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We Are Owed Seven Months Salaries – Abuja Doctors

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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

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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

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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...

Man Detained in Delta As American Lover Dies After Showing Symptoms Of COVID-19

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A resident of Delta state is currently being detained over the death of a 67-year-old American who died after showing symptoms of COVID-19.  The Nigerian was said to have invited her over to the country before the airports were shut in April. They had reportedly lodged at a hotel in Warri in Delta and later relocated to Orerokpe, still in Delta. But...

BREAKING: Nigeria Records 248 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 4399

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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday night confirmed Two-hundred-and-forty-eight (248) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. This brings the figures of the pandemic to a total of 4399 in Nigeria. Also Read: Lagos Estimates 120,000 COVID-19 Cases By July See the details of the new cases below... https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1259615631135178753?s=20 Also Read: 47 Health Workers Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kano

47 Health Workers Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kano

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The Kano state government says forty-seven (47) health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Tijjani Husaain, coordinator of the state’s task force on COVID-19, disclosed this at a press conference in Kano, on Sunday. He said the infected health workers had contracted the disease the previous week, adding that no medical personnel got infected in the last few days. Also Read:...

BREAKING: Nigeria Records 386 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 3,912

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Nigeria has recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,912. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Friday. The 386 new cases are the highest Nigeria has ever recorded in 24 hours since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. It...

Lagos Estimates 120,000 COVID-19 Cases By July

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Lagos State’s Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi that the estimated number of COVID-19 cases in Lagos may rise to 120,000 by July. He said the July projection is based on the government model following the reported cases recorded in one day. On Thursday (yesterday) COVID-19 cases in Lagos surged by 183, a record for the state as Nigeria witnessed its...

Nine-Year-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 – Enugu Govt

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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...

We Have Tested About 22,000 Persons For COVID-19 – Ihekweazu

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Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says about 22,000 persons have been tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria. As of Wednesday evening, the country recorded 3,145 confirmed cases of the disease, out of which 534 patients have been discharged, while 103 persons have died. Speaking at the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday, the...

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