The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed the first case of Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 in the country. It said on its website on Friday that the case was confirmed in an individual with no recent travel history, which suggests a degree of community transmission within the UK. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US health authorities had …

The World Health Organisation said on Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic was no longer considered a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced this in Geneva, Switzerland, while also lifting the highest alert level that can be imposed in the event of a threat, which has been in place for more than three years. This …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 per cent since the start of the year — but warned the virus was still on the move. The WHO said Covid-19 is around to stay and countries would have to learn how to manage its ongoing non-emergency effects, including post-Covid-19 condition, or Long Covid. …

Japan has stated that it will begin to treat COVID-19 as an equal to the seasonal flu. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared on Friday that COVID-19 would be downgraded from its current level two to disease category five, placing it on par with SARS and tuberculosis. The virus will be placed in the same category as the common cold and …

China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospitals since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country’s coronavirus data. In early December, Beijing abruptly dismantled its strict three-year anti-virus regime of frequent testing, travel curbs, and mass lockdowns after widespread protests …

The Federal Ministry of Health has said that it will screen passengers coming into the country, using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD). This is as the Federal Government assured that it is maintaining vigilance and a high level of preparedness at the nation’s entry points to prevent a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. On Friday, the Nigeria Centre for …

Nigeria has recorded 13 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lagos and Edo States, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). A weekly epidemiological data from the agency showed that Lagos reported 12 new cases of COVID-19, while Edo reported one between 31st December, and 6th January. This has increased the total number of confirmed cases …

Seven Covid-19 symptoms mistaken for flu, common cold, or malaria expose the reality that you may have had Covid-19 without even knowing it. This article is very important at this time because of the prevalence of Covid omicron XBB.1.5. in the last couple of weeks. According to the data published on 30th December 2022, by the Centers for Disease Control …

Many countries, including France, Britain, and Morocco’s cross-strait neighbor Spain, have said they will require negative Covid tests for all travelers from mainland China. But the Moroccan foreign ministry said in a statement that authorities in the North African country “decided to forbid access to the territory of the Kingdom of Morocco for all travelers, whatever their nationality, coming from …

Hundreds of people protested in Senegal’s capital on Friday to call for legal action after a report by a public spending watchdog revealed alleged misuse of Covid relief funds, an AFP journalist saw. Shouting slogans, the crowd heeded a call by about a dozen civil society organisations to demonstrate in a Dakar square. Police were deployed around the square for …