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June 2, 2021 No Responses

Visiting Sailors Receive COVID-19 Vaccination At Ports

International ship crews arriving at the Port of Long Beach and neighboring Port of Los Angeles have received COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce the spread of the infection among seafarer communities. More than 450 crewmembers from 27 ships have received the one-dose...

May 1, 2021 No Responses

NAFDAC Approves Pfizer Biotech Vaccine

As part of measures to curtail Covid-19 virus in Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday approved the Pfizer Biotech Vaccine for emergency use. Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Ad...

April 29, 2021 No Responses

India Hospitals Overwhelmed As Covid-19 Spreads From Cities To Small Towns

India has reached the devastating figure of 200,000 coronavirus deaths, with the pressure on many hospitals showing no sign of abating amid a surging second wave. According to BBC, the real number of fatalities is thought to be far greater,...

April 27, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria To Receive 29.8m Doses Of J&J COVID-19 Vaccines

Nigeria is to receive 29.8 million doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), disclosed on Monday. NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, who made this pu...

March 11, 2021 No Responses

CBN Disburses N85b To 80 Health Projects

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed over N85 billion to no fewer than 80 projects, under its Healthcare Credit Support scheme. The bank’s Director of Development Finance, Mr Yila Yusuf, explained in an interview with the News Agency.....

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...

January 25, 2021 No Responses

NAFDAC Implores MSMEs On Benefits Of AfCFTA

The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has reiterated the Agency’s resolve to encourage the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises MSMEs in Nigeria to take advantage of the Africa Conti...

January 10, 2021 No Responses

LASUTH Tasks Nigerians On COVID-19 Second Wave

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has advised Nigerians to accept the seriousness of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19) and play their roles in saving lives by complying with safety measures. Chief Medical Director (CMD) LASUTH...

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...

December 19, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19 Claims 1,500 Teachers

COVID-19 took a huge toll on South Africa’s education system as 1,493 teachers succumbed to the virus this year, said Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshega. The minister said the 2020 academic year was most challenging due to the disruption caused...

December 18, 2020 No Responses

Anxiety As Nigeria Confirms 1,145 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,145 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. According to NCDC, the figure is the highest ever infection recorded in one day since recordkeeping of COVID-19 commence...

December 14, 2020 No Responses

26 Army Officers Test Positive For COVID-19

Not less than 26 personnel of Nigerian Army have so far tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Port Harcourt, Maj.- Gen. Johnson Irefin. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations...

December 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Confirms 617 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 617 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. According to NCDC, the new cases were reported in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). The NCDC stated that Lagos an...

December 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 796 Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases of Coronavirus, highest single -day infections in 24 hours. According to Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), new infections showed an increase of 51 cases over the previous record of 745 registered cases,...