By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has come out of isolation after testing negative to COVID-19. The Governor had about week ago gone into isolation for treatment after his COVID-19 test returned positive. Announcing his status Wednesday in Makurdi, Governor Ortom said his sample was two days ago taken again […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,634 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 133,552. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Recall that the country has so far tested 1,302,410 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was […]

World Health Organization experts on Wednesday inspected a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan that some US officials said could have been the source of the coronavirus, as global vaccine hopes rose with strong results reported for Russia’s Sputnik V jab. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown no signs of slowing down even as vaccines are rolled out, […]

By Dennis Agbo Findings of collaborative research between the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, and Ikeoha Foundation, has indicated that there is a vital role of the road transport sector towards containing the spread of the coronavirus disease. The research, “A survey of innovative road transport solutions in Nigeria in response to COVID-19 pandemic”, was […]

By Sola Ogundipe As the second wave of the COVID-19 infections continues to surge, it is on record that 4 in 10 of the world’s deaths are unregistered and in the African region. Currently, only 1 in 10 deaths is currently recorded, according to the first-ever global assessment of country health information systems released by […]

Tributes flooded in from across the UK on Tuesday following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old military veteran who won British hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic. Moore, who raised nearly £33 million ($45 million, 37 million euros) for health service charities, died in hospital in southern England on Tuesday morning […]

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Some students of Osun State School of Nursing have reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease. The development, according to sources, made the management of the school to encourage students to go for COVID-19 test. It was gathered that about five students were at the weekend discharged from the isolation centre, having […]

 Say vaccine to cover 40% of the population Say approach must shift from emergency response to strengthening the resilience and sustainability of the health system Say by October 2020, testing capacity has expanded to over 70 laboratories across the 36 States, FCT By Henry Umoru – Abuja The thirty- six State Governors under the aegis […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Presidential Task Force, PTF on COVID-19, Tuesday, hinted that testing laboratory for the virus will soon be established at the State House Clinic. Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the commissioning of State House Clinic Special Care Centre (COVID-19 […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 75 healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one week across the country. Its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Ihekweazu said that the number of healthcare workers getting infected was becoming […]