COVID-19: Conducting mass tests not feasible now – FG
The Federal Government has said that conducting mass testing for Coronavirus in Nigeria would not be feasible now, given the nation’s over 200 million population. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire,…
‘Don’t politicise coronavirus’: WHO calls for global unity after Trump attack
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus, following US President Donald Trump’s stinging attack on its handling of the pandemic. As the WHO…
WHO denies being ‘China-centric’
World Health Organisation officials, WHO, on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after…
Suggestion on testing vaccine in Africa, a hangover from the “colonial mentality” – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus has dismissed as “racist” a suggestion by some scientists that the coronavirus vaccine be tested in Africa. Ghebreyesus at a…
COVID-19: WHO donates 3 ambulances to LASG
WHO official, Dr Braka Fiona, with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Lagos on April 7, 2020. Photos: Twitter-@WHONigeria The World Health…
Coronavirus: Over 3,000 health workers infected globally
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus Over 3,000 health workers have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Tedros Ghebreyesus,…
Coronavirus: Prioritise spending in health, IMF, WHO urge leaders
The IMF and the World Health Organisation on Friday urged leaders of developing countries to prioritise paying medical staff, buying protective gear and other health expenditures in their response to…
Never in the history of IMF have we witnessed world economy come to a standstill
More than 90 countries have asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding as the coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic crisis, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on…
COVID-19: Debt relief needed for poorest nations – WHO
The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached…
African govts, the judiciary must protect workers, oil companies from ill-intent legal actions due to COVID-19 – AEC
The African Energy Chamber, AEC, is calling on African governments and the judiciary to take actions to shield oil and gas companies and their workers from lawyers trying to…