Category: Health
COVID-19 Task Force goes tough
…Shuts down markets, convicts 100 over face mask violation The long arm of the law caught up with corporate and individual violators of the wearing of face mask...
Epe: General Hospital without electricity
For Dr. Bamidele Mustapha, the Medical Director of Epe General Hospital,his headache is not in lack of qualified and competent staff to run the oldest...
COVID-19: Ghana to vaccinate 17m people by June – Akufo-Addo
Ghana is on course to get at least 17.6 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 pandemic by the end of June, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. In a televised...
Why Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is delayed – FG
Nigeria says the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is delayed because of “politics and logistics due to no...
COVID-19: Figures rising as NCDC confirms 423 new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of infected people in...
COVID-19: Firm donates 240 test kits to Imo govt
Governor Hope Uzodimma- led Imo State government has received 240 (One Step Rapid Test) of Covid-19 test kits from FINLAB Nigeria Limited, a scientific firm, towards the...
COVID-19 upsurge: UK suspends flights with UAE, Burundi, Rwanda
Amidst upsurge in Coronavirus outbreak, the United Kingdom has added three more countries to its “red list,” banning flights to and from the United Arab...
Ophthalmologists warn against upsurge in contact lens related eye problems
…Dr. Bade Ogundipe says inappropriate use and handling of contact lenses could cause total blindness. THE Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) has expressed...
COVID-19: Abuja, Lagos, Kano faces another lockdown-FGn
The Federal Government on Friday said it is contemplating a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and major cities in Nigeria as the number of COVID-19 cases...
COVID-19 vaccine: FG to vaccinate 20m Nigerians – Director
The Executive Director, National Primarily Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaibu, has said that the Federal Government was targeting...
