FG can’t cope with increasing coronavirus cases – Minister
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said the Federal Ministry of Health has shortlisted for further investigations, three Nigerian drugs, which have the potential to cure COVID-19 or treat its symptoms. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this on…
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School reopening: FG seeks cooperation of private owners
The Federal Government has called for cooperation from owners of private institutions of learning ahead of school reopening. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Wednesday, made this known during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The minister said the government was working on modalities to achieve social…
Lifting ban on religious gatherings impulsive
FACED with the task of devising the most effective strategy to curtail the coronavirus outbreak, some state governors are choosing pious platitudes over straightforward scientific choices. All over the country, governors are competing to outdo one another in declaring churches and mosques open for congregational worship. With COVID-19 yet to peak in Nigeria, this is…
COVID-19: With fewer tests, Nigeria ties with Ghana, Algeria in death burden
With a total of 221 COVID-19 deaths, Nigeria, with estimated population of 205.5 million recorded a total of 7,526 confirmed cases which is equivalent to one death per million population according to data from the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, JHU, released on May 23rd, 2020. From the data, Nigeria has lower death burden per…
Time to restructure is now — AFENIFERE, OHANAEZE, MIMIKO
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. John Nwodo, elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, have asked the Federal Government to take advantage of coronavirus pandemic to restructure the country, saying Nigeria was currently operating an illegal constitution foisted on the people by the military. Speaking…
FG confused over management of Chinese COVID-19 medical team –Okechukwu, Reps’ Dep minority leader
I don’t know which one is traditional medicine. Anything that is manufactured in the United States, whether it is a synthetic drug or not, is a traditional medicine. Whatever is manufactured in Nigeria is our own traditional medicine. If we talk about herbs – things that come from plants, most of them (drugs) have roots….
Ondo, Borno, Edo, five others reject home treatment for COVID-19 patients
Amid the rising number of cases and the refusal of some persons who test positive for COVID-19 to go to isolation centres, many states have said they will continue to treat the infected patients at isolation centres rather than resort to home treatment option. They noted that getting persons who had tested positive for the…
Lagos doctors, nurses always abandon isolation centre patients — Survivor
A survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State has asked the government to pay more attention to the welfare of coronavirus patients being isolated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. The female survivor, who asked to be identified simply as Bimbo, said after the admission of patients, many of them were left to cater…
Lagos begs doctors as NMA orders indefinite sit-at-home
The Nigerian Medical Association in Lagos State has asked its members to embark on an indefinite ‘sit-at-home’ over alleged harassment and intimidation of medical workers by security agents in the state. The NMA on Wednesday gave the directive in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr Saliu Oseni, and Secretary, Dr Ramon Moronkola, adding that…
Nigeria records 226 new cases of COVID-19, total infections now 6401
Nigeria has recorded 226 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 6401 . The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Tuesday. The centre said that one patient died of coronavirus-related complications in the country, bringing the total number of fatalities to 192. It…