Scientists have made giant strides in the search for natural cures for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). They found that bromelain-rich pineapple stem represents a viable option as an antiviral for treating not only COVID-19 but also potential future outbreaks of other coronaviruses. Scientists have also confirmed the efficacy of Aloe vera, pineapple, Sansevieria masoniana cream on […]
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Nigeria on Friday received samples of COVID-19 vaccine from Russia. Russia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin, delivered the samples to Nigeria’s health minister Osagie Ehanire during a visit to Abuja. Ehanire said the vaccine would be quickly referred to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as well as the Nigeria […]
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Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Tuesday stated that pieces of evidence from reliable researches and reports showed that Chloroquine can kill COVID-19 virus at the early stage. She stated that Remdesivir, made by Gilead Sciences Inc, has also been shown to kill the […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It does not cease to amaze me how we human beings are wont to make simple matters complicated. I am a lay man, I should say from the beginning. My understanding is that the whole world is looking for a cure for coronavirus. Fatalities have kept mounting. Social and economic activities have […]
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After 56 days in isolation, Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, has revealed how he recovered. He said he took not less than 25 bottles of black seed oil, a bowl of black seed, lots of alligator pepper, bitter cola and different brands of herbal concoctions to beat coronavirus. On […]
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Photo by Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) shows a researcher displaying the vaccine against the novel coronavirus developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 6, 2020. (RDIF/Handout via Xinhua) Russia may be able to produce five million doses of its new COVID-19 vaccine monthly by December, the […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a teleconference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on August 11, 2020. – Russia has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin announced on August 11. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP) President Vladimir Putin […]
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Russia claimed Tuesday that it had developed the world’s first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, as the pandemic marked another bleak milestone with 20 million infections globally. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his own daughters had received the inoculation, dubbed “Sputnik” after the pioneering 1950s Soviet satellite. Western scientists have previously […]
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The World Health Organisation warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. It urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the known basics, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask in order to suppress the pandemic, […]
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By Banji Ayoola Just one virus; and we are down in the dust, forced down on our knees; in consequence of our serial wanton disregard over many ages, of the wise and wonderful provisions for our well being here on earth. Provisions lovingly sent down continuously from ages ago and brought specially by many teachers, […]
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