Health

Oliwasina Phillip The National Association of Resident Doctors has slammed the federal government for trying to punish them following the commencement of an indefinite strike. The association had on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike to protest the lack of readiness of the government to meet the demands of doctors. …

Oluwasina Phillip The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection has continued to rise on a daily basis,  reaching 747 as at Wednesday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, four deaths were also recorded, bringing the total death toll to 2,167. “Till date, 176,011 cases have been confirmed, …

Oluwasina Phillip The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health, has began engagements with the National Association of Resident Doctors, in a bid to resolving the ongoing strike. This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. National President of the Association, Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, had said that the government …

Oluwasina Phillip The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection has continued to rise on daily basis, as available data showed that 535 cases were recorded on Wednesday, 28th of July 2021. According to the data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, the 535 is …

Ololade Omosan-Agie The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported 404 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday. According to available data on the Agency’s website on Wednesday, the new cases were reported from 12 states- Lagos (356), Rivers (18), FCT (7), Ekiti (5), Kaduna (5), Gombe (3), Kano …

Ololade Omosan-Agie The Federal Government has received 470,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Chinese Government. The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, made the donation to the Nigerian Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja. According to the Ambassador, the donation is as a result of the cordial …

Oluwasina Phillip Nigeria, in the last one week, that ended 18 July 2021, recorded 966 cases of COVID-19, being the highest in the last 17 weeks. The number of new confirmed cases increased to 966 from 693 recorded in the previous week with three deaths. The number of confirmed cases …

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $20 million flexible loan to finance Seychelles’ Governance and Economic Reforms Support Program, expected to help drive the island nation’s macroeconomic stability and recovery from Covid-19 in the medium-term. The government program aims to deepen reforms introduced …

Oluwasina Phillip Lagos State has recorded four deaths as COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi disclosed this on Monday via his Facebook account. He stated that the state has so far recorded 363 deaths attributed to COVID-19. According to him, the …

Ololade Omosan-Agie A new Report by the World Health Organization has confirmed that people living with HIV have low chances of surviving COVID-19. It said that being infected with HIV is a significant risk factor for critical cases of COVID-19, as statistics have shown that many people that were hospitalized …