The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says 1,692,315 eligible Nigerian have received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 on Monday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this progress…
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed eight persons on Sunday, as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reported 365 additional new cases in eight states of the federation. The public health agency, however, noted that the new cases recorded represented a fall from the 547 cases reported on Saturday. The NCDC, which confirmed the infections…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says that the Delta variant of COVID-19 virus is the dominant strain in the country, requiring Nigerians to keep all the prescribed protective measures in place and increase testing. Speaking at the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja, the minister said, “The dreaded 3rd…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says three people died as a result of COVID-19 complications, while 466 new cases was recorded on Friday. The NCDC confirmed this in an update on its Facebook page on Saturday morning. 466 COVID-19 infections on Friday indicates a decrease from 727 cases reported on Thursday. The Public health agency reports…
About 44,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes in groups while ingesting drugs are responsible for the spread of HIV in the country. Dr Gambo Aliyu, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) made the disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the exchange of needles and syringes by drug users…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the National Economic Council (NEC) and Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to intervene in addressing doctors’ welfare challenges to prevent a collapse of industrial harmony. The NMA made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Edo …
For the first in its national history, doctors in Israel have successfully separated twins conjoined at the head — and say that after the 12-hour “life or death” operation, both babies are likely to live completely normal lives. Dr. Isaac Lazar told The Times of Israel of the remarkable moment on Sunday when the girls looked at…
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on Monday morning. The NCDC also reported 30 COVID-19 related deaths. The centre added that the new cases posted on Sunday, showed a drop from the 964 infections posted on Saturday. The…
Nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Australia overnight, officials have said, the first batch of a swap deal with Britain that Australia is using to speed up its inoculation programme as it battles a surge in cases that has put more than half its 25 million population in…
