Category: Health
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COVID-19 fear grips Kubwa general hospital Abuja, all staff directed to go for test
Fear has enveloped the general hospital Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja the FCT. SGTV gathered that a consultant orthopedics unit in the hospital, whose identity we choose to conceal has tested positive for coronavirus as well as HOD pediatrics. The CMD, Muideen Lasisi however instead of ordering for their isolation in line with NCDC’s…
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COVID-19: Toilets, sales outlets to remain shut in places of worship
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has issued fresh guidelines as places of worship re-open across the country. The Centre on Saturday said public toilets and sales outlets in churches and mosques must be shut during services. According to the guidelines posted on its website children and people aged 60 and above are encouraged to…
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Kwara loses second COVID-19 patient, discharges 18 others
Kwara State on Tuesday announced the death of a 50-year-old COVID-19 patient, the second since the pandemic broke out in the state. The female patient had serious underlying medical conditions, according to a statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor/Spokesman, Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Wednesday. “We regret to…
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50 lives lost as mysterious death hits Jos
Authorities of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State have expressed concern over strange deaths in the council in recent times, as the number of deaths and burials have surged to 50 within three weeks in various cemeteries across the council area. A source close to the biggest cemetery in the city, the Zaria…
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Panic as doctors begin strikes next amidst upsurge in COVID-19 cases
The National Association of Resident Doctors, the umbrella body of all doctors working in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike effective Monday, June 15, 2020. The association said the call to strike also includes doctors attending to COVID-19 patients and other emergencies. The National President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, said this…
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Abia governor Ikpeazu tests positive for COVID-19
The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tested positive for COVID-19. This is contained in a release signed by the state commissioner of information John Okiyi Kalu on Monday. This is after the governor’s status dropped samples twice for the test. This is the him the fourth governor to test positive for the virus. ”Recall…
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COVID-19: NCDC discharges Kogi’s controversial index case
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has discharged the controversial index case of the dreaded coronavirus in Kogi State. The index case who is the chief imam of kabba, Sheikh Abubukar Ejibunu was discharged from the National hospital, Abuja and he is now Hale and hearty, according to NCDC authorities. Ejibunu was discharged on…
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Enugu government, Nigeria Army receive Ooni of Ife’s motorized modular fumigators
In his continued efforts to support the government in the fight against COVID-19, Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has donated four of his locally fabricated motorized modular fumigators to the Enugu State government as well as Nigerian Army. The Royal Father’s Covid-19 Team is currently on a tour…
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COVID-19: Negative result no more required to discharge patients – NCDC
The Director-General Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the centre had revised the COVID-19 case management guidelines in line with recent recommendations of the global health management body WHO. This is even as Nigeria has joins the United Kingdom and other countries of the world to initiate moves on raising funds in…
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Ex-governor of Ondo passes on at 80
The former Governor of the Old Ondo State Bamidele Olomilua is dead. He was 80 years old. He died at his country home, Ikere Ekiti in the early hours of Thursday. His corpse has been deposited at Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti. His son and Commissioner for Information and Values in Ekiti…