India Records 300,000 Covid Deaths, 26m Cases As Pandemic Rages

India Records 300,000 Covid Deaths, 26m Cases As Pandemic Rages

The number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in India has moved past the 300,000 mark as the country continues to grapple with the pandemic. Experts warn that the real number of fatalities might be much higher as many deaths are...
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NDDC Seeks Support Of Belgium In Health, Environment Challenges

NDDC Seeks Support Of Belgium In Health, Environment Challenges

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has called for the collaboration and support of Belgium in areas of health, environment, youth empowerment and development of critical infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Mr. E...
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NAFDAC Tasks Health Workers On Exclusive Breast Feeding Skills

NAFDAC Tasks Health Workers On Exclusive Breast Feeding Skills

The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has urged health workers to provide skills to mothers on exclusive breastfeeding.  Mr Apollos Kassem, a senior regulatory officer with NAFDAC, gave the advice during a l...
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NLNG Signs MoU With USAID To Eliminate Malaria In Bonny

NLNG Signs MoU With USAID To Eliminate Malaria In Bonny

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) to make Bonny Island, its operational base, malaria free. The MoU was signed by NLNG’s Managing Director/Chi...
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Lagos Begins Anti-Rabies Vaccination Campaign

Lagos Begins Anti-Rabies Vaccination Campaign

The Lagos State Government is to commence a two-week free mass anti-rabies vaccination campaign February 16th, 2021.  The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, explained on Sunday that the campaign is scheduled to co...
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JBS Foundation Begins Registration Of Elderly People In Lagos

JBS Foundation Begins Registration Of Elderly People In Lagos

JBS Elderly Health & Wellbeing Foundation Africa (JBS Foundation)on January 11, 2021 commenced the registration of Impoverished elderly people living in Africa, starting from Lagos, Nigeria. A statement issued by the group explained that the “most vulner...
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Coronavirus Claims 602 Journalists In 2020

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

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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CMD Tasks Nigerians On Regular Cancer Screening

CMD Tasks Nigerians On Regular Cancer Screening

Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Prof. Bissallah Ekele, on Saturday called on Nigerians to ensure regular screening for cancer-related symptoms to ease early detection, prevention and treatment. Ekele spoke with the N...
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438 Coronavirus Active Cases In Lagos Yet To Turn Up For Treatment

438 Coronavirus Active Cases In Lagos Yet To Turn Up For Treatment

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that 438 active cases of COVID-19 in Lagos communities were yet to turn up for treatment in the state’s COVID-19 care centres.   Abayomi made the disclosure through his...
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Varsity Resumes Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

Varsity Resumes Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after being paused due to a reported side effect in a patient in the UK.  On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said the studies were being paused while it investiga...
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Group Implores Women On Personal Hygiene During Menstruation

Group Implores Women On Personal Hygiene During Menstruation

A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Rachael Udenna Foundation has advised women to observe personal hygiene during their menstrual cycle to avoid bacteria infection that can led to delayed pregnancy or giving birth to deformed children. Ms Rachel Udenna, fo...
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India Records 77,266 New Coronavirus Cases, 1,057 Deaths In One Day

India Records 77,266 New Coronavirus Cases, 1,057 Deaths In One Day

India’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500 and deaths reached 61,529 on Friday, showed the latest data released by the Federal Health Ministry. As many as 77,266 new COVID-19 cases and 1,057 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours. Still, there...
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Germany Records 2,034 New Coronavirus Cases

Germany Records 2,034 New Coronavirus Cases

The number of new people confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus in Germany spiked again on Saturday at a rate not seen since late April.   Over the last 24 hours, health authorities across the country recorded 2,034...
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