HEALTH

NAFDAC reacts as strange disease hits Kano

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2021

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reacted to the outbreak of a strange infectious disease in Kano metropolis. Speaking to reporters on Monday, the State Coordinator of the agency, Shaba Muhammad, says the agency has collected water samples and flavour

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Wole Soyinka Receives Covid-19 Vaccine

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2021

Nigerian Author, Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has received his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was administered by Tomi Coker, Ogun state commissioner for health, on Friday. This was disclosed by Olaokun, Soyinka’s son, in a post via his Twitter handle.

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Oyo receives 127, 740 COVID-19 vaccines …to distribute vaccines in 33 LGs

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2021

The government of Oyo State, on Thursday, confirmed the receipt of 127, 740 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA), Abuja.A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the vaccines were received in Ibadan by the Oyo State […]

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Covid-19: Several European countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2021

Several European countries have suspended all or part of their AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out as a precaution while they investigate concerns relating to blood clots, but French and EU regulators say there is “no need” to halt vaccinations.  Danish health authorities on Thursday suspended all AstraZeneca vaccinations for two weeks after a 60-year old

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COVID-19: Oyetola, wife, deputy, others, get vaccinated

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2021

The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday took the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine at the Government House, Osogbo. The vaccine was administered on the Governor by the Chief Medical Director, Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Prof. Peter Olaitan. The vaccine was also administered on the Wife of the Governor, Kafayat, and […]

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Man dies after suffering three-hour erection from blood clots due to COVID-19

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2021

A coronavirus patient in the US suffered a painful three-hour erection due to a rare complication of the disease. The unidentified 69-year-old, from Ohio was diagnosed with the condition, known medically as priapism, while in hospital with a severe bout of Covid last autumn. He was admitted to the Miami Valley Hospital in August with severe […]