Category: Health

POST-COVID-19: WHAT PRESIDENT BUHARI IS DOING, AND WILL DO, BY PRESIDENCY

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There is global anxiety on what the future holds for humanity post-COVID-19, particularly in respect of the economy, healthcare, job security, and general wellbeing. Naturally, Nigerians are not immune from the disquietude, as they belong to the global community. Below is a checklist of some measures that President Muhammadu Buhari has taken, and will further take, to make life abundant for Nigerians. This should assuage some apprehensions: An economic team, headed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning has been set up to examine the impact of COVID-19…

COVID19: Niger state records third confirmed case ……as 43 passengers repatriated to state of abode

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A third case of COVID19 has been recorded in Minna,Niger state. This was made known by the Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services Dr Muhammad Makusidi Dr Makusidi explained that the COVID19 patient who is over 30 years is a driver from Kano State and was driving-pass Minna towards Kano when he was intercepted for flouting the Niger State COVID19 movement restriction order. The Commissioner said the driver was tried by the mobile court and quarantined, where his sample was taken to Abuja for test and it returned positive. He…

COVID19: Niger Govt reiterates compulsory use of face mask, says violators risk arrest

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Niger State Government has reiterated the compulsory use of face mask in the State for every one that must step out of house. The State Government warned that violators will be prosecuted. The government further explained that supermarkets, corner shops and bakeries are allowed to operate as essential service workers, while restaurants will only be allowed to operate on take away service basis. They were however warned to avoid overcrowding while provisions are made for hand washing items and sanitizers at their entrance. Strict monitoring will be done by government…

Coronavirus: The media is on the frontlines by Eugenia Abu

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For years as an active Broadcast Journalist, I hardly got time off and was on duty back to back as the news never ends. This state of things was daunting for my family and pretty stressful for me. While people took breaks at weekends, I would be on duty on a fine Sunday morning. The profession had chosen me and I had also chosen it. This kind of schedule that I had meant that during many Christmas holidays I was either on an editorial team at work or I was…

Oyo releases phone number, service code for pre-COVID-19 screening …tasks residents to report suspected COVID-19 patients

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Oyo State Government has released a number and a service code for pre-COVID-19 screening in the State, urging residents to dial the code or the number and follow the procedure to determine whether or not they need to get tested for the novel Coronavirus. The platform for the service code and number, which were both donated by Interswitch, are: (service code) *723*19*6#; and (number) 014400028. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, stated that the number and service code platforms offer preliminary…

Gov Sani Bello inaugurates 7-Man committee to check activities of private hospitals

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has constituted a Seven-man Committee to investigate the reported cases of frequent loss of lives in private hospitals practising in the State. Governor Sani Bello inaugurated the Committee at the Government House, Minna,Niger state capital. He mandated the Committee to check the activities of government Doctors who are also engaged in private practice as it came with its own challenge which was generating a lot of outcry from the public. “Some of the Doctors operate in little clinics for their own financial benefits and…

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A MONUMENTAL DISASTER UNFOLDING IN KANO By Usman Yusuf

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There is a disaster currently unfolding in Kano with rising death rates particularly among the elderly that is not getting the National attention it deserves. While some may explain this increasing death rates to the lack of medical care for the chronically ill due to the lockdown (which in any case is poorly observed and enforced in Kano), we should not forget that these same preexisting medical conditions make the elderly more vulnerable to infection and death by Covid-19 Kano, the most populous city in Nigeria will if urgent measures…

COVID-19: Oyo govt commences decontamination, fumigation exercise

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The Government of Oyo State, on Monday, kicked off the decontamination and fumigation of all necessary areas in the State as a way of containing the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The Government said the decontamination was one of the steps to control and contain the spread of COVID-19 in the State, adding that corporate entities, owners of business spaces and other identified organisations are expected to carry out a similar exercise on their premises. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa,…

Who is the Winner and Who is the Loser? The Case of Covid-19 Pandemic

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We all face the sorrow and calamity of losing our beloved ones from time to time without notice. My friend Dr. Yusuf Ishaq Rabiu wrote an article titled why Muslims are not afraid of covid-19. This is not to say, the Muslims are welcoming the disease but did not place the position of it beyond its proportion. Muslims face the situation with their eyes open. In other words, the temporary situation comes with the permission of Allah either to punish the sinners, to serve as a warning for the people…

COVID-19: It’s not yet time to relax lockdown order,NMA tells Governors

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The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has cautioned state governors against relaxing the lockdown order declared in the wake of novel coronavirus in the country. The NMA, in a statement Friday, signed by its president, Dr. Francis Faduyile and Secretary-General,Dr. Olumuyiwa Odusote, respectively said its attention “has drawn to some isolated statements negating the established measure of preventing COVID-19- social distancing; and orders by some state governors authorising the mass observance of Jumat prayers and Easter Sunday services.” “We, therefore, pray all authorities concerned to rescind their decision in the interest…