COVID-19 3RD WAVE: REINFORCE YOUR GUARD: SARKI OVERALL TASKS AREWA COMMUNITY LAGOS STATE

Ibrahim A. Jagaba

Following recent rising cases of confirmed covid-19 cases in Lagos, HRH Alhaji Ahmed Haruna Kuraja, the Sarki overall and chairman of the chieftaincy council of Arewa community Alimosho local government, has charged Arewa community residents in the state to guard against complacency, adding that, daily revelation continue to prove the Delta variant as more deadly and quickest to cause death.

Covid-19: Pandemic have now killed three million people across the world - as countries see surge in cases

A woman writes a name
of her deceased loved
one at the Old Town
Square in Prague,
Czech Republic (file pic)

The global death toll from coronavirus has topped three million people amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.

Lagos Police Arrest 172 Clubbers for Violating Covid-19 Protocols, Shuts Down Cubana Club

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday said that the Police Command had shut down Cubana Nightclub, Victoria Island and arrested 172 people for violating the COVID-19 protocols in Lagos state.

Odumosu disclosed this to Pressmen during a press briefing at the Police Command, G.R.A Ikeja where the violators were confined.

Covid-19: UK daily coronavirus cases top 60,000 for first time

The number of new daily confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has topped 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started.

According to government figures on Tuesday, the number of people who have tested positive reached 60,916.

A further 830 people have died within 28 days of a positive test, up from 407 on Monday.

World must be ready for the next pandemic – UN

The United Nations commemorated the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic.

It urged greater investments in preparedness, to confront future health emergencies.

“This first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness falls at the end of a year in which a scenario many had feared came tragically true … As we strive to control and recover from the current pandemic, we must think about the next,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message.