Written by Nwaorgu Faustinus A clean, pure, healthy environment and atmospheric air or rather oxygen that we human beings take in on a daily basis plays an important role in the longevity and good health we as human beings enjoy. However, the opposite could be said of a milieu or an environment which is polluted […]
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Indian manufacturers have rebranded the opioid Tramadol to Tafrodol to evade detection by customs officials at ports and borders in Nigeria, a report by Enactafrica has revealed. While the name change makes the drug look like Tramadol, Tafrodol contains two ingredients that should not be combined and can reportedly cause respiratory infection, coma and even […]
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The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) says Nigeria does not have enough freezers to store thousands of doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine when they are delivered to the country. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), had said the country would receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at […]
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The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria hopes to get 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine soon to cover one fifth of its population. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, on Tuesday in Abuja. Shuaib said that the vaccine would be […]
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In a statement issued on Thursday, World Health Organisation (WHO) approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for “emergency use” It is the first vaccine granted emergency use authorisation by the WHO, and according to Pfizer and BioNTech, it is said to be 90 percent effective. It has also been approved in countries such as the UK, US, […]
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The Lagos State Government has reiterated its call on residents to avail themselves of the free COVID-19 testing services offered at approved public laboratories across the State. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Strategy listed the four locations as Lagos State Bio-Bank (Located inside the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba); Lagos University Teaching […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says Nigerians will receive the coronavirus vaccine by January 2021. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, broke the news at the end of Wednesday’s federal executive council (FEC) meeting. He said a technical working group in the ministry is working on which vaccine will best suit Nigeria, considering that the country […]
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President Donald Trump’s controversial coronavirus adviser resigned Monday, while hopes for a first wave of vaccinations before the end of 2020 received a further boost with an announcement from US firm Moderna. Scott Atlas, a favored coronavirus adviser of the US president, who tweeted in October “Masks work? NO,” has submitted his resignation, effective as […]
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, on Thursday, stated that the senate has passed a bill that will make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians. Oloriegbe disclosed this at the inauguration of Group Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP) in Abuja. “We have passed it in the Senate. Two Committees on […]
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The Chief Medical Director of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Darlington Obaseki, has disclosed that stroke patients respond better to treatment when they are treated in a dedicated ward, rather than in an open ward. He made the disclosure on Thursday in Benin, at the commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of the […]
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