The United States of America ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has said the recent visa ban to Nigerians will be reviewed, if certain conditions are met. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art public health Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Leonard said during the virtual event … Read more
Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, who has tested positive for COVID-19, said on Facebook Thursday that he was “very well” and again advocated the use of the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine. Bolsonaro, 65, appeared in his weekly Facebook Live post at his official residence. He appeared to be in good shape and was not accompanied, as is … Read more
An American and his three sons are facing federal charges that they illegally sold a bleach like chemical mixture as a miracle cure for the new coronavirus and other diseases, US federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The substance marketed as Miracle Mineral Solution was sold across the United States through an entity called the Genesis II … Read more
Ramoni Olorunwa Abass Popularly known as Hushpuppi has tested positive for Coronavirus. The news of Hushpuppi testing positive for Coronavirus was also confirmed by a post made by Kemi Olunloyo via her Twitter handle. She wrote, #BREAKING #Kemitalksinfo A source @FBILosAngeles told me Ramoni Olorunwa Abass reportedly tested #Covid19 +ve asymptomatic. For the last year … Read more
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) is to establish a molecular laboratory and an Emergency Operation Center in Nasarawa State. NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this on Wednesday during a visit to Governor Abdullahi Sule at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital. The laboratory will be set up at the Dangerous Disease … Read more
The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for Coronavirus. President Bolsonaro, 65, disclosed this on live television with the words “it came back positive” on Tuesday, July 7. Since the Coronavirus hit Brazil, the President had continued to attend social events, flout social distancing rules, and had been seen not wearing a facemask. … Read more
Federal Government has again said that no one should pay for running a test for COVID-19, asking citizens to report anyone who demands payment for such services. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said this on Monday, during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. “I wish to remind everyone … Read more
The Vice-Chancellor Of Benue State University, Professor Msugh Hembe, has tested positive for COVID-19. Professor Hembe made the announcement on his social media page. Hembe noted that he got the news of his test status on Monday after he had sent his sample for testing. READ ALSO: Ebonyi State Governor Awaits COVID-19 Test Result He … Read more
The European Commission (EU) has approved the use of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug for severe Coronavirus cases. EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides made this known in a statement on Friday. According to Stella, the drug has the tendency of speeding up recovery rate in COVID-19 patients. “Today’s authorisation of a first medicine to treat COVID-19 … Read more
Lagos government under the administration of gov, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the discharge 40 coronavirus patients in the state. The governor made this announcement on his official Facebook page in the late hours of Thursday. He said the patients discharged were a combination of seventeen female, twenty-three male and two foreigners. “Today, 40 patients:17 females and 23 males including two foreign nationals were … Read more
Scientists have warned that COVID-19 causes a far wider range of health problems than previously thought and that victims may never fully recover from its debilitating effects. According to them, COVID-19 does not just cause a wide range of symptoms, the symptoms last for a longer timespan. “We thought this was only a respiratory virus. … Read more
Lesson from the owner of HealthPlus (biggest Pharmacy chain in Lagos/Abuja) whose family and domestic staff (11) have just been discharged from the Isolation centre. WHEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS My journey before, during and after COVID-19 Infection I am the least likely person to be infected by COVID-19. Why? Because I am strict and particular … Read more
South Africa has begun human trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine as cases continue to rise and concerns grow over potential access to life-saving treatments. The trial, conducted by Oxford University with local partner University of the Witwatersrand, will consist of 2,000 volunteers from 18 to 65 years of age. The volunteers will also include … Read more
A Public Health Consultant, Dr. Theresa Basssey has said that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is not really doing enough testing within the public domain to have actual cases of Covid-19. Dr. Theresa Basssey reacted to soaring COVID-19 cases within the last few days. She said; “There is still denial in the society as … Read more
The Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP), a non governmental organisation, on Tuesday donated laboratory consumable items worth millions to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Virology laboratory. Dr Taiwo Shola, CIHP Senior Officer Clinical Service, said that CIHP was a leading Non Governmental Organisation promoting better health outcomes for all Nigerians through partnership. Shola … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported 183,020 COVID-19 cases, the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. The biggest increase was from North and South America with over 116,000 new cases, according to WHO daily report. Overall in the pandemic, the WHO reported 8,708,008 cases — 183,020 in the … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria free of wild polio. The declaration followed the completion of documentation for the free status. WHO regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, announced this Thursday. “Today, Nigeria’s complete documentation for Wild Polio virus-free status was accepted by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for polio eradication (ARCC). … Read more
A cheap and widely available drug known as dexamethasone can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. According to reports, dexamethasone is a steroid, reduces the risk of dying from coronavirus by a third in patients on ventilators. A major British trial, code-named RECOVERY, has declared the drug the biggest breakthrough. According … Read more
Over 80 health workers consisting of 22 doctors and 60 other health workers in the frontline of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive to the killer virus in Rivers State. Chairperson of the state’s chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Obelebra Adebiyi disclosed this to newsmen. Adebiyi further called on the government … Read more
New mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health Organization said Friday, stressing that the benefits outweighed the risks. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference that the UN health agency had thoroughly investigated the risks of women transmitting the new … Read more