Category: Health

COVID-19: No confirmed case in Oyo— Commissioner …says state on high alert, warns residents to practise personal hygiene

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The Oyo State government, on Thursday, allayed the fears of residents of the state on the Corona Virus pandemic, declaring that there was no confirmed case of the disease in the state yet. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello, who made the disclosure at a press conference held at the Agodi Secretariat, maintained that following the confirmed cases of the virus in neighbouring states, all facilities in the state were on high alert and that resources have been deployed to facilities in case of unforeseen circumstances. A statement…

NIGER STATE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ON COVID19 (CORONA VIRUS)

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The followings are Niger state of preparedness on COVID19 (coronavirus) and other diseases of Public Health importance: • Public and health caregivers sensitization and enlightenment using all communication media including phoning in programs in radios and NTA. • Intersectoral collaboration (Min. Of Information, Education and Environment). • Staff training and retraining especially: high level of application of universal precaution and a high index of suspicion for prompt diagnosis. • Emergency Medical Response Team strengthened. • Emergency Operation Centre on the “Watch mood”. • Collaboration with FMOH and NCDC on information…

COVID-19 : FG bans govt officials from foreign trips

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The Federal Government has barred its officials and civil servants from all forms of foreign trips over the Coronavirus outbreak which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Federal Government also advised private citizens to cancel all travels abroad until pandemic abates. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced this on Tuesday night after the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Task Force on coronavirus.

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COVID19: An Irregular Migrant By Khadijah Shehu Bamall Migration has been loosely described as movement from one point to another. But such movement whether regular or irregular in tune with modern day parlance, must be focussed and purposeful. Recent global event has however redefined the concept of migration in terms of the diasporic nature of the coronavirus disease. As at the last count, the disease is now in 77 countries including Nigeria. One might want to disagree since coronavirus itself is not a person and irregular migration according to IOM…

Coronavirus: Lawan calls for more Isolation Centers

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday called for the urgent establishment of more isolation centers across the country as part of proactive measures against any further outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Lawan gave the advice at an interactive session between the senate leadership and officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) on the nation’s level of preparedness to contain the spread of the disease. “I imagine that we should have a standard set by the ministry or National Centre for Disease…

Coronavirus: Prof. Iwu’s team isolates compound for treatment, gets FG’s backing

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Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, said the Ministry would give all the support it could to Prof. Maurice Iwu and his team on their drug discovery project for coronavirus. The Minister said this on Monday when Prof. Iwu, former Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman and Chairman of Bioresources Development Group, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. The minister said some time ago, the ministry had given a charge to Nigerian scientists knowing they were capable of providing solutions to COVID-19. Onu said he had tasked…

Bill Gates: Coronavirus vaccine could be ready for large-scale trial by June

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Bill Gates, global health advocate and world’s richest man for 18 years, says novel coronavirus vaccine could be ready for large-scale trials by June 2020. Gates, who is the co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, also added that this virus has started to behave like a once-in-a-century pathogen. In a paper written for the New England Journal of Medicine, Gates said leaders have two equally important responsibilities: solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again. “The COVID-19 pandemic is an excellent case in point. The world needs to save…

CORONAVIRUS : Niger Govt to set up Emergency treatment centres ……as Gov Sani-Bello re-introduces monthly environmental sanitation

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The Niger state Governor ,Abubakar Sani Bello has directed that Corona virus emergency centre be set up in the State to prepare ahead of any eventuality since a case has been reported in Lagos. The Governor while addressing the newsmen in the state capital,Minna further directed the state Ministry of Health to ensure that it establishe coronavirus emergency centres in Minna, Bida, Kontagora, Suleja and New Bussa. The Governor who noted that the country has been grappling with the fight against malaria, Lassa fever and now coronavirus got the Ministry’s assurance of…

Senate President solicits WHO support on tuberculosis eradication

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has appealed to the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to lend their support to the Nigerian Government towards ensuring the eradication of tuberculosis in the country. Lawan made the appeal when a delegation of the United Nations Programming Mission paid a visit to his office at the National Assembly, Abuja. The Senate President said, “This is the time for us to prioritize our enlightenment, education and even investment in non-communicable disease as well. “We are very grateful for your support…

Dr Kana: the Man Who Changed Medical Hajj Operations in Nigeria, awarded

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A director in the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, has left his footprints as head of the National Medical Team of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON); a position he held after rising from an ordinary member of the team in 2002 and steadily rose to the highest position as Commissioner in charge of Health in the NAHCON. Dr Kana, who has been described as the man who changed the story of Medical Hajj operations in Nigeria now heads the Saving One Million Lives Program for…