The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will begin an indefinite strike nationwide from Thursday, April 1. It was gathered that the industrial action follows the expiration of a 60-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay the salary arrears of house officers across the country and review hazard allowance, among other demands. This was […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday attributed the unfriendly attitude of health workers in the country to patients as a factor responsible for medical tourism embarked upon by Nigerians Buhari, who said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at the official commissioning of an International Conference Centre and Telemedicine hall as well as six other […]
EU regulator says AstraZeneca ‘safe and effective’ vaccine. More to follow…
By Paul Ikechukwu Njoku I have clinically read much about the numerous imaginary but frightening reports and vicariously induced anxiety paddled by some irredeemable conspiracy theorists concerning the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine. In as much as it is important to ask questions and engage on a due diligence, it is not irresponsible to know why some […]
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency,NPHCDA,has disclosed that over 8000 persons have received the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines so far. This was as the agency said it has not received any official report of serious adverse effects from any of those who have been vaccinated. Executive Director of NPHCDA,Dr Faisal Shuaib, speaking yesterday at the […]
President Emmanuel Macron of France has suspended the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country, pending a review of its safety by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). “The decision has been made to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a precaution, hoping that we can resume it quickly if the judgement of […]
The Imo state government on Wednesday evening took the delivery of 80,720 doses of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. The vaccines were received at the Sam Mbakwe international cargo airport in owerri. The vaccines were received on behalf of the state government by the state […]
Eight European countries that include Denmark, Norway, Italy, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Luxembourg have stopped using Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution to blood clot incidents in some countries. However, the EU medicines regulator says there is no indication that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots. Nigeria’s […]
Following the suspension of the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by several European nations on Thursday, due to reports of a serious blood clot incidents, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has said no such reactions have been reported in Nigeria. Several European nations had suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine […]
The United Kingdom has introduced a new policy in a bid to restrict the recruitment of doctors from Nigeria and other developing countries . The policy does not , however , bar Nigerian doctors from migrating to the UK. This is according to a statement by the UK government titled , ‘ UK to strengthen […]
