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Task Force Mulls Guidelines To Ease Lockdown In Abuja, Lagos, Ogun

The Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 is to develop guidelines for the easing of the lockdown…

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Anxiety Over COVID-19-Related Death In Ondo Hospital

There was palpable fear and anxiety among residents and health officials in Akoko communities in the…

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Lagos Port Worker Tests Positive For Coronavirus

An employee of APM Terminals, Apapa, Lagos has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The worker…

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Borno Records Three New COVID-19 Deaths

Borno State COVID-19 Response Team has recorded three more deaths from the virus. While announcing t…

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Supporters of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO

The world has never faced a crisis like COVID-19. The pandemic is impacting communities everywhere. …

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Nigeria Centre For Disease Control Announces End Of Emergency Phase Of 2020 Lassa Fever Outbreak

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fev…

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Nasarawa Records First Case Of COVID-19

Nasarawa has joined the states with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The Commissio…

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UNIBEN Researchers Produce Clinically Tested Ventilator

The Faculty of Engineering and Medical Sciences, University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday disclosed th…

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Nigeria’s Coronavirus Cases Jump By Single-Day Record Of 195 Cases

Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed a total number of new 195 coronavirus cases in the country. Nigeria eco…

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13 Ghanaian Doctors Test Positive For COVID-19

At least 13 doctors have tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana, an official of the Ghana Medical …

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Two Children Among Ekiti COVID-19 Patients, Says Commissioner

Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Monday that two children were …

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COVID-19-Related Syndrome In Children Worrisome – UK

Britain’s health minister said Tuesday he was “very worried” at signs of a coronavirus-related syndr…

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High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it remains focused on the fight against the novel corona…

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Nasarawa Records First Case Of COVID-19

Nasarawa State has recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus, The NAN reports. Confirming the…

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Presidential Taskforce On Coronavirus Arrives Kano To Unravel Cause Of Deaths

The presidential team on COVID-19 pandemic has arrived Kano State with full commitment to unravel th…

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COVID-19: Lagos, Ogun Get New Molecular Laboratories

Two testing centres have been established in Lagos and Ogun States, The NAN reports. The Nigeria Cen…

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Insurers Provide N11bn Life Cover For COVID-19 Health Workers

The Nigerian insurance industry has provided life insurance cover of N11 billion for frontline healt…

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Why I Said Nigeria Desperately Looking For Extraction Kits – NCDC DG

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has explained why it tweeted: ’Nigeria desperately loo…

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Buhari Declares Interstate Lockdown As Nationwide Curfew Begins Monday

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday ordered a nationwide curfew from 8p…

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COVID-19: Commit Same Resources To Malaria, FG Urged

A former member of the House of Representatives, Prince Ned Nwoko, has called on the Federal Governm…

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