About 20 doctors in Kwara State have become infected with COVID-19 within the past three weeks. President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr Badmus Habeeb, disclosed this to Channels Television during a phone interview on Wednesday. He lamented that members of the association are battling […]
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the scrapping of the Presidential Tax Force on COVID-19 and the setting up of a “special department” under the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to tackle the scourge of the second wave of the pandemic. The party in a statement on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, […]
A hospital, NobleCare Specialist Clinic located along Onitsha-Owerri road has rejected a ‘dying patient admitted to the hospital’ because a nurse in the hospital was told to endeavour to keep the hospital clean as the environment was evidently dirty. It was gathered that the Medical Director of the Hospital, one Dr. Asodike and some of […]
The United Nations Children ’ s Fund says closure of schools due to the COVID – 19 pandemic will impact negatively on the development, safety and wellbeing of children globally , noting that schools are not drivers of the viral disease . UNICEF also warned that the effects of closing school for another year will […]
The Federal Government has allocated N5.84 billion in the 2021 budget to key agencies saddled with pharmaceutical research and vaccines development, in spite of the global rush for home-grown vaccines, Daily Trust findings show. The agencies are the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRID) and the […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,270 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 102,601. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. “1270 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-435 FCT-234 Oyo-103 Plateau-86 Rivers-71 Enugu-51 Nasarawa-41 Delta-39 Edo-39 Osun-33 Niger-31 Sokoto-23 Ondo-16 Taraba-13 […]
The Federal Government has revised quarantine protocols for all international travellers . In the revised protocol , travellers are required to conduct a mandatory COVID – 19 test within 96 hours before departure. Also , they are expected to repeat the PCR test seven days after arrival. The COVID -19 Presidential Task Force Team made […]
….To set up Students Task Force Against COVID-19 National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has opposed the postponement of schools’ resumption by the federal government as a result of the resurgence of COVID-19. The students’ body said it would set up what it called Students Task Force Against COVID-19 in all campuses. Its president, Comrade […]
.…Anambra postpones schools’ reopening, threatens to close markets over COVID-19 The Presidential Task Force on COVID -19, on Tuesday, said schools in the country will resume on January 18 until the Ministry of Education announces further directive . PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, stated this while featuring on a television programme. The Minister of […]
Malawi’s transport minister and another senior cabinet member died from Covid-19 on Tuesday, the government said. Sidik Mia, 56, tested positive late last week and was isolating at home with mild symptoms. The minister, who was also vice president of the ruling Malawi Congress Party, passed away Tuesday morning. Local government minister Lingson Belekanyama also […]
