Category: Health

South Africa Halts AstraZeneca Jab
February 8, 2021 No Responses

South Africa Halts AstraZeneca Jab

South Africa has put its roll-out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed “disappointing” results against its new Covid variant. Scientists say the strain accounts for 90% of new Covid cases in South Africa. The study, involving...
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COVID-19 Vaccination: STOAN Seeks Priority For Seafarers, Dockworkers
February 8, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19 Vaccination: STOAN Seeks Priority For Seafarers, Dockworkers

The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) has called on the Federal Government to give seafarers and dockworkers priority in accessing the vaccination against COVID-19 pandemic.  The spokesman of the association, Dr Bolaji Akinola, in ...
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Obaseki Decries Corruption In Edo Healthcare System
February 8, 2021 No Responses

Obaseki Decries Corruption In Edo Healthcare System

Edo State Governor,  Godwin Obaseki has decried the level of corruption in the state’s healthcare system, describing it as a deliberate act to run down the system. Obaseki, who stated this in Benin. on Sunday, at a town hall meeting with healt...
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COVID-19 Claims 734 Indian Doctors
February 5, 2021 No Responses

COVID-19 Claims 734 Indian Doctors

India’s main association of physicians, on Thursday, said more than four times as many doctors had died than the government has said.  This is as the country ramps up vaccination of health-care professionals in its bid to contain the COVID-19...
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Singapore To Vaccinate 10,000 Maritime Workers
January 19, 2021 No Responses

Singapore To Vaccinate 10,000 Maritime Workers

Singapore has become one of the first nations to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations of frontline maritime personnel as part of its national vaccination strategy to protect frontline personnel.  Under the Sea – Air Vaccination Exercise (SAVE), over 10,000 ...
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JBS Elderly Health & Wellbeing Foundation Africa BOT Holds Inaugural Meeting
January 15, 2021 No Responses

JBS Elderly Health & Wellbeing Foundation Africa BOT Holds Inaugural Meeting

The Board of Trustees, JBS Elderly Health & Wellbeing Foundation Africa (JBS Foundation) has rolled out its plan of activities for 2021/2022 at its inaugural meeting. At the virtual meeting, chaired by the Chief Executive/Chairperson of the Foundation, Dr....
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Edo Records 82 New Coronavirus Cases, Three Deaths In 72 Hours
January 12, 2021 No Responses

Edo Records 82 New Coronavirus Cases, Three Deaths In 72 Hours

The Edo government says it has recorded 82 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the disease in the last 72 hours.The state’s COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Monday in Benin.He...
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Coronavirus Claims 602 Journalists In 2020
January 6, 2021 No Responses

Coronavirus Claims 602 Journalists In 2020

No fewer than 602 journalists in 59 countries died of the novel coronavirus in 2020, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), said on Tuesday. “More than 600 journalists died of COVID-19 pandemic in 59 countries in 10...
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Italy Reports 347 Coronavirus Deaths On Sunday
January 4, 2021 No Responses

Italy Reports 347 Coronavirus Deaths On Sunday

Italy reported 347 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 364 the day before, the Health Ministry said. This is just as the daily tally of new infections rose to 14,245 from 11,831. Some 102,974 swab tests were carried out in the...
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Lagos COVID-19 Cases Surpasses 30,000
January 2, 2021 No Responses

Lagos COVID-19 Cases Surpasses 30,000

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday said the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases have increased to 30,221. Abayomi made the disclosure through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, on Friday while giving the ...
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South Africa Passes One Million Covid Cases
December 28, 2020 No Responses

South Africa Passes One Million Covid Cases

South Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases.  It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus variant had been detected.  Some hospitals and medi...
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Nigeria Confirms 829 New Coronavirus Cases
December 27, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 829 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported  829 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country.   According to NCDC, the new infections were reported from 14 states and the Federal Capital Ter...
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Nigeria Confirms 1,133 New Cases Of Coronavirus
December 24, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 1,133 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 1,133 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the total figure of infected persons to 80,922.  NCDC explained that Lagos, the state with the highest number of c...
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Israel, Turkey, Germany, Others Block Flights From South Africa
December 22, 2020 No Responses

Israel, Turkey, Germany, Others Block Flights From South Africa

Five countries on Monday announced that they have banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus. South African scientists last week confirmed that the new variant could see more people infected in the...
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