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About 3% of oil prices fell on Monday as soaring Omicron Coronavirus cases in Europe and the United States prompted investor concerns that new regulations to combat its spread could harm fuel demand. Brent crude futures are down 2.6%, at…

The Lagos State Government is set to prosecute prosecute inbound international passengers who fail to submit themselves for Day 2 and Day 7 PCR tests as mandated by the Federal Government. READ ALSO: Omicron: Nigeria misses 40% year-end…

Nigeria have missed the 40 percent vaccination target set by the World Health Assembly, the highest health policy making body for countries following the failure to vaccinate at least 40 percent of the total eligible citizen by end of 2021.…

Following review of the latest risk assessment from UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Nigeria and the other 10 countries and territories on the red list have been removed from 4am Wednesday 15 December. READ ALSO:1Omicron: Nigeria urges…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday has said Omicron COVID-19 variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms. READ ALSO: OMICRON: NMA calls for equal travel…

A South Africa health official has warned that they are seeing a spike in hospital admissions in the country, despite suggestions that the new omicron variant could be milder. Dr Waasila Jassat, who monitors the week on week increases in…

The Nigerian Medical Association(NMA) has advised the Nigerian Government to adopt equal travel advisory to protect its citizens. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Nigeria to sanction violators of travel advisory The President of the association,…

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency(NPHCDA) has disclosed that it will begin administering booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Friday to counter the spread of new variant Omicron in Nigeria. READ ALSO:FDA approves Pfizer…

An Expert and US scientist Anthony Fauci said yesterday that while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains, and possibly milder. READ…

About 3,326,400 Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses purchased by the Mastercard Foundation and the Africa CDC through the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative have landed in Nigeria. READ ALSO: Nigerian government urged to curtail…