Health

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 195,511 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated September 5, the NCDC reports 459 new cases with 8 COVID-related deaths. The new cases were reported in the FCT and 18 states – Lagos-185, Abia-38, Oyo-38,…

Secretary-General to the government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has revealed that the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for civil servants. He stated this while speaking at a meeting of the health commissioners forum on Thursday in Abuja. Mustapha stated that the government wants civil servants to be vaccinated, considering that they…

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige said he thought doctors in Nigeria were playing a prank when they embarked on an industrial action. Ngige who spoke in Abuja at the Nigerian Health Commissioners Forum Quarterly meeting on Friday, assured that the government will end the ongoing nationwide strike by the National Association of Resident…

A new coronavirus variant called “mu,” would be monitored by The World Health Organization after it was disclosed that it has mutations that have the potential to evade immunity provided by a previous Covid-19 infection or vaccination. Mu, also known by scientists as B.1.621, was added to the WHO’s list of variants “of interest” on…

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 193,013 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated September 1, the NCDC reports 582 new cases with 11 COVID-related deaths. The new cases were reported in the FCT and 15 states – Lagos-175, Rivers-124, Edo-60,…

A batch of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been placed on hold in Japan after black particles were discovered in a vial. A Japanese pharmacist saw several black particles in one vial of the vaccine in Kanagawa Prefecture, according to the country’s health authorities and even though some 3,790 people had already received shots from the…

The Federal Government is considering sanction on eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. In Edo and Ondo States, the state governments had already announced restrictions regarding some public places that those…

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 191,805 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 30, the NCDC reports 460 new cases with one COVID-related deaths. The new cases were reported in the FCT and 12 states – Rivers-164, Lagos-139, Edo-61,…

GIOTV reports that the Lagos State Government has debunked plans to sack striking resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. The Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle, made this known in an interview on Sunday. The commissioner stated that the state government was also recruiting more health workers…