Omicron is now responsible for 90 per cent of cases in the UK… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a hospital has banned visitors in response to growing COVID-19 cases. Patients being treated at Northampton General Hospital will no longer be able to receive visitors, in a ‘difficult decision’ for the trust. It comes after NHS … Read more
WHO chief warned that boosters in rich countries could cause low-income countries to again fall short… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus has expressed optimism that the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it was two years ago, as … Read more
S’African Omicron hospitalisations rates far lower than with previous variants – but scientists remain cautious EKO HOT BLOG reports that South Africa delivered some positive news on the omicron coronavirus variant on Friday, reporting a much lower rate of hospital admissions and signs that the wave of infections may be peaking. Research indicates that despite Omicron’s increased … Read more
The UK has one of Europe’s highest death tolls from the virus, at 146,255, while death rates have not risen in the last week EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom on Friday saw the highest number of Covid infections since January, a senior minister said Friday, as the government seeks to slow the … Read more
…the data indicates the variant is “efficiently transmitting, and probably more efficiently transmitting even than the Delta variant” EKO HOT BLOG reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that early data indicates that the Omicron COVID-19 variant may more easily reinfect people who have already had the virus or been vaccinated than previous … Read more
Latest official data suggests 6% of COVID-19 cases are of this type EKO HOT BLOG reports that a new mutated form of COVID-19 that some are calling “Delta Plus” may spread more easily than regular Delta, UK experts now say. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has moved it up into the “variant under investigation” … Read more
Vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant was 93% after the first month, declining to 53% after four months… The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose. This is according to a data published on Monday that US health agencies … Read more
Clinical trials of the vaccines in young children are underway. Pfizer has said that results should be available in September. An unvaccinated elementary schoolteacher infected with the highly contagious delta variant spread the virus to half of the students in a classroom, seeding an outbreak that eventually infected 26 people, according to a new report … Read more
He said 24 cases were currently being monitored and lamented that civil servants are not adhering to the COVID-19 protocols The Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19 in Ondo State, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi has disclosed that 70 cases of the Delta Variant of the virus have been recorded in the state. While revealing that … Read more
He explained that when one wears a cloth mask during a wildfire, you are still able to smell the burning flames, exposing the flaws of a cloth mask. A top scientist has advised that cloth masks are not going to safeguard people from the fast-spreading covid-19 Delta variant. This signal is coming as some … Read more
Lagos, Cross River, and Oyo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were listed as the places where at least one case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed Thirty-two Delta variant cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in five states across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control … Read more
…the victims were from states where cases of the Delta COVID variant have been recorded At least twenty-five members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gombe State. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Habu Dahiru made this known on Saturday. Dahiru stated that a total of 1,291 tests … Read more
…some passengers from high risks countries have continued to abscond from facilities where they were quarantined. The Nigerian government has declared that it would sanction inbound passengers who abscond from COVID-19 isolation facilities, adding that it may prosecute such individuals as well. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, while addressing a press conference in Abuja, said … Read more
While revealing that the strain has been found in Nigeria, particularly Oyo State, she urged citizens not to pretend that Osun is an island considering the fact that they are in close proximity and her people engage in trade and social activities with Oyo. The Osun State Government has alerted residents of the state on … Read more
The variant has been detected in over 90 countries and is expected to spread to more countries. The Delta variant of COVID-19 is responsible for most cases that have precipitated the renewed surge in infections across the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). EKO HOT BLOG had reported that the Nigerian Centre For … Read more
Deaths rose by 15 percent across 38 African countries to nearly 3,000 in the same period. The Delta variant of coronavirus is driving the pandemic forward in Africa at record speeds, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. Infection numbers have increased in Africa for six weeks running, rising by a quarter week-on-week to … Read more
Across the world, a wave of new lockdowns are being implemented, as countries scramble to get ahead of the coronavirus strain known as the Delta variant The United States is in a far better place this summer than many other countries witnessing new COVID-19 cases. But the Delta variant of the virus — now expected … Read more