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Lagos Govt. engages 135 private hospitals for COVID-19 vaccination ahead 4th wave
In a bid to prevent possible COVID-19 fourth wave in Lagos, no fewer than 135 private health facilities have been enrolled into the State Government's mass vaccination strategy targeted at vaccinating over 4 million residents before…
Expert recommends intensive advocacy for under-five child mortality prevention
To address the increase in prematurity death rate, an expert in neonatology, Prof. Beatrice Ezeaka, has recommended that the Federal, State, and Local Government as well as, all other stakeholders in the health sector must embark on…
China records over 1300 COVID-19 new infections within 1-month
China has disclosed that the country was battling the spread of its biggest COVID-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant, with travellers from a city where infections have grown faster than elsewhere in the country subject to tough…
Buhari seeks approval for COVID-19 vaccine production in Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged world leaders and global health institutions to follow a regime of enabling access to the COVID-19 vaccines, admonishing that sidelining countries in terms of reach will undermine the entire effort for…
WHO approves India’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) has disclosed that it has approved Covaxin, a vaccine against coronavirus produced by India’s Bharat Biotech for emergency use as part of measures aimed at ensuring effective treatment protocols for the…
711 Nigerians test COVID-19 within 24 hours
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC) has disclosed that no fewer than 711 Nigerians have tested positive to coronavirus infection across Nigeria within twenty-four hours, bringing the total infections in the country to 211,171.…
Lagos Govt. suspends staff for COVID-19 test payment contravention
The Lagos State Government has suspended staff of a firm appointed to collect COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test payments from in-bound passengers and connect to approved designated private COVID PCR test centers over alleged…
247 Nigerians test COVID-19 positive within 24 hours
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that no fewer than 247 Nigerians across the country tested positive to coronavirus with 24 hours.
The national health body noted that the new cases of COVID-19 was recorded in…
Bayern Munich manager tests COVID-19 positive after vaccination
Bayern Munich has confirmed that the team's head coach, Julian Nagelsmann, tested positive for Covid-19 – even though he was fully vaccinated – having already sat out their Champions League win at Benfica with illness.
Nagelsmann missed…
Lagos Govt. mandates health insurance for residents, firms
As part of the efforts to attain a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) across Lagos, the State Government has made having a health insurance plan mandatory for residents, private and public organisations in the state.
It said that mandating…