The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified Nigeria and 13 others as high-risk African countries for coronavirus. The other countries on the list include Algeria, Angola, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. WHO said on Friday that the identified African nations have direct links or a high…
The Enugu State Government on Friday confirmed that a pregnant woman died of Lassa fever at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Utuku-Ozalla. With this, two deaths have been recorded in Enugu in 2020, our correspondent reports. The first was at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane involving a 75-year-old woman. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health,…
The UN health agency on Thursday declared an international emergency over the deadly coronavirus from China — a rarely used designation that could lead to improved international coordination in tackling the disease. “Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems… This is not a vote of…
Mr. Andyson Egbodo, the new President of Igede National Youths Council, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi. Egbodo gave the names of the deceased as Happiness Ogbu, Onah Ogbedu, Andy Edu and Wisdom Agwo. He said that all victims developed the same symptoms of headache, internal heat, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach ache, weakness of…
The federal government has advised Nigerians to suspend all travel plans to China until further notice, following the outbreak and spread of the deadly Coronavirus. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, gave the advice while addressing State House Correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday. Ehanire stated this while discussing Nigeria’s preparedness to prevent the scourge from…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday called on the Federal Government to embark on intensive public enlightenment campaigns as more states confirmed cases of Lassa fever It said the government needed to bolster the country’s preparedness in handling infectious diseases, especially viral hemorrhagic fever , at all levels of healthcare delivery through an increase…
Former governor of Ondo State and a national leader of the Zenith Labour Party, Olusegun Mimiko, has urged the party to focus more on its social-democratic ideological commitment to the people for the party to have a good outing at the forthcoming governorship election in the state. He said the ZLP ideologically stood tall among…
With the increasing cases of Lassa fever reported across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated a National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to coordinate the response activities. Nigeria between January 1 and 24, recorded a total of 195 confirmed cases in a resurgence of Lassa Fever from 11 states country, leading…
Barely three days after the Ogun State Government denied outbreak of Lassa fever, a 26-year-old woman, Titilayo Akinsola, on Saturday, died of the hemorrhagic fever in Abeokuta, the state capital. The Kaduna State government had earlier in the day confirmed a case of Lassa fever in Chukun local government area of the state. It was…
No fewer than 15 new cases of the dreaded Lassa fever infection have been discovered in Bauchi State, out of which 3 have been confirmed and are presently receiving treatment at the infectious diseases isolation centre of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi. Giving an update on the situation in the state,…