Reports suggest Omicron has been found in close to 40 countries EKO HOT BLOG reports that the world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 but it should prepare, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Speaking at a conference on Friday, top WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the situation now was … Read more
The Omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, is believed to be highly transmissible… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government on Monday insisted Nigeria is yet to record a case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, despite Canadian authorities’ claims that two passengers from Nigeria had tested positive.e Speaking at the Presidential … Read more
The Omicron variant was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on 24 November, and has since been identified in other countries EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries to try to contain a new COVID-19 variant spreading there. From Monday, … Read more
So far the WHO has recorded 1.4 million COVID-19 deaths across the region. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Europe is once again “at the epicentre” of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as cases soar across the continent. At a press conference WHO Europe head Hans Kluge said the continent could … Read more
Lagos Government has cautioned drivers on traffic rules and safety compliance during the ember months. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has tasked drivers and other road users to obey traffic rules and regulations to avoid road crashes during the ember months and beyond. The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, … Read more
Lagos government has inaugurated sanitation safety planning team and steering committee in the state. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Lagos State Government has inaugurated the State’s Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP) Team and Steering Committee for the World Health Organisation (WHO) programme. The safety team and the steering committee were inaugurated by the Lagos State … Read more
The prize is intended to honour an individual or organisation that has “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations”. Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their “courageous fight” to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. The committee called the pair “representatives … Read more
The program, which launched in 2019 and has reached over 800,000 children… In what it called a “historic” move, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that It has recommended widespread use of the world’s first and only malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where there are moderate to high … Read more
As COVID-19 continues to rage on a global scale, Agnès Buzyn, a French ex-minister is facing investigation. Agnès Buzyn, a former minister in France, being investigated over how she handled the raging COVID-19 pandemic when the country confirmed her first case. French authorities believed that Buzyn endangered the lives of several people by exposing them … Read more
COVID-19 vaccine poses no risk to pregnant women and nursing mothers. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). As COVID-19 vaccine around the world continue to raise queries among members of the public, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has assured pregnant women and nursing mothers to consider taking it. In a statement addressed … Read more
There is meningitis outbreak in DCR, says WHO. The World Health Organisation (WHO), has declared a deadly meningitis outbreak in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This development emerged as no less than 129 people died from the disease. In a statement disclosing the outbreak, WHO said a total of … Read more
Kerkhove said the WHO is seeing a lot of circulation among unvaccinated people but observes positive developments… World Health Organisation (WHO) senior officials has declared that the Delta strain remains a top concern in countries. The experts found that the variant is highly contagious and appearing to “outcompete” others. Their findings coincide with the emergence … Read more
The World Health Organization has revealed that they are monitoring a new coronavirus variant called “mu.” This new variant has the potential to evading immunity provided by a previous Covid-19 infection or vaccination, the WHO said. The new variant was initially identified in Colombia but has since been confirmed in at least 39 countries, according … Read more
Ihekweazu is currently the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ihekweazu’s appointment – which comes into effect on November 1, 2021 – … Read more
A polio outbreak has hit a Nigerian community. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Adamawa State Government has announced the reemergence and detection of the Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 ((VDPV) case in the state. The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, made the disclosure at the official flag-off of … Read more
The items were delivered on the same day Nigeria recorded its highest daily infections in six months, amid a strike by resident doctors in the country… Nigeria has received 26 ventilators and other equipment from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a boost in its fight against the dreadful COVID-19. Also received were 3,560 fingertip … Read more
COVID-19 has provided Nigeria and the global community an opportunity to strengthen immunisation… COVID-19 might not be the last pandemic the world would witness, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted. WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, stated this during the ninth General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Epidemiological Society of … Read more
There has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in Japan. Tokyo on Wednesday reported its highest daily increase of new infections since mid-January The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted 100,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, started today after a delay a year ago due … Read more
…world leaders to put in collaborative efforts to stop the spread of the new variant around the globe The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm bells on the rampaging effects of the COVID-19 Delta strain that has now seen it spread across 104 countries. Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made this known at a media … Read more
Sixteen African countries are now seeing a resurgence of the virus, with the more contagious Delta strain detected in 10 of them Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization … Read more