Should African companies impose vaccine mandate amid Omicron variant?
“The science is clear. Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces rates of serious infections, hospitalisation, and death....
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Nearly 1 million doses of COVID vaccines expired in Nigeria where only 1.8% of population is fully vaccinated
A special report earlier today by Reuters disclosed that about one million doses of AstraZeneca...
MTN introduces mandatory Covid-19 vaccine policy
The MTN Group says it will implement a mandatory vaccination policy for staff in South...
“You’re three times more likely to get re-infected by Omicron”, South-Africa study finds
The risk of reinfection from the Omicron coronavirus variant is three times higher than for...
Nigeria Federal Government to Begin Roll out of Covid-19 Boosters
The Presidential Steering Committee in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National...
Nigeria Detects First Case of Omicron Variant
Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it...
Biggest WTO meeting in 4 years postponed due to the Omicron coronavirus variant
Hours after news about the Covid-19 Omicron mutation made headlines, the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Oil rises near $76 as global stocks jump as investors ponder omicron-related impact
Oil rebounded by almost 5% on Monday to $76 a barrel as some investors viewed...
What we know about the Omicron variant
A new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has prompted...
UK suspends flights from 6 African countries over new coronavirus variant
The United Kingdom is temporarily suspending flights from six African countries over concerns about a...