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Africa Records Lowest COVID-19 Infections, Deaths In Seven Days

Africa recorded lowest coronavirus cases (27 per cent) and deaths (21 per cent) in the last one week…

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China Close To Producing COVID 19 Vaccine As First Patent Gets Approved

China’s first patent for a COVID-19 vaccine has been granted by the country’s National Intellectual …

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Positive Cases Dropping In Lagos, Kano, FCT, Others, Says NCDC

DIRECTOR-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu on Monday cla…

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Fatigue Slows Down Nigeria’s COVID-19 Fight

Nigeria’s effort to contain the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have been slowed by…

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Phytomedicine To Enter School Curriculum, Says NIPRD Boss

Director-General of National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, D…

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NMA Set To Tackle Medical Quackery, Restore Dignity For Quality Healthcare

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says it will tackle the issue of medical quackery toward assu…

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COVID-19: Ekiti Shuts Pharmacies, Supermarkets

Ekiti State Government on Sunday announced the temporary suspension of the operations of eight pharm…

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Patent Medicine Dealers Treat Suspected COVID-19 Patients In Abia

The Chairman of Abia State COVID-19 Committee and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Chris…

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FG Budgets N126b For Infrastructure Renewal In Tertiary Health Institutions

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, at the weekend, said t…

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COVID-19 Cases Hit 1,678 In Kano As WAEC Candidates Get Free Sanitisers, Others

Four months after the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in Kano State, …

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NCDC Reports 298 New COVID-19 Case, Total Of Infection Hits 49,068

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 298 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-1…

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Gombe Releases N5m For Anti-Snake Venom Drugs

The Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, has approved and released the sum of N5,000,000 for the p…

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Lagos Reaches COVID-19 Peak, Decries Shortage Of Health Personnel

The Lagos State Government on Friday said its current data showed that the state had reached the pea…

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Firm Donates COVID-19 PPE, Medicals To NCDC, States

Lending support to the government, high duty vehicles dealers, Mantrac Nigeria, has donated COVID-19…

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Decline In New COVID-19 Cases Not End Of Pandemic, NCDC Warns

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that the recent decline in number of cases …

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Nigeria Reports 373 Fresh Cases Of COVID-19 Infection

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 373 fresh cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

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Resurgence Of COVID-19 Infection Among Health Workers Worrisome - Ehanire

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has described as worrisome the resurgence of COVID-19 infection …

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No Evidence Food Transmits COVID-19 – WHO

The World Health Organisation on Thursday urged people not to fear catching the novel coronavirus fr…

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PTF Says 684 Evacuees Test Positive For COVID-19

THE Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, on Thursday said a total of …

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‘Nigeria’s 61 Labs For COVID-19 Testing Not Enough’

The World Health Organisation has commended Nigeria for being able to set up 61 laboratories that ca…

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