The Federal Government has released more guidelines that will prevent the spread of COVID-19 as more states fully reopen schools on Monday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which disclosed this on Thursday, stated that schools had been directed to conduct COVID-19 risk assessment every week. The NCDC also disclosed that local governments and states […]
The federal government on Monday June 1, lifted the ban on religious gatherings across the country. Chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19 and secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha made the announcement during the daily briefing of the task force today. Mustapha said relaxation of restriction on places of worship is based on guidelines […]
Nurse Mike Schultz shocked followers when he shared a recent photo to show how COVID-19 affected his body. The formerly buff nurse was almost unrecognizable in the new photo he shared from the hospital. The 43-year-old nurse from San Francisco shared a before-and-now photo to his 30,000 Instagram followers. The picture on the left was taken about […]
The World Health Organisation on Thursday advised governments to clinically test a herbal drink touted by Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina as a remedy against coronavirus. The COVID-Organics infusion is derived from artemisia – a plant with proven anti-malarial properties – and other indigenous herbs. Rajoelina hopes to distribute the infusion across West Africa and beyond, […]
Doctor George Díaz who treated the first COVID-19 patient in the United States said on Monday he fears a second outbreak of the disease when lockdown measures are lifted. George Díaz’s first patient, diagnosed in January in Washington state, has already recovered after receiving remdesivir, an experimental drug that the US approved on Friday for […]
The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he does not regret telling his health officials to treat COVID-19 patients with Chloroquine. Mr Mohammed said this while responding to the backlash from people who felt such authorisations are exclusively reserved for professional medical personnel. Mr Mohammed, who was the index case of COVID-19 in Bauchi, […]
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) is currently leading the race to make a breakthrough in production of the first ever vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a bulletin issued on Monday, the school said that a team of medical experts and scientists led by Prof. Mathew Kolawale of Medical Virology, is working on the project. According to the University, the Kolawale-led research […]
President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that more Americans will die in reopening the US economy but underlined his insistence on a dwindling coronavirus threat by refusing to wear a mask, even as he toured a mask-making factory. Asked by ABC News whether the lifting of social distancing measures and reopening of the shuttered economy will lead to […]
A Former World Health Organization doctor has rubbished the two metre social distancing rule put in place by most governments of the world, saying it should be scrapped as it has no scientific backing. Different countries have different guidelines on social distancing, which is based on the idea that the closer you are to someone […]