1,907,983 new people have been added to the list of COVID-19 cases worldwide over the last 7 days, while 1,228 new people have been infected in Nigeria from September 7 to 14.

17,184 people were tested across Nigeria within the same time span. Compared to the 1,209 cases that were discovered last week, the number for this week has seen a slight increase signalling an increase in rate of infection.

While the ASUU strike continues and the tertiary students are currently at home, universities in Nigeria have begun planning for the next academic session.

Most federal universities have commenced the screening, with only a few like the Obafemi Awolowo University deferring it until the government announces the date for schools to reopen.

The universities of Ibadan, Ilorin, Port-Harcourt and Uyo will soon be done with their respective screening exercises. The University of Benin is set to begin screening candidates from November 23 via a computer-based test.

State universities including Kwara state university, Kaduna state university and Delta state university have also commenced the process of screening new students for admittance.

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Uli, Anambra state has already resumed classes for its year-one students while resumption date for the returning students will be announced soon.

China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention Chief Biosafety Expert, Guizhen Wu announced on Monday that a coronavirus vaccine being developed in the country may be available to people in China and other countries from as early as November.

According to Wu’s disclosure, the drug being developed has recorded success in its phase 3 trial.

It is also one of the 4 drugs being developed in China that are in the final stages of a clinical trial. Three of the drugs have been already been offered to essential workers under the emergency use program launched in July.

The other vaccines are also recording progress in their phase 3 clinical trials and should be available by December, according to Wu.

US-listed Sinovac Biotech, Cansino Biologics, and Sinopharm are among the pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies developing the vaccines in China.

The 6185 HK is being developed by Cansino Biologics while the other three vaccines are being developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm.

The association of medical staff including nurses, midwives and radiologists in Nigeria have commenced a strike action beginning from September 13.

According to the union, the health workers are not adequately protected in the face of the health hazards posed by the COVID-19.

The demands of the health workers include an adjustment of their payment structure, life insurance for its members and full access to protective equipment. After the stipulated seven days, the union says the strike will continue indefinitely if the demands are not met.

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Recall that Ginimbi Kadungure died in a ghastly motor accident on the 8th, November 2020 and the remains from the decease was buried today, 13th of November.

Ginimbi’s funeral which held in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, had thousands of people in attendance to pay their last respect to the socialite.

In the video that surfaced on the internet, the live proceedings of the funerals took place at Kwame Nkrumah street where Ginimbi’s associates and relatives wait for his body to be released from the Doves Parlour. It was also gathered that remains of late Ginimbi was carried in a Vintage Rolls Royce, where he was taken to Dreams Night Club, an entertainment joint he owned, before taken to Domboshava to be buried.

Napoli are interested in signing Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, according to Sky in Italy.

The Serie A club are hoping to negotiate a move for the 32-year-old which would not involve a transfer fee.