Pascal Arogorn Ibe
- Medical
- December 26, 2020
- 498 views
Bill Gates: We still don’t understand why COVID-19 numbers aren’t as high in Africa
Bill Gates, a co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says the world still does not have enough data to understand why COVID-19 numbers have not been as…
- Health , Medical
- December 26, 2020
- 379 views
COVID-19: NAFDAC to approve for N400bn vaccines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control is expected to give emergency approval for COVID -19 vaccines once they arrive in Nigeria , Saturday PUNCH has learnt…
- Medical
- December 25, 2020
- 362 views
Court Restrains NMA From Collecting Dues, Levies From Members
A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has granted a perpetual injunction stopping the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, from collecting dues, levies from one of its members, Dr. Awkadigwe Fredrick…
- Medical
- December 24, 2020
- 384 views
SPECIAL REPORT: Many Nigerians Not Aware Of COVID-19 Available Testing Centres
A poll conducted by Daily Trust via Twitter has shown that many Nigerians are still not aware of available testing centres for COVID-19 neither have they been tested. Nigeria, like…
- Medical
- December 23, 2020
- 363 views
COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Free To Nigerians, Says PTF Chairman
The National Coordinator of Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 Sani Aliyu says the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to Nigerians free when vaccination begins. Aliyu made this known on Wednesday…
- Health , Medical
- December 22, 2020
- 435 views
New COVID-19 variant in UK found in Nigeria – Experts
The new variant of the coronavirus currently causing panic and concern in the United Kingdom and the European Union has been identified in Nigeria by scientists at the Africa Centre…
- Health , Medical
- December 21, 2020
- 391 views
Nigeria shops for multiple sources, affordably effective COVID-19 vaccines
….Targets 40 per cent population reach in 2021 The Federal Government is painstakingly exploring multiple sources and cheaper but effective COVID-19 vaccines. Chairman, Technical Working Group for the therapy, Dr.…
- Medical
- December 19, 2020
- 399 views
US Approves Moderna As Second Covid-19 Vaccine
Moderna has been approved by the US government as the country’s second Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for millions of doses to be released. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
- Medical
- December 17, 2020
- 385 views
EXTRA: Akwa Ibom hospital where fake nurses are certified
Nurses in Akwa Ibom state, disguised as either a secondary school leaver seeking admission or a patient. In this two-part report, he uncovered how the hospitals train and employ unqualified…
- Health , Medical
- December 16, 2020
- 377 views
Nigerians will get COVID-19 vaccine in January, says FG
The federal government says Nigerians will receive the coronavirus vaccine by January 2021. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, broke the news at the end of Wednesday’s federal executive council (FEC)…
- Health , Medical
- December 13, 2020
- 352 views
Vaccine will be the final nail for COVID-19, says Nigerian-American leading Pfizer research
Onyema Ogbuagu, a Nigerian-American researcher and medical doctor, says the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine “will be the final nail in the coffin” for the virus that has killed over…
- Health , Medical
- December 8, 2020
- 373 views
Bristish grandma, 90, first to get COVID-19 vaccine
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother has become the first person in the world to get the new Pfizer Covid-19 jab on Tuesday, as the NHS kicked off its biggest…
- Health , Medical
- December 2, 2020
- 409 views
Rollout of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine begins in UK next week
Mass vaccination of Britons against COVID-19 will start next week, with the approval of the vaccine made by Pfizer/BioNTech. The vaccine was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory…
- Medical
- December 2, 2020
- 400 views
Fed Govt appoints national task team on vaccine
Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire has appointed a National Task Team on COVID-19 vaccine, with the responsibility to acquire and deploy vaccines in the country. This was contained in…
- Health , Medical
- November 19, 2020
- 489 views
UK scientist invents face mask that ‘kills COVID-19″
Gareth Cave, a scientist in Nottingham, has invented a face mask that “kills more than 90% of flu and coronavirus”. Cave, a scientist and nanotechnology expert at Nottingham Trent University,…
