Health

Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State who are working at the Covid-19 treatment and isolation centre in the state have joined their colleagues in the ongoing industrial action. The doctors reportedly left the isolation centre following the directive by the Association of Resident Doctors, …

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Taraba State chapter, Peter Gambo, has been reported dead. Peter Gambo who was isolated early this month at the Taraba State specialist isolation centre Jalingo, died Tuesday morning of COVID-19 at the hospital. Management of the hospital confirmed the news of his …

463 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-128 Kwara-92 Enugu-39 Delta-33 Edo-29 Plateau-28 Kaduna-23 Oyo-15 Ogun-14 Osun-14 FCT-12 Ondo-9 Rivers-9 Abia-8 Bayelsa-5 Ekiti-3 Borno-2 https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1283168886779793408?s=19 Highlights On the 14th of July 2020, 463 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the …

Sanwo-Olu Applauds Health Workers’ Sacrifice, as Lagos Marks Tree-Planting Day •Governor Inaugurates 48-Chamber Mortuary At IDH Actions set out to combat diseases and natural disasters that continually threaten human existence may likely not yield desired results if efforts are not made to restore the aesthetics of the environment, Lagos State …

A 12-year-old boy has created the ultimate survival tool against COVID-19. Mizan Rupan-Tompkins from San Francisco in a bid to prevent his parents from contracting the deadly coronavirus, invented a handle that allows for contact-free interaction with surfaces such as doors and buttons. His invention was made possible using a …

WHO, director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and World Health Organisation has warned that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is “accelerating and getting worse” as lockdown measures are being relaxed in several countries in the world. He said the Coronavirus cases were increasing drastically, with almost 12million confirmed infections since the pandemic …

595 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-156 Oyo-141 FCT-99 Edo-47 Kaduna-27 Ondo-22 Rivers-20 Osun-17 Imo-13 Plateau-10 Nasarawa-8 Anambra-8 Kano-5 Benue-5 Borno-5 Ogun-4 Taraba-3 Gombe-3 Kebbi-1 Cross Rivers-1 Highlights On the 13th of July 2020, 595 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a …

At least 35 doctors have so far tested positive for coronavirus in Kwara State since the virus manifested in the state. Speaking with journalists on Monday at the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Medical Association in Ilorin, the chairman of the association, Dr Kolade Solagberu, however, said the association …

Nigeria’s Telehealth pathfinder, Pre Diagnosis International (PDI) has advised the country’s public healthcare managers and organisations desirous of contributing to the urgent task of reviving the country’s dilapidated health infrastructure to embrace modern tele-healthcare model as against the old practice of building public health facilities that are often left to …

Russia’s Sechenov University Successfully Completes Trials of World’s 1st COVID-19 Vaccine MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told …