COVID-19: School Feeding Programme Will Continue Despite Closure Of Schools – Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, has said on Monday that the school feeding programme will be implemented despite the closure of schools Nationwide. Schools across Nigeria have been closed for about one week to check the spread of COVID-19. She said talks with state governors to ensure the continuation of the programme as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari has...
Chloroquine, an antimalarial drug confirmed effective on coronavirus – Study
Chinese experts, based on the result of clinical trials, have confirmed that chloroquine phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese official said here Monday. According to reports in Xinhua, a Chinese news organisation, experts have "unanimously" suggested the drug be included in the next version of the treatment guidelines and...
70-Year-Old Uganda Woman Delivers Twins After Conceiving Through IVF
Ugandan woman aged 70 has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya described her joy at the arrival of the twins who were born on Wednesday at a medical facility in the capital Kampala, where she had received fertility treatment, In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). “This is extraordinary achievement, delivering twins to...
Governor Lalong Recovers From COVID-19 One Week After Testing Positive
Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has recovered from coronavirus after testing negative for the disease. His spokesman Makut Macham stated this in a Thursday release from Jos. Lalong had gone into isolation on December 17 after testing positive to COVID-19. “One week after the governor tested positive to the virus, he is now free of the disease after his latest...
Coronavirus: I’m On Self-Isolation, Not Quarantine – NCDC DG, Ihekweazu
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that he is on self-isolation, and not quarantine as reported over fears of being infected with Coronavirus. The NCDC DG who was part of a high-level delegation by the World Health Organisation (WHO), returned from China on February 24. He explained on Channels Television Sunrise Daily...
COVID-19: Oyo Govt Orders Closure Of All Night Clubs, Limits Gatherings At Wedding, Burial Ceremonies
The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde on Monday night announced a limitation on gatherings for religious services, weddings, parties, burial ceremonies, among others to not more than 30 persons. This is just as he announced that all night clubs are to be closed until further notice. The governor made this known in a statewide broadcast he made on Monday night, saying...
Abia govt to intensify efforts in tackling disease burden
Chief Emole Egbulefu, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Abia, says the state government will evolve policies and programmes to eradicate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the state. Egbulefu said this on Thursday during a news conference organised by the ministry to mark the 2020 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day with the theme, “Beat NTDs: For good, For all”. He also said...
