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14 Health Workers Among Katsina’s New COVID-19 Cases — Masari

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has said 14 health workers are among the 35 new cases of COVID-1…

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Lagos Records 2 More COVID-19 Related Deaths

The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Monday, announced two more COVID-19 related deaths, as the nu…

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Delta Community Laments Rising Cases Of Snakebites

Residents of Ogharefe in Oghara town of Delta State have expressed worries over recent upsurge of sn…

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How COVID-19 Patient’s Travail Raises Testing Integrity

On April 27, Omamuzo Ijala was declared the fifth coronavirus case in Delta State, bringing the numb…

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Nasarawa Government Tracks, Returns 4 Escapees To Quarantine Centre

The Nasarawa State Government says it has tracked and returned four women who escaped from the quara…

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Nigeria’s Coronavirus Cases Rise By 245, Total Now 2802

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday confirmed a total number of new 245 coronavirus cases i…

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MWAN Applauds Edo Health Workers In Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

Edo State chapter of the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), yesterday commended health w…

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SDP Faults Speedy Passage Of NCDC Infectious Diseases Bill

Social Democratic Party (SDP) has charged the House of Representatives to immediately stop passage o…

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NCDC Urges Ganduje To Open Health Facilities For Non-COVID-19 Ailments

Worried by the increasing number of deaths in Kano State, the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for D…

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Katsina Records Seven Deaths, 75 New Cases

The death toll in Katsina State brought about by complications from the coronavirus disease (COVID-1…

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With Powerful Backers, Controversial Vaccine Bill Defies Resistance

Contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the decision to set the legislative term plate for the ad…

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When Gbajabiamila Amplified COVID-19 Vaccine Test Fears With Hurried Bill

When last week House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila rushed his colleagues through the …

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‘Why COVID-19 Cases May Rise As Govt Eases Lockdown’

There is fear that cases of coronavirus infection in the country may rise beyond imagination, with m…

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Wike Locks Down Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor Councils Over COVID-19

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike yesterday announced a 24-hour total lockdown and a dusk-daw…

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NAFDAC, Client Disagree Over Introduction Of Alleged Herbal Cure For COVID-19

Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories has taken issue with the National Agency for Food and Dr…

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We’ll Work With NAFDAC To Make Remdesivir Available For COVID-19 Treatment –Ihekweazu

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it will work with the National Agency for Food and Drug …

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Lagos Records 39 New COVID-19 Cases As Economy Re-Opens

Lagos State has recorded 39 fresh coronavirus infections, The NAN reports. This brings the total num…

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South Africa Starts Coronavirus Trial Of TB Vaccine

Hundreds of South African health workers were given a century-old tuberculosis vaccine on Monday in …

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Unilorin Set To Make COVID-19 Vaccine Research Breakthrough

The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says it will soon produce a vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19). …

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Taraba Discharges 124 Persons From Quarantine

The Taraba Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Sunday discharged 124 persons quarantined at the state…

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