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China Issues Bubonic Plague Alert, Forbids Eating Risky Animals

Chinese authorities have issued a warning about the bubonic plague and forbidden eating certain anim…

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CACOVID Boosts NCDC’s COVID-19 Effort With Donation Of N1.4bn Medical Equipment, 26,400 Test Kits

The private sector-led Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated to the Nigeria Centre for Di…

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Experts Urge PTF, NCDC To Probe COVID-19 Claims In Cross River

Health professionals in Cross River State have called on the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-…

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WHO Warns Of Increasing COVID-19 Cases As African Nations Reopen Gateways

The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, warned of an impending surge in COVID-19 infections,…

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Osun State Records Two Deaths, 14 New COVID-19 Cases, Discharges Four

Osun State Government said it had recorded two fatal casualties in the COVID-19 pandemic while fresh…

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EU Approves Remdesivir For COVID-19 Treatment

The European Union on Friday approved the use of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19. It is the…

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NCDC Begins Online COVID-19 Training For Health Workers

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in partnership with eHealth Africa has launched an Infection …

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Lagos Conducts Over 42, 000 COVID-19 Tests

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said that the state tested a …

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WHO Stops Hydroxychloroquine, HIV Drug Trials For COVID-19

The World Health Organisation says it has stopped the ongoing trials of hydroxychloroquine and combi…

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LUTH Experiencing Acute Shortage Of Nurses, Says NANNM

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, …

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Coronavirus's closest ancestor 'was found SEVEN YEARS ago in a bat-infested mine in China' and a sample was brought back to a lab in Wuhan, investigation reveals

A virus 96 per cent identical to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was found in an abandoned mine…

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W.H.O: Another global coronavirus record is broken as a staggering 212,326 people are diagnosed with Covid-19 in a DAY

A record 212,326 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed worldwide on Saturday July 4, according…

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COVID-19: Nigeria May Record Spike In Malaria, TB Deaths, Global Fund Warns

The Executive Secretary, Country Coordinating Mechanism of Global Fund, Dozie Ezechukwu, has said th…

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COVID -19: Uzodimma Decries Imo Residents’ Non Adherence To Precautionary Guidelines

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has expressed dismay over the nonchalant attitude of many Imo res…

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ISN Is Promoting Excellence With Medical Lab Scientist Of The Year Award — Ofungwu

As Nigeria battles with COVID-19 testing across the country,  ISN Products Nigeria Limited has flagg…

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Nigeria Records 626 New COVID-19 Cases As Total Climbs To 27,110

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle. The NC…

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Kano State Lifts Total Lockdown

Kano State governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has announced the ease of total lockdown in the state.Gan…

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COVID-19: Expect Rise In Cases – FG

The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to expect a rise in the number of cases with easing of r…

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Many Patients Dying Of Poor Medical Attention, Says FG

Federal Government has flayed the poor medical attention given to patients by healthcare workers, sa…

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COVID-19: Enugu Records 3 Deaths, 66 New Cases

Enugu State has recorded three more deaths of COVID-19 patients, raising the total number to nine, a…

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