The World Health Organization said Monday it had “temporarily” suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloriquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 being carried out across a range of countries as a precautionary measure. The decision came after the publication last week of a study in the Lancet indicating that using the drug on COVID-19 patients could […]
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Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 239 new COVID-19 cases, increasing the total number of infections in the country to 4,151 cases. NCDC confirmed the new cases in a tweet on Saturday night. According to the agency, 97 of the cases were in Lagos, 44 in Bauchi, 29 in Kano, and 19 in […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued an advisory on the use of cloth face masks, stating that mask alone cannot protect you from the virus. The disease control agency in a tweet via its official handle said on Wednesday that physical distancing remains vital in protecting oneself from COVID-19. The agency added […]
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The total number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rose to over 3000 on Wednesday with the confirmation of 195 new infections in the country. The new cases bring the total number of COVID-19 confirmed in Nigeria to 3145. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which announced this in tweet said the highest number of the […]
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, confirmed 148 new COVID-19 cases in the country, taking Nigeria’s total cases to 2,950. Of the new cases, 43 are in Lagos, 32 are in Kano, while 14 are in Zamfara. Ten are in the FCT, nine in Katsina, seven in Taraba, six in Borno and […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has approved waiver import duty for medical equipment and supplies in order to “strengthen health infrastructure” in response to the #COVID19 pandemic. The waiver was announced in a tweet on Tuesday by Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant to the president on digital and new media. This joins the list of fiscal […]
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The United Kingdom was poised on Monday to roll out a new smartphone tracing app for coronavirus on an island off England’s south coast, as the country looks to ease a six-week nationwide lockdown. The app, developed by the state-run National Health Service (NHS), will be trialled on the Isle of Wight ahead of its […]
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Further to the pronouncement of Mr. President in the broadcast of Monday, 27th April, 2020, in which he directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to provide implementation guidelines on the new measures to control COVID-19 pandemic, the following are hereby issued for: – General Information to the Public; – Guidance to States and Security […]
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the federal government of Nigeria to learn from the example of Ghana, noting that it is too early for the country to ease the lockdown in some parts of the country. Dr Francis Faduyile, President of the association, said in a statement that the timing of the Federal […]
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The Government of Kano State has said the mass deaths in the state is due to complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria. This was contained in a statement signed by Muhammad Garba, the state Commissioner of Information, Daily Nigerian reports. Garba said a preliminary report from the health ministry indicated that the deaths […]
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