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COVID-19: States To Handle Cases, NMA Demands Compliance From Churches, Mosques

Leading health unions in the country on Sunday differed over Nigeria’s preparedness for reopening of…

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Kogi Accuses NCDC Of Unethical Practice In ‘Allotting’ COVID-19 Cases

Kogi State Government has accused the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) of desperation to re…

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COVID-19 Herbal Remedy: More Hurdles Before Final Approval

As Coronvirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to soar, there seems to be hope for herbal remedies …

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NHIS Seeks Approval To Increase COVID-19 Testing, Treatment Via Private Sector Partnership

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has proposed to the Federal Ministry of Health and Niger…

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AKTH Reopens Specialty Clinics Six Weeks After Shutdown

Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) will resume clinical consultation of all specialty clinics tomor…

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Doctors May Begin Strike In June Over Non-Payment Of Entitlements, Harassment

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to begin strike action on June 14…

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Stop Tobacco Industry Exploitation Of Children And Young People

The World Health Organization is today launching a new kit for school students aged 13-17 to alert t…

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International Community Rallies To Support Open Research And Science To Fight COVID-19

Thirty countries and multiple international partners and institutions have signed up to support the …

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#ICN: Over 40 million Health Professionals Urge G20 Leaders to Put Public Health at the Core of Covid-19 Recovery

This letter is supported and promoted by the Global Climate and Health Alliance, Every Breath Matter…

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Brazil COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 27,878

Brazil on Friday reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of …

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Nigeria Records 387 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 9,302

Nigeria has recorded 387 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections…

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COVID-19: 254 Test Positive, 29 Recover In Lagos

Twenty-nine patients undergoing coronavirus treatment at various isolation centres in Lagos State ha…

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COVID-19: NMA Petitions Buhari, Chides Kogi Govt

The Nigerian Medical Association has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to…

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82-Year-Old Hypertensive COVID-19 Widow Recovers In Osun

An 82-year-old hypertensive widow has recovered from the coronavirus disease after receiving a nine-…

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Kebbi Discharges Last Two COVID-19 Patients

Kebbi State Task Force Committee on COVID-19 has discharged the two remaining coronavirus disease pa…

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COVID-19: Groups Canvass Support For Women, Health Workers, Others

Amid dwindling revenue posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), NECA’s Network of Entrepreneuria…

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Baby Born With Two Mouths Due To ‘Extremely Rare’ Condition

A baby girl has been born with two mouths due to a condition so rare that it has only been seen in 3…

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CACOVID Donates 100-Bed Isolation Centre To Anambra State Government

Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector initiative established to fight the Coronavir…

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COVID-19: FG To Use Hotels, Schools As Isolation Centres – PTF

The Presidential Task Force on the novel Coronavirus pandemic otherwise referred to as COVID-19 has …

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WHO, UNICEF Warn Against Harmful Marketing Of Breast-Milk Substitutes

A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations children Fund (UNICEF), and …

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