South Korea has reported its highest daily rise of COVID-19 since early March on Sunday, saying tougher social distancing rules may be needed as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and other gatherings. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 397 new infections as of midnight Saturday, the highest since … Read more
Dr. Stella Immanuel, who took the world by storm in July when she claimed that Hydroxychloroquine is the potential cure for Coronavirus, has hired an Attorney to battle her queries from medical boards in the United States. Immanuel had claimed that antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and antibacterial drug, Zithromax, were effective cures for the coronavirus. … Read more
Modern technology and international cooperation could limit the coronavirus pandemic to less than two years, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. “Hoping we can have additional tools like a vaccine, I think we can finish it in a shorter time than the 1918 flu,” he told a news conference in … Read more
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 340 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that four deaths were also recorded. Read Also: Edo 2020: DSS Invites Kabaka, 9 Other APC Members The health agency said that … Read more
The Nigerian Humanitarian Action (NIHA) has expressed commitment to assist the Federal Government’s efforts to secure the economy and lives of the vulnerables from the negative COVID-19 impact. Mr Kletsaint Akor, Convener and Chief Humanitarian, NIHA, made the pledge at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Read Also: Delta Cult War Claims 11 Lives … Read more
A UN-led initiative to speed up the development of COVID-19 vaccines and medications is facing a massive funding gap, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The project, known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT), has received 2.5 billion dollars in pledges, a WHO spokeswoman in Geneva told dpa. Read Also: OAP Oluwatoyin … Read more
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says though every one faces one or two challenges but throughout countries COVID-19 has been the scariest and most strength consuming challenge. Tedros said this is because the respiratory disease passes relatively easily between people. The DG spoke on Tuesday in Geneva during the … Read more
Rev. Fr. Jerome Akinyemi of the Catholic Church of The Annunciation, FESTAC Town, Lagos, has called on parishioners and Lagosians generally to comply with protocols put in place to checkmate further spread of COVID-19. Jerome made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. Read Also: Another … Read more
A fund manager, Mr Stano Emmanuel, says the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted many players to forex trading. Emmanuel made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin. NAN reports that Emmanuel is the Chief Executive Officer of DCROCSTYLE Nigeria Limited, a fund management firm. According to him, … Read more
The National Council on Health (NCH), has approved the 2020 Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), Guideline aimed at expanding the fiscal space for health. Mr Olujimi Oyetomi, Director, Information, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Read Also: 113 In Lagos As NCDC Confirms … Read more
Adamawa Government recorded over 50 Tuberculosis (TB) Drug Resistance cases in 2019, Dr Boniface Gundiri, the Programme Manager, Adamawa TB and Leprosy Control, said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yola that in 2019, the programme was worried over the number of cases recorded in 2019, describing the situation as … Read more
The British government on Friday announced that it had secured early access to 90 million doses of two new promising vaccine candidates. British citizens will receive early access to 90 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccine candidates should they prove safe and effective. Read Also: Insecurity: Special Forces Arrive In Southern Kaduna By far, … Read more
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, people everywhere are concerned about what kind of treatment might be available if they or their loved ones get infected with the dreaded scourge. Hence, researchers and doctors around the world are working hard to develop ways to fight the new Coronavirus and reduce the impact of COVID-19. … Read more
Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, a facilitator at an Ipas-organised workshop for journalists, says the US Global Gag Rule (GGR) has the potential to increase the rate of unsafe abortions in Nigeria and other developing nations across the world. Akiyode-Afolabi’s said this on Thursday, while delivering a lecture on the “Exceptions in the GGR and its implications … Read more
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffery Onyeama, has described how he contracted and survived the COVID-19 infection for three weeks. Onyeama spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Read Also: Edo 2020: Thugs Attacked My Convoy In Oshiomhole’s Ward – Obaseki The News … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said it was working with partners to implement comprehensive and aggressive engagement response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The Coordinator of PTF on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this at its briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Read Also: Edo 2020: Thugs Attacked My Convoy In … Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says some hand sanitisers have been found to contain 1-propanol, a toxin that can harm the central nervous system. FDA said in a statement that the affected products included those manufactured by “Harmonic Nature, S de RL de MI”, in Mexico. Read Also: US Visa Ban: We’re Working … Read more
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 818 million children worldwide are at risk of getting infected with COVID-19 and other infectious illnesses. Mr Mark Hereward, UNICEF’s Associate Director, Data and Analytics Division, Planning and Monitoring, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Read Also: NBC Slams Lai Mohammed For Amending Broadcasting Code Hereward stated … Read more
The Kwara Ministry of Health has warned residents against stigmatising persons with health challenges, particularly those who tested positive to COVID-19. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razak, gave the warning on Thursday in Ilorin when the leadership of the Suicide Research Prevention Initiatives in Nigeria (SURPIN), North Central Zonal chapter, paid him a … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed sadness over the sudden death of the Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State, Hon. Babatunde Oke. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Oke’s demise is a big loss to his … Read more