COVID-19

An official the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guizhen Wu, has said the coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, 2020. According to france24.com,…
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The Federal Government has appealed to the Joint Health Sector Unions to suspend the one-week warning strike nationwide. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, made the appeal on Monday during the briefing of the Presidential Task…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 79 new cases of COVID-19 in the country bringing the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infection cases to 56,256. The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on…
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced that public and private schools are to resume academic activities in batches as from September 21. The batches are; September 21: SS2, JSS3, and primary six. September 24; Primary…
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Students in Junior Secondary Schools JSS3 in Ondo State have been asked to resume to their various schools to enable them to prepare for their certification examination. The Chairman of the State Interministerial Committee on COVID-19 in…
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The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9 billion to pay up the large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all Medical Health Workers in the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed…
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The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria University College Hospital, Ibadan has expressed its support for the Federal Government’s decision to reopen all schools across the country. MDCAN made its position public on…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it “spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the N36.3 billon public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020, leaving the…
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The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the Russian vaccine for COVID-19 is not yet in Nigeria. Mamora said the Russian Ambassador and the Deputy Head of Mission, Alexey Shebarshin, merely visited the ministry…
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Nigeria on Friday recorded 156 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the nation’s disease control agency, as Russia presents its home-made vaccine to the Federal Government. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in a…
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