COVID-19: Four die, 90 test positive in Nasarawa

No fewer than four patients have died of coronavirus in Nasarawa State. Also, the state government announced that 90 persons have tested...

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812 health workers infected with COVID19 - NCDC boss, Chikwe Ihekweazu says

The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, today revealed that not less than 812 health worke...

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Four die as fresh Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo

DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemi...

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Coronavirus is weaker than it was during the height of the pandemic - Italian doctors say

Coronavirus has weakened and is no longer as potent as it was when the outbreak started. According to doctors in Italy, patients are show...

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100-year-old Indonesian woman beats COVID-19 (Photos)

A 100-year-old Indonesian woman has recovered from COVID-19, making her the country’s oldest survivor of the deadly disease. The woman, K...

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82-year-old hypertensive patient recovers from COVID-19 in Osun

An Eighty-two-year-old woman has recovered from COVID-19 in Osun state. The state Commissioner for Health, Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed t...

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WHO says there is no evidence that COVID-19 is transmitted via breastfeeding

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said there is no evidence that COVID-19 is transmitted via breast milk, even when a nursing mothe...

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France stops hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment

The French government said Wednesday that doctors can no longer treat COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a controversial and poten...

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Africa’s COVID-19 cases now over 115,000 – WHO

The World Health Organisation on Tuesday reported that coronavirus cases in Africa as of May 26, have risen to over 115, 000. The WHO Re...

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We’ll continue hydroxychloroquine clinical trials – NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it will continue hydroxychloroquine clinical trials for the treatmen...

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Thailand begins COVID-19 vaccine trials on monkeys

Thailand is conducting tests on macaque monkeys as it races to produce a cheaper, alternative coronavirus vaccine it hopes will be ready b...

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COVID-19: WHO suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns

The World Health Organisation said Monday that it had “temporarily” suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatme...

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Hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis, others account for 70% COVID -19 deaths - Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire

Dr Osagie Ehanire has said that 70 percent of Nigerians that have died from the novel Coronavirus in the country are persons with hyperte...

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Lagos Health Commissioner reveals why the state has more Coronavirus cases than Kano

The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has revealed why the state has more cases of Coronavirus than Kano which it sh...

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Lagos to admit only severe cases of Coronavirus at isolation centres

Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has announced that they will now be concentrating on people with severe cases and...

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Brazil recommends chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment

Brazil’s health ministry on Wednesday recommended the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat even mild cases of COVID-19, a tr...

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Sit-at-home to avoid harassment from security agents – Lagos NMA tells Doctors

Following the arrest of 50 health workers in Lagos on Tuesday, the Lagos state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Wednesda...

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Rwanda takes delivery of robots that can screen ‘150 people per minute’ for Coronavirus (photos)

The Rwandan government has taken delivery of 5 humanoid robots which can screen and deliver foods and drugs to those suffering from Coron...

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Large doses of vitamin D won’t do anything to help or prevent Coronavirus - Scientists say

Scientists have dismissed claims that ‘mega doses’ of vitamin D can protect or prevent against the novel Coronavirus. However, they have ...

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Presymptomatic coronavirus patients can contaminate environments ―Study

Coronavirus was detected on several surfaces in hotel rooms where two presymptomatic Chinese students were quarantined before being diagno...

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