Tag: COVID-19
Virus Update: The numbers are looking pretty good
By Charlie Robertson
THUR 01 JULY, 2021-theGBJournal- My 20 year old son is isolating upstairs with COVID (half his friends have it too) and another...
Civil Service Week: State House recognizes COVID-19 role models
SAT 26 JUNE, 2021-theGBJournal- As part of events marking the 2021 Civil Service Week celebration, the management of State House has held a ceremony...
Mastercard Foundation to deploy $1.3 billion in partnership with Africa CDC...
TUE 08 JUNE, 2021-theGBJournal- The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative will acquire vaccines for at least 50 million people
The Mastercard Foundation (MastercardFdn.org) has announced...
How we can prevent more deaths from COVID-19
By Rich Lesser, CEO, Boston Consulting Group
TUE 08 JUNE, 2021-theGBJournal- With countries around the world struggling and India setting new, devasting records for COVID-19...
Public-private data project a COVID game-changer in West and East Africa
The USAID-funded Regional Action Through Data (RAD) programme launches game-changing daily COVID dashboards in West and East Africa and a ground-breaking childhood cross-border immunisation...
New report on COVID-19 in Africa shows impact on continent has...
…Urgent, strategic action needed in light of limited vaccine and mounting threat of new variants
WED 12 MAY, 2021-theGBJournal- As the world battles new COVID-19...
Deadly Indian COVID-19 variant found in 44 country, says WHO
By Audrey Lotechukwu
WED 12 MAY, 2021-theGBJournal- The COVID-19 variant B.1.617 said to be behind the deadly explosive outbreak in India has been found in...
Nigeria announces COVID-19 curfew and restrictions, effective from midnight Tuesday
By Chrystal NK Chukwudebe
MON 10 MAY, 2021-theGBJournal- The Federal Government on Monday announced phase IV of COVID-19 curfew across the 36 states of the...
COVID-19: Air Peace pilots, cabin crew, others receive the COVID-19 vaccine
FRI 16 APRIL, 2021-theGBJournal- The pilots, cabin crew and other customer-facing personnel of Nigeria's foremost airline, Air Peace, have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine...
COVID-19: Nigeria Centre for Disease Control highlights Nigeria’s response since the...
MON 01 MARCH, 2021-theGBJournal- On Saturday 27th of February 2020, Nigeria detected her first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was the...