EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19 Scare Hits Kubwa General Hospital Abuja, All Wards Shutdown
Fear has enveloped the general hospital Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja the FCT. ABN TV gathered that a consultant orthopedics unit in the hospital, whose identity we choose to conceal has tested positive for coronavirus as well as HOD pediatrics. The CMD, Muideen Lasisi however instead of ordering for their isolation in line with NCDC’s guideline has been managing the...
BREAKING: Nigerians To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine By End Of January – FG
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the Minister, a technical working group in the Ministry of Health is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria. Details later… Source https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/breaking-appeal-court-nullifies-olisa-metuhs-conviction/
COVID-19: Chinese President Xi Jinping Wishes Trump, Melania A ‘Fast Recovery’
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday wished President Trump and Melania Trump a "fast recovery" after the pair contracted coronavirus. "My wife, Peng Liyuan, and I express our sympathies to you and your wife and wish you a fast recovery,” Xi said, according to state TV on its website. The message came a day after the president and first lady tweeted that they both tested positive for COVID-19...
UK’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Injection Starts [VIDEO]
The first volunteers for the coronavirus vaccine trial have received their first doses as scientists desperately try to fight the illness which has now claimed the lives of 18,738 in the UK. Scientists at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, have begun the first human trial in Europe by administering the trial injections, which were developed in under three months, to more...
Abia Govt Set To Launch Two COVID-19 Test Centres, One Commences Operation Next Week
The test centre for COVID-19 in Abia State will next week commence operation following the receipt of one of the two GeneXpert equipment ordered by the Ikpeazu administration in April 2020 from the United States of America. The State Commssioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji revealed this on Friday in interaction with newsmen. He said the state government and the NCDC...
JUST IN: UNIZIK records first case of lassa fever
A student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has reportedly been diagnosed with Lassa fever The student had been ferried to a Lassa fever centre in Ebonyi State. The source said," The student was on admission at the Unizik Clinic Awka for some days. "She was referred to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Awka and has been confirmed to have Lassa...
Queen Of Pop, Madonna Tests Positive For COVID-19
Madonna said Thursday she has recovered from the COVID-19 disease, which forced her to pull out of a string of concerts in Paris in February and March. The "Queen of Pop" said she had tested positive for antibodies which may mean she had Covid-19 -- though at the time she said she didn't realise she had it. "I am not currently sick," she...
Abia Emerges Best In Implementation Of COVID-19 Vaccination In South East
Abia State has been rated the best in entire Southeast Nigeria in the implementation of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19. This was made known by the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib during the Covid-19 rollout vaccination review meeting held on Friday, July 16 at the NCDC Emergency Operation...
Late NDDC Director Tested Positive For Coronavirus
The late acting Director, Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Ibanga Etang, tested positive for coronavirus, the commission has revealed. NDDC, in a statement by its Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said the commission was compelled to make the declaration after getting clearance from the deceased family. “The family has authorised the Commission to announce the late...
Nurses -On- Strike Meet To Consider FG’s Promises Today
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector has said it will meet on Saturday (today), to consider the promises made by the Federal Government at a meeting yesterday. The union denied reports that it had suspended its ongoing nationwide seven-day warning strike. Speaking with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, the National Public Relations Officer of NANNM-FHI,...
