Switzerland Armed Forces are set to deploy troops to help in containing the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 1,000 people in the country.
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The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, made this known at a press briefing on Friday in Abeokuta
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday announced that the COVID-19 outbreak could be viewed as a pandemic.
The NCDC Director General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja
The World Health Organisation has called on all countries to continue efforts that would be effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19, as confirmed cases surpasses 100,000 globally.
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 World Health Organisation has estimated that more than 900 million people or one in every 10 people would have disabling hearing loss by year 2050.
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
Moeti, in a statement posted on the organisation’s website, said Senegal reported its first case of COVID-19 on Monday, becoming the fourth African country to confirm the virus
He spoke against the backdrop of the rapid spread of the virus around the world, a situation some blame on governments’ failure in affected countries
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says one of its staff in Iran Country Office has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).
His death comes as other top Iranian officials have contracted the virus
The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this on the agency’s Twitter handle: @WHO
The total number of deaths from the disease in mainland China reached 2,912, according to the National Health Commission, while four new deaths in South Korea brought the death toll in the country up to 22
The Ogun State Government and Lafarge Africa confirmed this development at the Lafarge facility during an on-the-spot-assessment by the host state government, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, World Health Organisation teams and the Industrial Director of Lafarge Plc
Their strategy includes posing as WHO representatives to solicit money or information from unsuspecting members of the public, the UN agency said on its website
Governor Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this at a press conference on Friday evening, said the 28 people would be quarantined for the next 14 days
The global flu epidemic that originated in China has caused more than 2,700 deaths to date
The affected Chinese, who returned seven weeks ago from China to Nigeria, has been isolated
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja