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COVID-19: Nigerians’ failure to go for test cause of avoidable fatalities – FG
The Federal Government has warned that failure by Nigerians to go for COVID-19 test with evident symptoms could lead to avoidable fatalities. It also...
Resident doctors’ strike: FG releases N4.5bn to 31 teaching hospitals, medical centres
In response to the demands of the striking resident doctors, the Federal Government has released N4.5 billion to 31 federal...
Coronavirus: U.K Govt Approves Dexamethasone in ‘biggest breakthrough yet’
The U.K. government has approved the use of dexamethasone — the first coronavirus drug that scientists says has been shown to save...
People with blood type O more protected against COVID-19 – studies
By Celia Jean People with blood type O have less of a chance of getting COVID-19, according to a number of studies published...
Non-payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance, 26 resident doctors’ sack, others trigger doctors strike
Citing the Federal Government’s inability to meet its demands, doctors in federal and state health facilities have declared a nationwide indefinite strike. The doctors...
Locally-made face mask: WHO counsels on how to wear, remove, wash it
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new guidelines on the use of homemade or locally-made face masks for the...
COVID-19 100 days : FG to establish infectious disease laboratory in 36 states, FCT
As Nigeria marks 100 days of the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Government says it plans to set up at least one...
Hunger Games – The Socioeconomic Divide and the Response to Disease Outbreaks
By Dr Adaeze Oreh The global count of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has since passed the six million mark, close to...
Coronavirus cases rise in Nigeria as lockdown eases
Part of Nigeria’s success in blunting the spread of a coronavirus outbreak had been a fierce lockdown — the largest in Africa,...
Escape of Covid-19 Patient in Abia Sparks Fear of Further Infection
The coronavirus flare-up in Nigeria may spread again after a patient escaped from a holding facility in Abia state, complicating efforts...
Nigeria validates three local cure for coronavirus
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it is validating three out of numerous claims of COVID-19 local cure. The Secretary to the...
New Study: No evidence hydroxychloroquine treats covid-19
A large observational study involving 96,000 patients in the United States of America shows no evidence that an antimalarial drug treats the coronavirus....
ln spite of sack threat, Kaduna health workers begin 7-day warning strike
Unperturbed by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s sack threat, health workers in Kaduna State have begun a seven-day warning strike to press home their...
22-year-old COVID-19 patient delivered of twins in Lagos
By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri A 22-year-old COVID-19 patient was delivered of twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Tuesday. The...
NCDC has tested 33,970 specimens for coronavirus in Nigeria
How many coronavirus tests have been conducted in Nigeria? For the first time since February, the federal government has an answer....
Most states loosen restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Lagos
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos state continued to rise on Sunday as some states in Nigeria lifts restrictions allowing...
