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Nigeria: CBN Assesses Funding Requests for Nigerian-Made COVID-19 Vaccines
This Day, 11 May 2020
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it was reviewing funding requests by local researchers to support the development of vaccines and drugs for COVID-19. Read more »
Nigeria Central Bank Weighs Funding Coronavirus Vaccine Research
The Central Bank of Nigeria said it is reviewing funding requests by local researchers to support the local development of vaccines and drugs for COVID-19. In Nigeria, the latest infection rate stands at 4,641 cases. The coronavirus has swept the world, claiming thousands of lives in its spread.
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Nigeria: Disease Control Centre Reports 242 New COVID-19 Cases, 10 Deaths
Premium Times, 12 May 2020
Nigeria's tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 4,641 as 242 new infections were announced Monday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Read more »
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Nigeria: Lockdown/Reopening - Repercussions of Blind Following
Daily Trust, 8 May 2020
After global adoption of lockdown as one of the recommended measures to prevent and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and despite the growing number of new cases and… Read more »
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Nigeria: COVID-19, Elusive Cure and the Human Cost
This Day, 11 May 2020
When in December 2019, COVID-19 which is caused by a new strain of coronaviruses called severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) broke out in faraway China, the world stood… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fears Over COVID-19 Patients Without Symptoms
Vanguard, 10 May 2020
There may be hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 patients without symptoms silently spreading the virus according to medical professionals in their assessment of one week into the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Economic Fallout of COVID-19 Could Be Worse Without Lockdown
Daily Trust, 7 May 2020
There is much debate over the economic costs of our lockdown lives: whether the price of disease mitigation is worth the risk of an enduring financial crisis. Read more »
InFocus
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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After five weeks of the lockdown of three major cities, Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, the government has eased the regulations and replaced it with a curfew, and mandatory safety ... Read more »
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True to the words of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres - "This is not a financial crisis. This is a human crisis." -- UNECA's report on COVID-19 in Africa - ... Read more »
