WHO says it requires $1.7 bn to respond to COVID-19
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), says the organization requires 1.7 billion dollars to respond to COVID-19 between now and the end of 2020. Ghebreyesus, in…
WHO celebrates 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, commemorated 40 years anniversary of smallpox eradication as the first and only human disease to be eradicated globally. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General…
COVID-19: Kogi gov’t to quarantine NCDC Officials for 14 days
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered that a delegation of officials of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to be quarantined…
Buhari approves import duty, VAT waivers for critical medical equipment
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the waiver of import duty and VAT for critical medical equipment and supplies, for a period of six months in the first instance, with…
COVID-19: Over 100 people die mysteriously in Jigawa Local Council
Jigawa gov, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar Over one hundred people are said to have died within the last ten days in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa state. The Special…
WHO worried at community spread of COVID-19 in West Africa
The World Health Organization is worried by the community spread of the new coronavirus in a significant number of West African countries, the regional head of the organization said on…
WHO declines comment on remdesivir in COVID-19 treatment
A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Science’s remdesivir could help treat COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but said…
NCDC announces end of emergency phase of 2020 Lassa Fever outbreak in the country
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over. This is following successive decline in cases below the emergency…
Warning: Those who recovered from Covid-19 could still be re-infected – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no evidence that people who recovered from COVID-19 cannot be re-infected. In a “Scientific Brief” released from its headquarters in Geneva on…
U.S. stays away as world leaders launch plan to accelerate COVID-19 drugs, vaccine
World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and vaccines against COVID-19 and to share them around the globe, but the United States did not take part…