalescent plasma, […]

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COVID-19 : CRISIS LOOMS AS CASES OUTNUMBER BED SPACES IN NIGERIA.

There are strong indications that a major crisis is looming in Nigeria’s battle against coronavirus as COVID-19 cases are rising compared to bed-spaces available for patients that are being treated for the disease. On Saturday, COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 12,233, with 8, 065 of them active and 3,826 patients discharged. But the […]