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WHO Endorses Pfizer Vaccine For COVID-19 Immunisation In Nigeria

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Nigeria opens talks with China on vaccine acquisition FG to revoke visas of errant visitors As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of January, theRead More

New Study Explains Why Africa Defied Dire Predictions To Survive Deadly COVID-19

COVID-19
Experience in managing previous infectious diseases like Ebola, Tuberculosis, Lassa fever comes handy Timely lockdown, early surveillance, contact tracing at airports help Exposure to similar viruses in the past mayRead More

Ehanire: Nigeria Loses $2bn Annually To Medical Tourism

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday lamented that the country loses about $2 billion in foreign exchange annually to medical tourism. Ehanire, however, added that the federal governmentRead More

OPEC Projects 11m bpd Oil Demand Shortfall By December

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Banks on COVID-19 vaccines for market recovery US company, Moderna, announces 95% efficient vaccine By Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Martin Ifijeh in New Jersey, USA The Organisation of PetroleumRead More

Overrule Education Minister On WASSCE, Reps Urge Buhari

Members of the House of Representatives during plenary
The House of Representatives has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils sit the 2020 West African SeniorRead More

Coronavirus: Health Workers Will Receive Allowances, Life Insurance Next Week – Minister

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said the Federal Government has concluded plans for medical workers on the front line of the coronavirus outbreak to receive hazard allowancesRead More

CAN Awaits Details As FG Opens Churches, Mosques, Eases Curfew

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the easing of restriction placed on churches and mosques starting from Tuesday (today). The Chairman ofRead More

Wearing Face Masks Exposes Asthmatics To Hypoxia – Physicians

Face Masks
Medical professionals have warned that people with chronic asthma who use face masks, especially the surgical and clothing type, are exposing themselves to hypoxia. Hypoxia is a condition in whichRead More

For Makoko Women, Surviving Childbirth Is A Game Of Chance

Mother and her newborn baby in a floating Makoko "hospital"
On daily basis, life in Makoko, a slum community squeezed between the Lagos Lagoon and the mainland is a struggle to survive. It is even more precarious for pregnant women,Read More

Coronavirus: 190,000 Africans May Die In 2020 – WHO Warns

World Health Organisation (WHO)
The World Health Organisation warned, on Thursday, May 7th, 2020, that up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic, if containmentRead More