Health

WHO Says There’s ‘High Risk’ Ebola Will Spread From Guinea

There is a "very high risk" that an Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea could spread to neighbouring countries, the World Health…

4 years ago

Covid-19: Tanzania’s Main Hospital Installs Steam Booths

Tanzania's main referral hospital has installed four steam inhalation machines to treat respiratory problems. Muhimbili National Hospital director Lawrence Maseru…

4 years ago

Britain’s Prince Philip, 99, Has Successful Procedure for Pre-existing Heart Condition

Britain’s Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, underwent a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition on Wednesday,…

4 years ago

Nigeria’s Federal Government Says No Covid Vaccines for States without Cold Stores Security

Nigeria’s federal government on Thursday foreclosed access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine it received on Tuesday to states without adequate…

4 years ago

Nigeria Governors Meet Thursday Over Distribution of Covid Vaccines

The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states of the federation will on Thursday meet to discuss modalities for the distribution of…

4 years ago

IOC Aims to Vaccinate as Many Tokyo Olympic Participants as Possible

A five-party meeting was held on Wednesday for the Tokyo 2020 games where the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach…

4 years ago

Kenya Receives One Million Vaccine Doses Via COVAX Initiative

Kenya has received just over one million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in the first batch from the global COVAX…

4 years ago

Vaccines Are Optional, No Nigerian Will Be Mandated to Take One, Says Deputy Health Minister Mamora

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4 years ago

Quality Assurance Key in Successful Covid-19 Vaccination, Former Disease Control Boss Prof. Nasidi Says

The pioneer Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Abdulsalam Nasidi has called for quality assurance in ensuring mistakes are averted when Nigerians begin…

4 years ago

India Promises Nigeria 100,000 Doses of Covid Vaccines

After taking delivery of 3.92 million doses of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) at the Nnamdi…

4 years ago