Russia registered the first death of a patient infected with the coronavirus on Thursday, an elderly woman who had been hospitalized in Moscow, health officials said.
The 79-year-old, who had tested positive, was hospitalized on March 13 and had several other conditions including diabetes and heart problems, Moscow’s coronavirus response headquarters said on social media.
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On the 14th of December 2020, 201 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 73,374 cases have been confirmed, 66,314 cases have been discharged and 1,197 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 201 new cases are reported from 11 states-Kaduna (74), Lagos (53), Katsina (40), Rivers…
Odion Ighalo says becoming a Manchester United player is a dream come true. Ighalo sealed a last-gasp Deadline Day loan move to United from the Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua. The former Watford striker touched down at Manchester Airport on Sunday morning and said he is relishing the chance to prove himself at Old…
ran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi has tested positive for coronavirus, a ministry official said on Tuesday. “The coronavirus test for Mr. Harirchi, the deputy health minister who was on the front lines combating the coronavirus, was positive,” Alireza Vahabzadeh, a media adviser to the health minister, said in a tweet. According to Aljazeera, Harirchi coughed…
DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. The 11th Ebola outbreak in the vast central African country’s history comes just weeks before it…
Six patients being treated for the coronavirus have recovered and will soon be discharged by the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lagos. Tunde Ajayi, special assistant to the Lagos state governor on health, disclosed this on twitter on Thursday afternoon. He wrote: “Six of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon. There is something…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has promised to focus on the lessons learnt from the just-concluded Support to National Malaria Programme Phase 11 (SuNMaP 2), to eliminate malaria in the country. Ehanire, stated this at the SuNMaP 2 dissemination meeting, on Tuesday in Abuja, adding that Nigeria will soon be declared malaria-free, like…