The Russian President; Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday morning that Russia has registered the world's first vaccine against coronavirus. He says the vaccine is effective in forming immunity against the deadly pathogen which has spread globally.“As far as I know, a vaccine against the coronavirus infection has been registered this morning (in Russia) for the first time in the world,” the President told members of the government. “I thank everyone who worked on th...

A delegate of the World Health Organization (WHO) and member of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Dr. Fiona Braka has said that Nigeria has showed interest to be part of the global solidarity trial of the vaccines being developed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic and efforts are underway to start the process in the country. She made this known on Friday in Abuja, at the 24th joint national briefing of the committee,. she also said that 89 vaccines are being...

New York City is closing down its public school buildings starting on Thursday after the city's 7-day average reached the 3% positive Covid-19 testing rate threshold. All students will transition to remote learning.