The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday, February 28, 2020. According to the statement, the case involves an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just […]
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Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has placed himself in isolation after testing positive to coronavirus. The country’s ministry of health announced that Harirchi had contracted the disease on Tuesday. Harirchi, who has spearheaded Iran’s efforts to contain the virus, also confirmed that he had the disease. In a video he aired from his house, […]
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The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has relaxed its strike action by calling off industrial action in Lagos, Kano, Yobe and Niger states. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Biobelemoye Josiah (pictured), JOHESU chairman, called on all health workers in the four states to relax the strike following the “implementation” of the agreement […]
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The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has attributed the prevalence of leprosy in Nigeria, after the country achieved the WHO elimination target in 1998, to pockets of high endemicity in some states. Mr. Adewole made the remark at a news conference in Umuahia to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the World Leprosy Day Celebration on […]
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