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Nurses ask for increased protection, welfare for COVID-19

Nurses working in all other healthcare facilities across Lagos State on Sunday appealed to the state government to extend its welfare packages to them as they are daily exposed to high hazardous environment. he nurses, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Lagos State chapter, made the appeal in a statement in Lagos. Read More…

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Late Abba Kyari passed away at a Lagos hospital, LSMOH confirms

Perhaps to dispel the numerous conjectures surrounding where the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari was treated and, unfortunately, passed away, the Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) has come out clear the air. In a statement issued late Saturday, 18th April 2020, the LSMOH said: “Following enquiries on the passing Read More…

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NIMR wants NCDC to expand case definition for COVID-19 testing

Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director-General (D-G), Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), has urged the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to expand case definition for COVID-19 testing. Salako made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. “In the last one week or so, there have been Read More…

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Over 6,000 tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria, men majority

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says of the 6,649 people tested for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), nationwide, there were more males than females. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General (DG) of NCDC, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Abuja. Iheakweazu said NCDC data revealed that Read More…