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NCDC Asks Health Workers To Be At Alert, As Flights Resume

Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control …

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172 Countries And Multiple Candidate Vaccines Engaged In COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility

172 economies are now engaged in discussions to potentially participate in COVAX, a global initiativ…

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COVID-19: NCDC Reports 321 New Cases, Infections Total Now 52,548

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported increase in COVID-19 cases to 52,548 with…

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Insurgency Stopped Immunisation Of 500,000 Children In 2016 – WHO

The World Health Organisation says it estimated that 500,000 children lacked access to immunisation …

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Nutritionist, Others Raise Awareness On Protein Deficiency, Malnutrition

A Nutritionist, Mr Collins Akanno, has said there is the need to educate Nigerians on healthy nutrit…

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Drugs, Vaccine Production Requires Sustained Research –Dons

A researcher and pharmacist at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Prof. Tiwa Ogunl…

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Fatality Rate On Steady Decline – PTF

The Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus (COVID-19) says the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is on the de…

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Kaduna Govt. Seals Off Unlicensed Clinic And Maternity Home

KADUNA, North-West, Nigeria – Kaduna State Goverment on Monday, August 24, 2020, has sealed off Zang…

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FG To Strengthen Pre-Boarding Testing Against COVID-19 Transmission

The Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 has said validation process for pre-boarding PCR tests,…

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I’m Responding Positively To COVID-19 Treatment- Lagos Health Commissioner

The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says he’s responding positively to treatment …

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Protein Deficiency: Stakeholders Call For Improved Food Security, Nutrition Education

Food security, nutrition education and the need to increase the nation’s budget for health and nutri…

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Nigeria Records 322 New COVID-19 Cases As Total Hits 52,227

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 322 new COVID-19 cases in the country, b…

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FG To Deploy Polio Resources To Flatten COVID-19 Curve — NPHCDA

The Federal Government wants to deploy same resources used in eradicating poliovirus and Ebola to fl…

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Medical Directors Task Government On Harassment Of Doctors

The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has said the Federal Government should use the recently introdu…

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Adamawa CAN Chairman Tests Positive For COVID-19

Bishop Stephen Mamza, Chairman, Christians Association Nigeria (CAN), Adamawa Chapter, has tested po…

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86 Medical Personnel Contracts COVID-19 In Bauchi

The Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed has said that…

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Anambra Begins COVID-19 Testing At Onitsha General Hospital

The Anambra State government has received the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) certificatio…

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WHO Chief Believes Pandemic Could Last Less Than Two Years

Modern technology and international cooperation could limit the coronavirus pandemic to less than tw…

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NMA Demands Establishment Of Health Desk In Rivers Assembly

The Nigeria Media Association, NMA, has demanded the setting up of a health desk in the Rivers State…

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German Doctors Have Been Allowed To See Navalny: Aide

German doctors who flew in on a medical plane to evacuate Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny w…

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