Health

DELTA STATE COVID-19 UPDATE 5 new Positive cases of Covid-19

DELTA STATE COVID-19 UPDATE 5 new Positive cases of Covid-19 reported in Delta State. 4 from Warri South and 1 from Oshimili North Total confirmed cases is now 22

Red Cross trains volunteers on COVID-19 response in Niger State

The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and the National Headquarters of the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) says it has commenced training of 20 selected volunteers from Niger onRead More

Expert warns men, women ‘smoking away their babies’

Dr Abosede Lewu, an obstetrician and gynecologist, has warned that male and female smokers experience a higher infertility rate than non-smokers. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) onRead More

Delta State COVID19 Update

FG open to development, distribution of COVID-19 vaccine —Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government intends to examine every possible option in the development and distribution of a vaccine against the COVID-19 disease. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande,Read More

COVID-19 vaccines now in phase 3 clinical trials– WHO

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, says a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Ghebreyesus made this known at a virtualRead More

Germany’s biotech firm gets approval for COVID-19 vaccine human trial

German biotech firm CureVac has won permission to start human trials of a promising coronavirus vaccine, regulators announced on Wednesday. The Paul Ehrlich Institute, the German body responsible for assessingRead More

Stephen Keshi Stadium hosts 70-bed isolation centre

A 70-bed isolation centre has been sited at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba by the Delta State Government following the rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The SecretaryRead More

Family Members Invade Delta COVID-19 Isolation Centre, Escape With Patient

Family members of a COVID-19 patient allegedly invaded an isolation centre at the Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Delta State, on Monday and escaped with their loved one. Our correspondent gatheredRead More

COVID-19: Kogi rejects NCDC results, insists state still free

The Kogi State Government has rejected the two index cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The State commissioner for health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, in a pressRead More