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    Omicron

    Why most African nations have missed the WHO target of vaccination

    by TOA CorrespondentHEALTHDecember 31, 2021December 31, 2021

    The WHO target of vaccination in the African continent has been under met to only 40%, despite the growing cases of Omicron. The goal of 2021 by WHO was missed…

    Nigeria destroys more than 1 million expired COVID vaccines

    by TOA CorrespondentWestern AfricaDecember 23, 2021December 23, 2021

    Nigeria destroyed over a million Covid-19 vaccines that were donated by the rich people of the country, in an attempt to educate and inform people that the vaccines come with…

    South Africa sees a surge in Omicron strain but witnesses fewer hospitalisations

    by TOA CorrespondentSouthern AfricaDecember 18, 2021December 18, 2021

    The highly mutated variant of Covid-19, Omicron is causing havoc across South Africa due to its characteristics of being transmissible. Wednesday witnessed the highest Covid cases since the spread in…

    Omicron variant: Nigerians respond to demountable of the country from UK red list

    by TOA CorrespondentFrom the WeekendHEALTHDecember 18, 2021December 20, 2021

    The hoist Nigeria of travelling diminution on sightseers from Nigeria and 10 African countries from a red list over the eruption and extension of Coronavirus’ new variant – Omicron has…

    South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa tests positive of the virus and has been undergoing treatment. The 69-year old is reported to have mild symptoms and is isolating in Cape Town, South Africa.

    South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa being treated for Covid

    by TOA CorrespondentSouthern AfricaDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021

    Amidst a surge in the Covid-19 patients, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa tests positive of the virus and has been undergoing treatment. The 69-year old is reported to have mild…

    the Health Secretary of the UK, Sajid Javid announced the travel from Nigeria to the UK as Red List. It means that the people travelling from West Africa to the UK would be banned, with an exception for Irish and UK residents. Sajid Javid further added that the Omicron cases have been on a rise, and since then the UK has witnessed an increase in cases that are linked to people travelling from Nigeria. England itself has reported as many as 27 new cases of Omicron, since December 01. Opposing this claim, Nigerian authorities state that they have not reported any new case of Omicron since it was announced. They claim that the British ban is not science-supported and seems to draw an unjust, punitive, discriminatory, indefensible and unfair direction on Nigeria.

    Nigeria slams UK’s ‘discriminatory’ travel ban over omicron

    by TOA CorrespondentWestern AfricaDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021

    Amid encompassing fears of Omicron threat being discriminatory, indefensible, and punitive, a Nigerian official condemned the travel ban imposed by the UK government on West Africa.  To reason with this,…

    the rising cases of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa said that the hospitals are preparing for potential hospitalization. Daily infections in South Africa surged with the new variant and led the country to enter the fourth wave.

    South Africa readies hospitals as COVID cases of new variant surge

    by TOA CorrespondentSouthern AfricaDecember 7, 2021December 7, 2021

    Amidst the rising cases of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa said that the hospitals are preparing for potential hospitalization. Daily infections in South…

    The Zimbabwe government has imposed a dawn-to-dusk lockdown with mandatory quarantine for the travellers, owing to the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The curfew is announced to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.

    Zimbabwe reimposes Covid lockdown measures

    by TOA CorrespondentSouthern AfricaDecember 3, 2021December 6, 2021

    The Zimbabwe government has imposed a dawn-to-dusk lockdown with mandatory quarantine for the travelers, owing to the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The curfew is announced to prevent the spread…

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