FG Charges Nigerians To Go For Diabetes Test
The National Desk Officer, Diabetes of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Alayo Sopekan, has advised Nigerians to go for a test to know their diabetes status. He stated this yesterday in Abuja during a stakeholders’ engagement on iCARE initiatives ...
BREAKING: Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has tested positive for Coronavirus. He was said to have possibly contracted the virus during a visit to Germany and Egypt for a meeting on the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission, whose executive chairman, Prof. James Momoh, was part of. The CoS attended many meetings after his return from the trips last...
FG Extends Eased COVID-19 Lockdown By One Month
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday announced the extension of phase three of the eased lockdown by one month. The chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, announced this at the weekly briefing of the task force in Abuja. He said, “The PTF is improving on the International Travel Portal to minimise the challenges passengers keep encountering. “Similarly, it is reviewing the...
BREAKING: US coronavirus Death Toll Passes 500 As Fifteen States Lockdown
The US coronavirus toll surpassed 500 on Monday as the total number of cases went past 41,000 and fifteen states went into various forms of lock-down. The death toll from the virus in America is now 576, a sharp rise of more than 100 people in one day. Experts say the spike is yet to come and that the current state of...
Another 4 Patients Discharged In Lagos After Testing Negative For COVID-19
Lagos State has discharged four additional fully recovered COVID-19 patients. The discharged persons, all-male, brings the number of patients that have so far recovered fully from the coronavirus disease in Lagos to 98. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this via his Twitter handle. The commissioner also confirmed 70 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Lagos on Sunday. Giving...
BREAKING!! COVID-19: Abia Govt Traces, Isolates 209 Index Cases Contacts
The Abia state government says it has traced and isolated no fewer than 209 contacts of the two index COVID-19 cases in the state as at 8 am of Thursday, April 23, 2020. It says this was achieved with the assistance of the State Rapid Response Team and the medical protocol sub-committee of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19, in conjunction...
NAFDAC Advises Against Buying Drugs From Open Markets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that drugs sold in open market are poisonous and dangerous to human health. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the NAFDAC Director-General gave the warning at the North-Central media sensitisation workshop on the dangers of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with calcium carbide in Lafia on Monday. Adeyeye, represented by...
Nine-Year-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 – Enugu Govt
The Enugu State government has confirmed a new positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) involving a nine-year-old child in the state. In a statement on Friday, the Commissioner for Health in Enugu, Obi Ikechukwu, revealed that the case involved a nine-year-old child. He explained that the patient had contact with the fourth case reported in the state. “Thus, the total number of positive...
“Striking Doctors’ Grievances Are Being Addressed Through Due Process” – Wike
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike says the grievances of the striking Doctors are being addressed through due process. The minister stated this on Thursday during the inauguration of a road project in the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents’ Doctors in the FCT, on Monday, embarked on an indefinite strike over six months...
COVID 19: Nigeria To Receive 10 Million Vaccine Doses In March – Ehanire
Nigeria will receive 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine in March, Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement on Thursday. The vaccines add to 100,000 expected doses of Pfizer vaccine, he said. The statement did not specify which type of vaccine would be used for the 10 million doses. It was also unclear whether the batch would be financed by the...
