Madagascar Herbal Drug: Nigeria Has No Shame – Pharmacists Blast Buhari Administration
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) says it received the news that the Buhari administration is about to import a herbal concoction called COVID Organics (CVO) from Madagascar with utter disbelief. Sam Ohuabunwa, PSN President, in a strongly worded statement on Tuesday, declared that Nigeria displayed that it has no shame. Noting that the body was not against any drug that is proven...
FG Lists Lagos, FCT, Kano, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto For WHO Drug Trials
The Federal Government has said that Lagos, FCT, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano states have enrolled on the World Health Organisation (WHO) treatment regimen on solidarity drug trials. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the 29th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Daily Trust reports that the...
65 Almajiri Children Among 72 COVID-19 Patients In Kaduna
The government of Kaduna says two police officers and 65 almajiri children are among the 72 active cases receiving treatment for COVID-19 in the state. ABN TV reports that in a statement on Monday, Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser on media to Nasir El-Rufai, the governor, said seven of the cases have a history of travels outside the state. Adekeye said since...
Catholic Church Offers All Its 425 Hospitals In Nigeria As COVID-19 Isolation Centres
The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has offered all its 425 health facilities across the country as isolation centres for COVID-19. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), who disclosed this at the presidential task force briefing on Monday said state governments can now take advantage of the facilities. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had...
60-Year-Old Nigerian Nurse Dies Of COVID-19 In UK
An ‘exceptional’ mother-of-four nurse who devoted her life to terminally-ill children has become the latest healthcare worker to be killed by COVID-19 in Britain, the Daily Mail of UK reported. Eyitolami Olaolorun had been a nurse for 40 years, most recently working at Wellington Hospital, a private centre in St John’s Wood, caring for young patients who were critically or...
Nigeria Records 242 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 4,641
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced that the country has recorded 242 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4,641. Also Read: COVID-19: Gregory University Donates 10,000 PPEs To FG The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle and website on Monday night. https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1259978042425868296?s=20
55 COVID-19 Patients Recover In Madagascar After Treatment With “Herbal Drug”
At least 55 COVID-19 patients in Madagascar have recovered after being treated with the country’s herbal remedy for the disease. 55 COVID-19 patients said to have been “cured” with the drug — which is bottled as herbal tea — rose after three recoveries were announced on Saturday. According to L’Express de Madagascar, the patients were among those that were administered the drug...
We Are Owed Seven Months Salaries – Abuja Doctors
Doctors employed by the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja last year are being owed salaries between three to seven months, the Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, has said. The doctors also complained about suspicious deductions from the salaries of old doctors after they were registered on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. This is contained in a communiqué issued after a...
FG Yet To Show Interest In Our COVID-19 Drug – Prof. Iwu
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bioresources Development Group (BDG), Prof. Maurice Iwu has stated that the Federal Government is yet to show interest in drug presented by his team of researchers for COVID-19. Iwu made this known during Zoom Conference organised by Elombah Communications in collaboration with Njenje Media Ltd, tagged “Covid-19 and the proposed Vaccination Bill: Implications for Nigeria”. The...
12 COVID-19 Patients Discharged In Borno
Umar Kadafur, the deputy governor of Borno, says 12 patients, who recovered from COVID-19, have been discharged from the state’s isolation centres. Kadafur, who is also the chairman of the state response team for the prevention and control of COVID-19, disclosed the recoveries of 12 patients in a statement on Sunday. The latest development brings to 14 the number of COVID-19...
