Health

WHO DG, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus The Director General, World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on Thursday announced the initiation of  Independent Panel for Pandemic…
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Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum inaugurated the committee By Dauda R. Pam, Maiduguri Borno State Government has set up a technical committee for the establishment of a…
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California and Texas each reported more than 10,000 new daily cases on Tuesday More than three million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to Johns…
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Bats were probably the source of the current coronavirus pandemic, epidemiologists say Zoonotic diseases - which jump from animals to humans - are increasing and will continue to…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched an online course on infection prevention and control (ICP) for health workers, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection…
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Kwara Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (right), Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, during the inauguration of 2 new Mercedes-Benz ambulances to strenghten the fight against…
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The European Commission said on Friday it had given conditional approval for the use of antiviral remdesivir in severe COVID-19 patients following an accelerated review process,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written world leaders and partners to appreciate their support towards helping Nigeria attain a Wild Polio Virus (WPV) free status. In a statement…
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Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has said that all government hospitals in FCT would become COVID-19 sample collection sites so that…
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The Enugu State Government, has warned that the wearing of face masks remains  compulsory in the state, as part of the measures to check the spread of COVID-19. Dr Emmanuel Obi,…
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Nigeria on Wednesday recorded its new highest daily figure of 790 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 26, 484. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday announced 566 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,133. The centre…
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The worst could be still to come in the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, six months on from when the outbreak began. WHO head Tedros Adhanom…
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The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has hit 216, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said. While Nigeria and the rest of the world are focused on…
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