UK Bans Overseas Health Workers From Bringing Dependants
The United Kingdom has banned Health and Care Workers from bringing dependants to the country. This was made known by the UK Home Office via its verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on Monday. “From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants. “This is part of our plan to deliver the biggest ever...
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...
Coronavirus: I’m Not Aware Of Abba Kyari’s Location In Lagos – Health Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that he does not know the location of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, in Lagos. Kyari, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, in a statement on Sunday, said he would be in Lagos on Monday for “further tests and observations”. Abayomi said, “I’m not...
BREAKING: No Confirmed COVID-19 Case In Our State – Abia Govt
The Abia state government has said the state does not have any confirmed case of COVID-19 anywhere. The Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu in a release obtained by ABN TV on Sunday called on people of the state to ignore rumours. "No single confirmed Coronavirus infection in Abia State as at 18:26 when this post was made. "Ignore rumor mongers...
BREAKING: After Administering Communion To Over 500 People, Priest Tests Positive To Coronavirus In US
A priest in the Washington, DC, the United States of America has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he administered communion to about 500 people. According to WUSA, Rev. Timothy Cole attended three services last Sunday at Christ Church Georgetown, which were attended by 550 people. Rev. Cole identified himself in a statement to his congregation. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser...
COVID-19: How Vaccination Helps In Reducing Risk Of Depression, Anxiety — Research
Vaccination against COVID-19 may help alleviate the risk for anxiety and depression in addition to protecting against serious illness from coronavirus infection according to new research. A new paper from the University of Southern California and the RAND Corporation showed that scientists estimate that COVID-19 vaccination reduces anxiety and depression symptoms by nearly 30 percent. They said the fear of testing...
Resident Doctors To Embark On Warning Strike Wednesday
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day warning strike following the failure of the Federal Government to meet its demands. The decision was reached after its six and half hours extraordinary National Executive Council meeting held virtually on Monday. The resident doctors said the strike will commence at exactly 8 am on Wednesday, May 17, and till...
Canada Extends Travel Ban To Nigeria
Amid the growing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Canada has added Egypt, Malawi, and Nigeria to the ‘travel ban’ list. “We are adding three countries to the list of these countries that we talked about last Friday, these are Malawi, Egypt and Nigeria,” Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was quoted as saying by Sputnik news agency. Duclos added that...
Ondo State Govt Extends Maternity Leave For Female Civil Servants To Six Months
The Ondo State Government on Wednesday extended the maternity leave period for its female workers from the earlier three months to six months. The government said the move was to build a society where children that were being raised had all things required in terms of maternal care, which should be exclusive in the first six months. The state Head of...
Nigerians Travelling To UK Will Still Be Isolated For Seven Days
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has said that Nigerians travelling to Britain will still be isolated for seven days as UK Government is yet to comprehensively review Nigeria’s vaccination certification programme. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a press conference. He briefed the press on progress of COVID-19 vaccination in...
