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Extend ‘Due Courtesies’ To Doctors, IGP Orders Officers

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed all officers of the Force to “extend d…

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Bolivia’s Health Minister Sacked For Alleged COVID-19 Fraud

Bolivia’s health minister has been arrested on suspicion of corruption related to the over-priced pu…

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COVID-19: 109 Abattoir Workers Test Positive In France

More than 100 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a slaughterhouse in western F…

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COVID-19 Lockdown Increasing Patronage Of TBAs

The COVID-19 pandemic ravaging many countries across the world appears to have taken a severe toll o…

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Six More Test Positive For COVID-19 In Ibadan Firm

Six more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed from the Ibadan-based firm, iSON, making 63 index …

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Akazuba and 4 Other Robots Engaged in Rwandas Fight Against COVID-19

Robots are now part of Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19 and will help minimize risk of infections amo…

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Delta Records Another COVID-19 Death As Monarchs, Lawmaker Back Operation Hawk

Delta State Government has announced its sixth COVID-19 death at the Central Hospital, Warri, saying…

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How To Contain Coronavirus In Nigeria, By Postgraduate Medical College

To effectively contain coronavirus in Nigeria, consultant medical doctors at the National Postgradua…

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COVID-19: 8 Doctors Test Positive In Zamfara - NMA

No fewer than eight doctors are confirmed to have tested positive to corona virus disease in Zamfara…

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Coronavirus patients who tested positive twice cannot pass on virus, South Korean study finds

The findings of the South Korean study will be welcomed by countries starting to ease their lockdown…

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Immediate And Serious Threat: ICN Calls On WHO Member States To Collect And Share Data On Health Worker COVID-19 Infection Rates And Deaths

At the start of the 73rd WHO World Health Assembly, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) is cal…

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WHO DG Dr Tedros Praises Heroic Frontline Nurses And Calls State Of The World’s Nursing Report A Roadmap For Investment

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised the crucial …

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Oyo Records Six New COVID-19 Cases

Oyo State has recorded six new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of recorded in…

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Resident Doctors In UNIMEDTHC Shelve Planned Strike

The Association of Resident Doctors of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex …

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COVID-19: Enugu Detects 1 New Positive Case, Discharges 2

The Enugu State Government has announced one new confirmed case of COVID-19, bringing the total of t…

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NMA Orders Sit-At-Home To Protest Police Harassment Of Lagos Doctors

The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association ordered its members to embark on a sit-a…

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WHO Pledges To Use Every Tool To Fight COVID-19

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says the agency will u…

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Reddington Hospital Performs First Complex Open-Heart Surgery In Nigeria

Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Reddington Hospital successfully per…

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Nigeria Records 226 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 6,401

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 6,401 in Nigeria, The NAN reports. This is after th…

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COVID-19: Bayelsa Shuts Hospital After Doctor Tests Positive

A medical doctor has tested positive for COVID-19 in Bayelsa State, bringing the number of active ca…

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