Browsing Category
Health
How MAKKAH eye specialist hospital leads Nigeria’s fight against visual impairment
As an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Albasar International Foundation has succeeded extensively in spreading its activities of eradicating vision impairment amongst people and established a branch in Bauchi State,…
Lagos Govt. seals 16 illegal pharmacies, others
No fewer than 16 substandard, unregistered pharmacies, patent medicine stores, and premises have been put under lock and key by the Lagos State Government for operating illegally in the state.
As stated, the 16 facilities in different…
COVID-19 new variant cases, death toll drop globally
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has disclosed that available records show that there was a global decline in cases of coronavirus new variants and related fatalities amid the pandemic second wave.
The task force explained…
Nigeria readies for COVID-19 vaccines delivery in 10days
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that barring any last minute changes, the country would take delivery of coronavirus vaccines in next ten days and that vaccination would follow immediately.
He indicated…
Lagos to begin verifying COVID-19 test results through mobile app, generated codes
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that it has developed a mobile application and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-codes (USSD) to verify and validate the authenticity of COVID-19 PCR tests done within the private laboratory…
Six million Covid-19 vaccines shipment suffer delay due to US weather
Severe weather conditions across the United States (US) have affected the delivery of over 6 million coronavirus vaccine doses expected to have been shipped to different locations across the country.
Due to the delay in shipment of the…
Just In: NAFDAC approves UK vaccine for COVID-19 treatment
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of United Kingdom vaccine, AstraZeneca, for the treatment of Nigerians coronavirus-positive patients, in order to flatten the virus curve.…
LASG targets 3m Lagosians for health insurance enrollment before 2022
.as LASHMA reels out benefits to healthcare delivery
As part of effort to provide better healthcare system for Lagosians, the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) has concluded plans to rapidly expand the health…
FG seals fake COVID-19 test centre in Abuja
The Federal Government has put a COVID-19 test centre in the Federal Capital Teritory (FCT) Abuja, under lock and key for issuing fake results to Nigerians patronising the center to ascertained their status for the dealdy respiratory…