A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the discharge of nine coronavirus [COVID-19] patients after they tested negative for the disease. The total number of...
Gombe State has tested 3,668 people for coronavirus [COVID-19] disease in two weeks, an official disclosed on Monday. The Chairman of the state’s Taskforce on COVID-19,...
India to convert railway coaches to COVID-19 centres as hospitals run out of beds. India’s government says it will provide 500 railway coaches to be converted...
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, commenced an indefinite strike on Monday. Speaking with Newsmen in Ilorin, the UITH...
The Speaker, Bauchi State House Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Suleiman, has urged legislators to submit themselves for the COVID-19 test, to curb the spread of the disease...
Dr. Madewa Adebajo, Medical Director, Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, on Monday urged Nigerians to embrace blood donation as a regular practice to help sustain patients in...
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria on Monday, June 15, commenced a nationwide strike after the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum. NARD President, Dr...
Oyo State Covid-19 pandemic has risen up to 491 cases. The Oyo State Government confirmed 22 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of...
An Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr Abosede Lewu, on Sunday called for preconception care to prevent and manage diabetes which could lead to reproductive challenges, delay in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised governments, national health authorities, and national blood services to collaborate to ensure systems and infrastructure are in place to...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa’s COVID-19 pandemic case update is over 230,000 victims. The Regional Office of WHO for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says clinical trials are underway to evaluate the effectiveness of using plasma from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients, to reduce...
The Bauchi State House of Assembly has donated N10.5 million to the state task force committee on COVID-19 and Lasser fever to complement its effort in...
Coalition Against COVID (CACOVID) donates isolation centre and medical equipment to Bayelsa State. The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) donated a 48-bed isolation centre and...