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NCDC Lauds Delta Government’s Efforts At Curbing Spread

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has lauded the efforts of Delta Government at containi…

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COVID-19: At Last, UCH Board Chairman Tests Negative

The chairman of the Management Board of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Shettima Bagudu, ha…

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Coronavirus: Nurse Designs Face Mask Superior To N95 Using Commonly Available Materials

A local nurse in Texas has designed a mask, using commonly-available materials, that has been rated …

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Doctors, Nurses Quarantined As Borno Health Worker Dies After ‘Displaying COVID-19 Symptoms’

This is as a result of the death of one  Babangida Buba, a retired nurse who reportedly passed on af…

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Nurses, Midwives Demand Improved Welfare Packages

Lagos State leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, is demanding impr…

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No Approved Vaccine Yet In Nigeria For COVID-19- WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday insisted that there was no approved vaccine in Nigeria…

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Nigeria Confirms First Virus Case In Conflict-Hit Borno

Nigeria on Monday confirmed its first coronavirus infection in the insurgency-hit northeast of the c…

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Okei-Odumakin Calls For More Isolation Centres, Testing Sites

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Centre for Change, has called on Federal Government to increase the…

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Aid Worker Dies Of Coronavirus In Borno

An aid worker, Babangida Buba, working with Medicins Sans Frontieres has died in Borno State after c…

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UK Not Thinking Of Easing Virus Lockdown Measures Yet - Minister

Britain is not considering lifting its lockdown imposed almost four weeks ago to control the coronav…

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Presidency Bars Ministers, Other Kyari’s Burial Attendees From Villa

The Lagos State Government on Sunday, as part of efforts to step up COVID-19 tests,  created testing…

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Pharmacists Donate 10,000 Gloves, Sanitisers To Ondo

The Ondo State chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has donated a total of 10,000 gloves…

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Panic As Borno Nurse Dies Of Suspected Coronavirus

There is panic in Borno State as a nurse died on Saturday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Ho…

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Treat COVID-19 Patients At Isolation Centres, NMA Warns

The Nigeria Medical Association on Sunday said treatment of persons who tested positive for COVID-19…

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No COVID-19 Case In Three LGs – Lagos Health Commissioner

Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said there is no confirmed case of coronavir…

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70 New COVID-19 Cases Recorded In Lagos, Total Now 376

Seventy new coronavirus cases have been reported in Lagos State, bringing the total cases in the sta…

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COVID-19: Edo Clears 105 Suspected Cases, 282 Contacts

The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, said the state was making steady progress…

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WHO Worker In Bauchi Tests Positive For Coronavirus

A staff member of the World Health Organisation, Bauchi State Office, has tested positive for corona…

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AXA Mansard Introduces Telemedicine Service

An health management organisation, AXA Mansard Health Limited, says as part of its commitment to imp…

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Kano Records 10 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Hit 37

The Kano ministry of health on Saturday night said the state recorded 10 new cases of the COVID-19, …

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