THE Nigerian Mission in London, United Kingdom, has been closed for 10 days as two officials tested positive for COVID-19. One of the officers had gone to the UK Home Office for a meeting on Thursday where a test revealed his status. This prompted the testing of other Mission staff resulting in another positive case. […]
The Federal Government ob Thursday assured that despite the presence of the Delta variant of coronavirus in the country, it is not at a level where another national shutdown will be considered. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this while speaking at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at […]
Corps sident doctors in the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa, and other hospitals in the state. Recall that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) directed its members across the country to embark on a total strike from August 2. This directive was issued on Saturday at the end of the executive meeting of […]
Nigeria is expected to receive 176,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, confirmed this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the J&J vaccine, like the AstraZeneca, is safe and efficient against the coronavirus disease, including the deadlier […]
Gombe has recorded four deaths out of 48 positive cases of cholera. Commissioner for Health Dr. Abu Dahiru announced this to reporters on Tuesday. He said 77 cases were tested out of which 48 were positive and four could not survive. “We have six wards that are affected in Gombe Local Government: Bolari East, Bolari […]
After one postponement, Nigeria is now scheduled to commence the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination programme on August 16. This is according to the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib. The Federal Government had earlier scheduled the exercise to begin on Tuesday, but it was postponed […]
The presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has postponed the rollout of the second batch of vaccines. Willie Bassey, director of press, PSC, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. “This is to announce the postponement of the national flag-off of phase 11 vaccination programme earlier scheduled for Tuesday this week […]
The Katsina State government yesterday confirmed that 60 people have been killed by the cholera outbreak in the state. Health Commissioner, Yakubu Danja, told officials of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) at a meeting in Katsina that over 1,400 people have been affected by the disease so far. But he said the challenge was being […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has rated medical treatment in Nigeria as “fairly okay”. Although he is not outrightly against seeking medical attention abroad, the minister believes it is not out of place for Nigerians to stay back and get treated in the country. “What are you going abroad to do, […]
Three employees at CNN have been fired for violating the network’s coronavirus policy by coming into the office unvaccinated, according to US media reports. In an internal memo emailed to staff Thursday and obtained by several US media outlets, CNN President Jeff Zucker said that in the past week the company had become aware of […]
