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Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases increase to 196,487 with 597 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 196,487 on Tuesday…
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Bed occupancy in Lagos COVID-19 care centres hits 53%
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the bed occupancy level in the state’s…
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Cholera: Anxiety mounts in Ogun community as 10 feared dead
Anxiety is mounting in Magboro Community of Ogun over a suspected cholera outbreak, from which about 10…
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Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa is NCDC’s new Director General
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director General of the Nigeria…
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Cholera: NCDC announces 65,145 suspected cases with 2,141 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced a total 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including…
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FG meets with JOHESU to avert nationwide strike
The federal government says it will meet with the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and Assembly of…
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Buhari sets up health sector reform committee, names Osinbajo as chair
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the setting up of a Health Sector Reform Committee to commence the…
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120 outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio reported in Nigeria
The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund, UNICEF, in Nigeria, Dr Peter Hawkins, has disclosed that…
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COVID-19: Wike threatens to re-impose lockdown in Rivers
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says government may be constrained to re-impose the suspended COVID-19…
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Storage limits for sperm, eggs, embryos in UK increased to 55 years
Storage limits for eggs, sperm and embryos would be increased to a maximum of 55 years under…