Lagos reacts to report of coronavirus in Gowon Estate
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The workers, numbering at least 300, have sustained the protest for about 11 days to press home their demand for the reversal of the pay cut by the Imo State Government
The United Nation Children Fund on Tuesday said 1,115 children have died from acute malnutrition in Borno State between January and December 2019.
A Medical Researcher, Prof. Rosemary Audu, says a 2018 research study revealed that no fewer than 40 per cent of people with Lassa fever, earlier treated and discharged, were still excreting the virus.
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, says the Executive Order 5 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari will make Nigeria self reliant and less dependent on other countries.
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has urged medical practitioners to prioritise medical service in Nigeria rather than travelling abroad for greener pasture in order to make more income.
As Nigerians join the rest of the world to mark the 2020 Internet Safety Day, Seember Nyager, Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google, on Tuesday commended the Federal Government for introducing online safety in schools’ curriculum.
China’s National Health Commission reported that 103 of the 108 new deaths occurred in the central province of Hubei, where the outbreak first began
This, a statement by Fayemi’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, explained, is in line with the administration’s determination to key into global best practices that will improve the quality of lives of the citizens
The Federal University of Technology Akure says there is no Lassa fever patient in its health centre contrary to report being circulated on the social media.
The Osun State Government says it will engage consultants to go round the state to fumigate and get rid of rats and rodents that may cause health hazards, including Lassa fever.
The Plateau State Government has warned Head Teachers and Cooks in the 1,990 schools benefiting from the Schools Feeding Programme in the state to be conscious of Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
A group, Save Climate and Democracy Naija, has called for more united actions against the Lagos State Government’s ban on the operations of motorcycles and tricycles.
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria recognises science and technology in development process and will, therefore, ensure adequate resource allocation for research and development.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Osagie Ehanire, says Lagos State in collaboration with the Ministry of Health is well prepared and ready to contain the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infectious disease, if eventually it breaks out in Nigeria.
The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the state about a month ago.
The Nigerian Medical Association in Ondo State says its members are not scared of treating Lassa fever patients in the state.
The Oyo State Government has promised not to relent in its efforts to create conducive atmosphere for all the people of the State to develop their potentials and work towards achieving better life for all it citizens irrespective of their social background.
The Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Disease Control and African Field Epidemiology Network over the weekend begun a surveillance tour of livestock and bush meat markets across the State to test animals for components of monkey pox.
The death toll thereby surpassed that of SARS, a respiratory disease, which caused a global health scare in the early 2000, and which also began in China