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Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise
Detection of the Omicron variant is coinciding with a 54 per cent surge in COVID-19 infections in Africa, mainly due to an…
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Just in: Nigeria confirms 2 cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19
“Genomic sequencing of positive cases from routine day two testing for travellers to Nigeria identified two cases of Omicron variant among travellers…
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The West and Its Innoculation Racism
Tunde Asaju writes that the way the world eventually treats this new development (Omicron Covid-19 variant) from South Africa would have strong…
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COVID: EU experts to decide on vaccine for children 5-11yrs
The European Union would soon make its first coronavirus vaccines available for children under 12
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AHF Africa urges Secretary Bliken to rally world leaders to address global vaccine inequity
On the side-line of the US Secretary of state, Anthony Bliken’s visit to Nigeria, where he is meeting with president Muhammed Buhari,…
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A Pad Box to the Rescue
By Daniels Ekugo The Sanitary Pad Media Campaign (SPMC) convened in January 2020 is aimed at mitigating the impact of period poverty…
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Olikoye
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie How softly the rain fell that Monday morning when my water broke. Because I was used to the…
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Technology and Medical Breakthroughs: Okonjo-Iweala’s Son and Afe Babalola University
She was proud of her son that day. With eclat, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, put the photograph…
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African Leaders Must Urge G20 to Stop Covid-19 Vaccines Apartheid to Save Our World
By Penninah Lutung The novel coronavirus has shown glaring flaws in the world’s collective ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, with…
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COVID-19 third wave: 288 deaths recorded in Lagos so far
Lagos has conducted 783,404 valid COVID-19 sample tests since the inception of the pandemic.
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