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SHOCKER: 20 Doctors Lose Their Lives to COVID19 in Last One Week

The Nigerian Medical Association has bemoaned the loss of at least 20 doctors to COVID19 in the last…

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COVID19: He Went to Work Whilst Sick, Now 7 are Dead with 300 to Quarantine

A man who knowingly showed up to work while he knew he was ill probably led to the COVID19 deaths of…

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President Buhari: Our Country is Experiencing COVID19 Second Wave

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Nigerians as they celebrate the christmas season. In…

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Nigerian Nurse Warns As More Transmissible Second Variant of COVID19 Found in UK

Two new case of a more transmissible second strain of COVID19 have been identified in the UK, the he…

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COVID-19: Japanese Agency Supports NCDC Laboratories With Test Kits

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided additional capacity development support t…

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COVID-19: Nigeria Health System Can’t Survive Another Outbreak, FG Warns

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has warned the country’s healthcare system is fragile and may no…

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UNFPA Sets Up DNA Laboratory At MAUTECH

The United Nations Population Fund has established a DNA forensic laboratory at the Moddibo Adama Un…

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OOUTH NANNM Disassociates Self From Protest Over Sacked Nurses

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospit…

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Lafia Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Centre Staff Tests Positive For COVID-19

Dr Emmanuel Akabe, Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, says some staff of the Infectious Diseases Dia…

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Imo Confirms 462 Cases As Abia Makes COVID-19 Status Mandatory For Public Services

Imo Task Force on Containment of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has confirmed 462 cases in the s…

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UK’s New COVID-19 Variant Found In Nigeria, Scientists Say

Scientists at the Redeemer’s University, Nigeria, say they have found the United Kingdom’s ‘lineage …

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WHO Europe To Convene Members Over New Virus Variant

The World Health Organization in Europe said Tuesday it would convene its members to discuss how to …

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Anambra Begins House-To-House Search As COVID-19 Cases Rise To 299

Anambra State Government has begun a house-to-house search to trace citizens who might show signs of…

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‘Why FCT Couldn’t Pay Health Workers For Three Months’

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Secretariat has blamed the inability to pay its nurses an…

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New Variant Of COVID-19 May Incapacitate Current Vaccines, Experts Warn

Medical experts have warned that the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19, which is 70 per cent mo…

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Coronavirus: Avoid ‘Nationalistic Footrace’ In Choosing Vaccines — WHO Official Warns

As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments sho…

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Lagos Conducts 199,331 COVID-19 Tests, As Etiosa Tops Positivities’ Chart

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi,  on Sunday, disclosed that the stat…

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Nigeria Loses Over 250,000 Babies Annually, Says Expert

A professor of paediatrics at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Chinyere Ezeaka, has sai…

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Be Committed, EKSUTH CMD Tells Workers

The Chief Medical Director, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Olaban…

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NCDC Records 3 Deaths, 501 New Infections

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 501 new infections of the Coronavirus (C…

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