The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country requires N1.6 billion emergency funding to fight Coronavirus (COVID19).
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The Federal Ministry of Health says it is yet to access funding from international donors on Coronavirus (COVID19) preparedness in the country and that all expenditures on it are domestically funded.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, at a media update on COVID-19 in Abuja on Friday, said the contacts had been monitored since the announcement of the first confirmed case
The authorities at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday commenced screening of staff and visitors as part of deliberate efforts to check possible spread of coronavirus.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, made this known when he appeared before the Senate leadership to brief the lawmakers on the level of preparedness to tackle Coronavirus in Nigeria
The Minister said this on Sunday on a Channels Television programme: “Sunday Politics.”
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has revealed that the four Chinese nationals quarantined in Plateau State have tested…
The Federal Ministry of Health has pledged to implement the recommendations and summary presented by the Joint UN Mission to Nigeria on Tuberculosis and Non-Communicable Diseases.
The Federal Ministry of Health has pledged to implement the recommendations and summary presented by the Joint UN Mission to Nigeria on Tuberculosis and Non-Communicable Diseases.
Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that the authority has adequate screening equipment on ground.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this while answering questions from newsmen on Friday in Abuja on measures put in place to prevent the spread of the disease
The Federal and Lagos States Governments have told Nigerians about their preparedness for the containment of Coronavirus since the confirmation of its presence in Lagos State in the early hours of Friday.
The Federal Government has released N386 million to two health agencies to strengthen Coronavirus preparedness in the country.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government will soon establish a special laboratory to boost the testing capacity of Lassa fever in the country.
The Federal Executive Council says Nigeria has obtained reagents needed for testing and detection of Coronavirus.
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.
Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, says Nigeria has not recorded any suspected case of Coronavirus.
Nigeria, with the help of World Health Organisation has acquired in-country capacity to test for coronavirus.
Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, said this at the Coronavirus Inter-ministerial Preparedness and Response Meeting with relevant key Ministries, Departments and Agencies on Friday in Abuja.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Abuja on Wednesday.