The Chief Medical Director, Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) Lafia, Dr. Ikrama Hassan has disclosed that 15 doctors out of 139 doctors working in the hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. He debunked the allegation by the Association of Residents Doctors in the state that 35 doctors tested positive for COVID-19. Speaking weekend with our…
In furtherance of the commitment of @followlasg to deploy effective response to #COVID19 pandemic, a brand new oxygen plant situated at Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba, was activated yesterday, January 8, 2021 The oxygen plant was built in collaboration with @gatesfoundation in response to the second wave of #COVID19 in Lagos State. Oxygen plants are…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says some countries have purchased more COVID-19 vaccines that they would need. WHO Director-General, WHO, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus at a news conference in Geneva appealed to them to donate the excess vaccines to COVAX immediately. Ghebreyesus confirmed that 42 countries are rolling out the various COVID-19 vaccines which have been…
On the 9th of January 2020, 1585 new cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 99063 cases have been confirmed, 79417 cases have been discharged and 1350 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 1585 new cases are reported from 26 states- Lagos (573), FCT (182),…
Two suspects are presently in police custody for issuing fake COVID-19 test results in the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) name. Prof. Babatunde Salako, the Director-General of NIMR told newsmen on Friday, January 8 that the suspects were nabbed after the Lagos State Government raised alarm over sales of fake COVID-19 test results in the…
The Federal Government has said it will be left with no option other than to impose a fresh lockdown in the country if the number of COVID-19 infections continues to spike. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVIF-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Friday during a media briefing in Abuja. Aliyu…
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians against complacency in containing the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, saying the vaccines against the virus might not arrive soon in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, said this on Thursday in Abuja, at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Pfizer vaccine which is the first Coronavirus vaccine to be granted emergency use authorization by the WHO is said to be 90 percent effective. In a statement released by the spokesperson of the former PDP Presidential candidate Paul Ibe, Atiku…
A retired professor of Science Education at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Duro Ajeyalemi, has died of complications from COVID-19 three days after a former Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, died of COVID19. Ajeyalemi, the institution’s former dean of student affairs and immediate past registrar of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board…
At least 732 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) batch B, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday. Mr Mustapha at a task force briefing said the COVID-19 test was conducted on the corp members using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDTs)…