HEALTH
Chinese Scientists Believe New Drug Can Stop Pandemic ‘Without Vaccine’
A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by scientists at China’s prestigious Peking University could not only shorten the recovery...
Man Beaten To Death After Being Suspected Of Having Coronavirus
A young man suspected of having coronavirus in south-eastern Kenya was beaten up by a group of youths. He was pronouced dead later in the hospital. Local police chief Nehemiah Bitok confirmed the death to the BBC and said no arrests had been made and investigations were underway. The attack took place in the fishing village of Msambweni in Kwale county,...
Lifting Babies By The Arm Can Cause Elbow Damage – Experts
Swinging or lifting a toddler by the arm has been described by medical experts as a risky move that can lead to elbow dislocation or severe injuries. The experts explained that babies’ bones are fragile and that lifting them either with one hand or with both hands can exert undue pressure on the elbow. According to them, lifting a child off...
Coronavirus: Italy Sees 743 Deaths In A Day [VIDEO]
Italy's daily COVID-19 death toll shot back up today with 743 in one day, but more evidence emerged that the coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful national lockdown. Three weeks into a lockdown restricting movement across the country, Italy's daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands of more infections, pushing the nation's overall total up by...
Couple Welcomes First Triplets In Family Lineage In Abia, Urges Couple To Keep Faith With God
The family of Engr. and Mrs. Nnaemeka Ezeanyagu has welcomed a set of triplets for the first time in his lineage. His wife, Mrs. Ezeanyagu gave birth to two girls and a boy at about 2pm at Federal Medical Centre, FMC Umuahia. Both mother and babies are in sound health condition. Speaking with ABN TV on Tuesday, the excited father urged couples...
FG Seeks To Criminalise Non-Wearing Of Face Masks
With the uptick in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the country, the federal government yesterday advocated ways to make it a criminal offence for anyone in the country not to wear face masks. The federal government’s advocacy, which entails state enacting laws to punish errant citizens, is in furtherance of its determination to get people to embrace non-pharmaceutical...
Like HIV, COVID-19 May Never Go Away – WHO
Just like with HIV, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may never go away, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization health emergencies program, says the virus may just become one of the viruses around the world that kill people annually. “This virus just may become another endemic virus in our communities and this virus...
BREAKING: NCDC Confirms 403 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 16,085
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 403 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number to 16,085. The NCDC made the announcement on Sunday night via its Twitter handle. “On the 14th of June 2020, 403 new confirmed cases and 13 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the...
Coronavirus: Americans To Get N441k Each As Trump Signs Historic $2.2trn Financial Stimulus Bill
President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bipartisan bill, which the Senate passed on Wednesday. U.S. is currently the hardest-hit country in terms of the COVID-19 infections, accounting for no...
[VIDEO] ‘I Am Going To China To Destroy Coronavirus’ — Nigerian Prophet Declares
A Nigerian pastor, Prophet David Kingleo Elijah of the Glorious Mount of Possibility Church in Lagos, has announced plans to travel to China, to prophetically destroy the raging Coronavirus. Speaking in his church recently, the clergyman said, “I am going to China to go and deal with Coronavirus. I am going prophetically to destroy coronavirus.” The video is currently making rounds on...
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