The Federal Government on Tuesday said it hoped to get 42 million doses of COVID – 19 vaccines to battle coronavirus in the country . The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency , Faisal Shuaib , who stated this at the press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID – 19 …
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A Professor of Virology, Oyewale Tomori, says the government has not been able to shut down worship centres amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic because the government is afraid of religious leaders in Nigeria. Tomori, who is the Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, also advised religious leaders to obey government directives aimed …
The fact is this, almost everyone reading this knows someone that is or has suffered from this disease, so it is perfectly normal for people to feel worried or frightened when you mention breast cancer. There are a couple of ways we know that you can use to prevent developing breast cancer and while it …
The Minister of Health , Dr Osagie Ehanire, has warned that the failure of Nigerians to adhere to COVID – 19 protocols could lead to a second wave of infections in the country . The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , on Saturday , reported 162 new COVID – 19 cases in Gombe ( 54 …
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The story of Bardo community in rural Jigawa is an inspiring one of how determination and strength made women of the community, to come together to bring about a solution to a disturbing problem – that of healthcare. As such a group of women with what they had, came together to contribute towards buying an …
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Dozens of companies, from biotech start-ups to Big Pharma, are racing to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine because the world needs it. The World Health Organisation has also identified 42 “candidate vaccines” at the stage of clinical trials, up from 11 in mid-June. Ten of them are at the most advanced “phase 3” …
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The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has handed a two-week ultimatum within which the Federal Government should reverse the increase in the price of fuel and electricity tariff or face an indefinite strike. This was the outcome of its communique issued by the Central Working Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress held in …
New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment. Progress against HIV also is being hurt by another infectious disease – the new coronavirus. …
The senate has called on the governments at the federal and state levels, as well as relevant ministries and agencies, to sustain the immunization of infants and children in the country. The call was made against the backdrop of a motion considered to commemorate the declaration of Nigeria as a poliovirus free nation by the …
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Medical professionals have warned that people with chronic asthma who use face masks, especially the surgical and clothing type, are exposing themselves to hypoxia. Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. The World Health Organisation described asthma as …
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