Healthcare Archives — Page 17 of 19

May 9, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 386 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 3912. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been confirmed dead to...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

NLNG Donates 10-Bed Isolation Centre, Medical Kits To Rivers Community

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has donated a 10-bed holding centre to Bonny Zonal Hospital in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers. The company also donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth millions of naira to its host community and...

May 8, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 381 New Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 3,526. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday. The centre said this is the highest...

May 7, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Reports 3,145 Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 195 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 3145. The NCDC also said that five new patients have been confirmed dead to the...

May 6, 2020 No Responses

NCDC Rolls Out More Guidelines For Employers, Businesses

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has rolled out additional preventive measures for individuals, employers and businesses following Federal Government’s May 4 easing of COVID-19 lockdown in parts of the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director Gene...

May 4, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 170 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday recorded 170 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2558. The NCDC also said that two new patients have been confirmed...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Increases Hazard Allowance Of Health Workers To N25, 000

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved an increase in the hazard allowance of health workers in the state public service from N5,000 to N25,000. Sanwo-Olu, through a tweet by Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media,...

April 13, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Partners Julius Berger To Disinfect Major Roads, Bus Stops

The Lagos State Government has partnered Julius Berger Plc in continuation of the disinfection and fumigation of public places in the state as part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources,...

April 8, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: ECOWAS Distributes Chloroquine For Member States

The West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered over one million kits for member states to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The new order,according to the sub-regional body, is to supplement its ongoing distribution of other kits and medicines including...

April 7, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: UITH Suspends Consultant Over Alleged Unethical Conduct

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Monday announced the suspension of Prof. Alakija Salami as a Senior Consultant from the hospital. The management said in a statement signed by Mr David Odaibo, the Director of Administration of UITH,...

April 6, 2020 No Responses

Audi Donates €5million To Tackle Covid-19

Foremost German luxury car manufacturer, Audi has donated 5 million euro globally to help the governments and health sectors to fight against coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, the automaker explained that it has initiated many projects at national and internation...

April 5, 2020 No Responses

First Bank Lauds Medical Professionals Tackling COVID-19

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has saluted medical professionals tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and the world, THE WITNESS reports. The Bank in series of tweets on its Twitter page, acknowledged the role medical experts are playing to fight...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19:Uber Unveils ‘UberMedic’ For Healthcare Workers

Ride-hailing company Uber on Tuesday said it has launched a new service ‘UberMedic’ to help transport frontline healthcare workers to medical facilities and other critical areas across India. “Uber is providing a new service, UberMedic, to tr...