COVID-19: NMA working with other medical bodies to validate some mass screening kits
Nigeria’s Health System Is Weak, We Cannot Afford To Get Overwhelmed – NMA President NMA President, Dr Fancis Faduyile, recommends mass screening of Nigerians to curb the spread of COVID-19…
26% of Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases from ‘unknown source’ – NCDC
Twenty-six per cent or 203 of the 782 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria as of April 21 are from unknown sources, according to a report by the Nigeria Centre for…
COVID-19: State governors agree on a 2 week inter-State lockdown
The 36 state governors in Nigeria have recommended a two-week national inter-state lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The decision was taken during a meeting of…
Fight climate change like coronavirus – UN
The United Nations on Wednesday urged the world to fight climate change with the same determination as it is showing in the battle against COVID-19. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization…
Edo State confirms another coronavirus fatality
Gov. Obaseki The Edo Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, on Wednesday, confirmed the death of another COVID-19 patient in the state, bringing the number of deaths from the disease…
If you divert palliative materials you’re indirectly inviting COVID-19 to your homes -FCTA warns officials
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has implored those in charge of the palliatives not to divert the items designed for the rural poor, urging relevant stakeholders to be transparent in…
Lockdown: Promote FP in COVID-19 sensitisation campaigns – NURHI advises govts.
The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) has advised government at all levels to promote family planning in COVID-19 sensitisation campaigns in order to check unwanted pregnancies after the pandemic….
COVID-19: Kano testing centre suspends operation over lack of testing kits
Gov. Ganduje The newly established testing centre for COVID-19 in Kano State has suspended its operation. The Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Amimu Kano Teaching Hospital…
El-Rufai recovers from coronavirus, says my family went through trauma
Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has recovered from COVID-19 and has tested negative twice for the virus. The governor disclosed this in a series of…
Bishop, 2 others docked for violating lockdown order in Lagos
Bishop Samson Benjamin, General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa, was on Wednesday charged for violating the Presidential Lockdown Order before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court. Benjamin alias “Jehovah Sharp…