National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu is in disarray as No fewer than 30 doctors, nurses and none health workers have been asked to go on 14-day-self isolation after a nurse tested positive for COVID-19. According to newsmen, a doctor (name withheld) working at the hospital said that a nurse had tested positive to COVID-19 some days … Read more
Award-winning health information disseminator, Chinonso Egemba popularly known as Aproko Doctor has warned Nigerians to stop pressing phones while using the toilet. Speaking via his verified Twitter handle, the digital content creator and social media influencer said sitting for too long on the water cistern is quite harmful to the health. Read Also: We Won’t … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has apologised for making new errors while confirming new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria in its previous report. The NCDC in a series of tweet on its verified official Twitter handle on Sunday, June 7, noted that it erroneously accredited seven new cases to Jigawa State. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/06/07/rape-we-are-dying-we-cant-wait-for-men-to-catch-up-kiki-mordi/ The … Read more
The Sokoto State government has discharged all the 101 isolated COVID-19 patients in the state. Ekohotblog gathered that the State Commissioner for Health, Ali Inname, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Sokoto. Ali Inname, who doubles as the chairman of the state’s task force committee on COVID-19, said his committee received 839 alerts from … Read more
Three medical doctors have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Nasarawa State. The Chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Dr Bulus Umaru confirmed this to newsmen on Friday. Dr Bulus Umaru said, “three gynaecologists and two auxiliary staff have contracted the coronavirus in the course of their work of dealing with patients. “The doctors are now … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has affirmed that the World Health Organization has resumed its use of Hydroxychloroquine in the fight against COVID-19. This was confirmed by the Chairman of the Committee and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, during the PTF’s briefing on Thursday. The PTF Chairman warned however, … Read more
The number of health workers who have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased to 812. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this on Tuesday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 which held in Abuja. He explained that 29 officials of the NCDC … Read more
Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization said Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a “worrying number” of bacterial infections were becoming increasingly resistant to the medicines traditionally used to treat them. The UN … Read more
DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. The 11th Ebola outbreak in the vast central African country’s history comes just weeks before it … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has reduced the nationwide curfew from 10pm to 4am. The National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu, announced this on Monday at the daily briefing of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital. READ ALSO: COVID-19: Buhari, PTF Delegation Meet In Abuja Effective from tomorrow Tuesday, … Read more
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased beyond 10,000 mark on Sunday with 307 new cases reported by the country. The increase has continued despite intensified efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCC) takes infections in Africa’s most populous nation to 10,162, … Read more
A medical doctor with the Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu in Jigawa State, Dr. Naseer Adam, has died after contracting coronavirus disease from his patient. The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Kano State, Dr. Sanusi Bala, confirmed the death of the deceased in Kano on Sunday. The deceased who died on Saturday was said … Read more
The right-wing populist president of Brazil wants the football season to resume even though the five-time World Cup winning country is a hotspot of the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil is for many synonymous with football and many of the all-time greats, from Pele to Neymar, hail from the nation. But Brazil is also the epicentre of … Read more
A four-month-old baby who had been battling the COVID-19 in Kaduna State has recovered. The state Ministry of Health confirmed this on Saturday, noting that the baby has been discharged from the isolation center after testing negative for the virus. Giving an update on the situation in the state the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina … Read more
Kogi state has, once again, responded to the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control’s reporting of COVID-19 within its territory. READ ALSO: COVID-19 In Nigeria: Lagos Coronavirus Deaths Now 50 In a statement released by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Saka Audu, on Saturday, the state rejected NCDC’s reporting while describing it as “fictitious”. Read … Read more
The National Association of Resident Doctors on Saturday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to address some of their pending demands, including the non-payment of COVID-19 inducement allowances. If the demands are not met by the end of the ultimatum, the doctor’s union threatened to embark on an industrial strike. The doctors issued the … Read more
The family of Kogi state’s coronavirus index case has asked the state government not “to deny the obvious” about the presence of COVID-19 in the state. The Kogi state government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have recently differed on whether the state has recorded a COVID-19 case. READ ALSO: Abia Declares COVID-19 … Read more
Federal Government health agencies including the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) have received Madagascar’s COVID-19 treatment drug for assessment. You recall this online news platform reported that the samples were brought to the country on May 16 by Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Minister of health Dr. Osagie Ehanire said … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has decried the rather careless manner in which many Nigerians have been handling the COVID-19 advisories, thereby putting themselves at risk and endangering the lives of others. While addressing reporters in Abuja on Thursday, the PTF Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, warned citizens against complacency, even as the government … Read more
The past few months have got to be the most debilitating for humans in contemporary history of mankind as the virulent COVID-19 infection wreaked havoc on every imaginable human endeavour, bringing the world to the brink. Nigeria has not been left out by the effect of the pandemic as government tries to wade through the … Read more