The global economy seems to be booming. This is coming, only a year after COVID-19 triggered deepest recession across the world. Almost all advanced economies will go back to their pre-pandemic per-capita income levels in 2022. In some parts of the world, clearly, the pandemic’s damage is being repaired quickly. Not so in the 74…
Anti-vaccination protesters and other demonstrators against COVID-19 restrictions in France clashed with the police in central Paris on Saturday, leading anti-riot forces to use tear gas, BTM Television reported. Far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement were part of the rally in Paris against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus…
By Cecilia Ologunagba UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has welcomed Italy’s support for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and encouraged the use of 2030 Agenda as a beacon for the design of COVID-19 recovery efforts. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said this while briefing correspondents at UN headquarters in New York, on…
The European Union’s medicines regulator has recommended authorising Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged between 12 and 17, marking the first time the shot has been approved for people under 18. In a decision on Friday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said research in more than 3,700 children of 12 to 17 years…
A longer gap between doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leads to higher overall antibody levels than a shorter gap, a UK study has found, but antibody levels are not sustained for long after the first dose. The University of Oxford-led study might help inform vaccination strategies against the Delta variant, which reduces the effectiveness of…
he Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country recorded additional 184 COVID-19 infections as of July 22. The NCDC made this known on its website on Friday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicate a decrease from the 238 cases announced a day earlier. It stated that…
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that almost half of the world’s 1.7 million children living with HIV did not get treatment in 2020. This is contained in the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners. In the report, UNAIDS warned that progress towards…
Israel has announced plans to allow only people who are deemed immune to COVID-19 or have recently tested negative to enter some public spaces such as restaurants, gyms and synagogues after a surge in coronavirus cases. The government had removed most coronavirus restrictions after a rapid vaccination drive that pushed down infections and deaths. The…
Cross River Government has expressed readiness to immunise 900,000 children against polio during the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week in the state. Dr Janet Ekpenyong, the Director General of Cross River Primary Healthcare Agency, disclosed this on Thursday in Calabar during the inauguration of the Inactivated Polio Virus 2 (IPV2) at the Bogobiri Hausa…
