Health
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UNICEF urges Nigeria to use polio lessons to eradicate malaria, Lassa fever
The United Nations Children’s Fund has urged Nigeria to use lessons learnt from its polio eradication campaign to eradicate malaria,…
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Buhari commends health workers for polio eradication success
The President of Nigeria, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has commended health workers over their role in the eradication of…
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NMA faults school’s resumption as study says closure cuts COVID-19 cases, deaths
The Nigerian Medical Association has questioned the level of national preparedness as the Federal Government ordered schools to reopen for…
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FG spent N15.8bn on health workers’ allowances in two months –Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, says the Federal Government has spent N15.8bn between April and May…
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New isolation centre for Abuja, as FG extends eased lockdown
The Federal Government has extended the phase two of the ease of lockdown in the country by another one week.…
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Where COVID-19 safety measures are followed, cases go down —WHO
World Health Organisation’s Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 on Monday, July 27, 2020 Good morning, good…
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Over 9m recovers, 649,577 dead as COVID-19 infects 16.2m in 196 countries
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 649,577 people since emerging in China late last year, according to a tally…
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Madagascar opens 250-bed COVID-19 centre as infections surge
The Madagascar government says it has opened a new COVID-19 treatment centre that can accommodate 250 COVID-19 patients with severe…
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Lagos misinterpreted on daily spending on COVID-19 cases –Commissioner
The Lagos State Government says its earlier statement detailing how much it cost to treat COVID-19 cases in Lagos isolation…
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COVID-19: Over 610,604 dead, 14,736,130 infected in 196 countries
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 610,604 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a…
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