By Cosmas Odoemena As the number of new cases of COVID-19 and deaths continue to increase in Nigeria, and elsewhere in the world, it’s time to review how this disease is transmitted. Even among those that seem to observe the safety protocols, there have been infections. Initially, the consensus was that the disease is spread by […]
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The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has confirmed existence of storage facilities to preserve potency of the 100,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines being expected in Nigeria from January 31 to early February. The Executive Director, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, who spoke when he took journalists on a tour of the agency’s ultra-cold chain equipment in Abuja, […]
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Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic sit on a bus while leaving Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Global health experts gathered on Thursday to tackle new strains of […]
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In this file photo taken on September 10, 2020 a nurse prepares to inoculate volunteer Ilya Dubrovin, 36, with Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine in a post-registration trials at a clinic in Moscow. Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 percent effective according to a second interim analysis of clinical trial data, its developers said on […]
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The coronavirus mutation first found in Britain has now spread to 50 territories, according to the World Health Organization, while a similar South African-identified strain has now been found in 20. The UN body also noted a third new coronavirus “variant of concern” found in Japan may impact upon immune response and needs further investigation. […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo virtually meeting with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) COVID-19 research team, led by Prof. Femi Babalola, in Abuja…yesterday. The Presidency has welcomed a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating effectiveness and role of Ivermectin drug in the treatment of the novel coronavirus. Composed of scholars at home and abroad, […]
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A team of Nigerian professors and scientists, named IVERCOVID Research Group, has investigated the effectiveness and roles that the Ivermectin drug can play in the treatment of coronavirus. This was revealed in a statement on Tuesday by Mr Laolu Akande, the media aide to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. He noted that the team, […]
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UNTH, LUTH grapple with the shortage Virus more vicious than ever, LUTH warns We’re running out of resources, Bode cries out All patients now oxygen-dependent As the second wave of COVID-19 takes foothold on Africa through its newly mutated form, the Federal Government has been warned of the need to address the shortage of oxygen […]
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Can’t leave Nigeria until June for shunning post-arrival test Buhari may decide fate of states with lukewarm attitude to protocols The Federal Government on Saturday slammed a six-month travel ban on 100 passengers who failed to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after their return to the country. The affected persons will not be allowed to […]
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The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged Nigerians to strive towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, ravaging all sectors of the country in 2021. Its Chairman in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call in Enugu on Sunday on areas Nigerians needed to focus on in 2021. He called on Nigerians to use the New Year […]
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