Category: Health

The death of an American, who reportedly died of the Corona virus in Ekiti State has been confirmed by the government yesterday. It also disclosed the positive case of the virus in a patient in the State. The American, who was 27 years old, was visiting Nigeria from Richmond, Virginia, USA, in the company of his caregiver, a Nigerian female age 31, of Ekiti origin. The Ekiti State Taskforce on Covid-19 said the state recorded an incidence of a Nigerian male, 38 years old, of Ekiti origin, who tested positive…

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The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) on Wednesday, confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria within the last 36 hours, bringing a total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 8. The minister of health, Dr. Osagoe Ehanire  explained that out of the five new positive cases 3 arrived from the United States, while 2 came in from the United Kingdom. “We are still collating information on the travellers; 2 of the 3 from the US are Nigerian, a mother and child, making the 6 weeks old baby the youngest…

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All government officials, including public and civil servants, have been barred from travelling abroad by the Federal government. The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 announced the decision after a closed-door meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the committee, Boss Mustapha, while briefing journalists, said the ban took immediate effect and affected all trips earlier approved. He said, “After due consideration and the trend of the spread of the novel Coronavirus, and subsequent declaration of the outbreak as a pandemic by…

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The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose  travel restrictions on visitors from countries where   coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However, Nigeria has decided to screen visitors entering the country from China (where the disease originated last year), Japan, Iran, Italy , Germany, France,  South  Korea and Spain. The killer disease was brought to Nigeria by an Italian man who arrived in Lagos aboard a Turkish Airlines plane on February 24. He travelled from Lagos to Ogun State before he was quarantined in the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. There has been other…

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Ogun State Government has said it has deployed security officials to man the entrances to the areas where a large number of Chinese live in the state. The Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Communications, Remmy Hazzan, said this on Wednesday. Hassan said the state government adopted the strategy to ensure that the self-isolation of these nationals were effective. He added that the action was to stop the possibility of any of them manifesting coronavirus symptoms without being noticed by the relevant authorities. He said, “What we have done is…

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The policy that spouses of pregnant women seeking antenatal care in Lagos public hospitals must compulsorily make blood donation before their pregnant wives could be registered for antenatal care has been struck down by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Monday. The court, in a judgment by Justice Raliat Adebiyi, declared the practice as “arbitrary, unfair and a violation of human rights as enshrined in Section 38(1) of the 1999 Constitution.” Striking down the policy, which had been in existence for years, Justice Adebiyi described it as unconscionable,…

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To carry out its wide range of medical services, the University College Hospital, Ibadan is currently running on a total of 75 generators. The Chief Medical Director, UCH, Prof. Jesse Abiodun Otegbayo, made this disclosure on Monday during an event to mark his first anniversary in office. The CMD, who said power supply was the greatest challenge confronting the medical institution, said the efficiency of the hospital in the area of medical research, training and treatment were challenged by erratic supply. Otegbayo said, “I would say that the three major…

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