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Breaking: Two FCT doctors die of COVID-19

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2020

Two more doctors have succumbed to the coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory in the past two weeks, the FCT Administration has disclosed. It explained that a female doctor with the Gwarimpa General hospital, passed on two weeks ago while a private medical doctor died last week, bringing

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We must test COVID-19 vaccines before giving it to Nigerians – NMA

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2020

The Nigerian Medical Association on Monday said COVID-19 vaccines being imported into the country must undergo a quick clinical trial before it is administered to citizens. According to the NMA President, Professor Innocent Ujah, reactions to vaccines differ among different races. “If the vaccines come to Nigeria, we need to quickly do our own evaluation […]

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Popular Public speaker, Ubong King dies of COVID-19

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2020

Popular Nigerian public speaker, Ubong King, is dead. The late Ubong reportedly died in Lagos on Saturday, December 26. He was reported to have died of coronavirus (COVID-19 ) The deceased is survived by his wife, Unyime Ivy-King, and four children. Ubong until his death was the founder of Protection Plus Security Limited and former […]

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Breaking: Nigeria’s Women Affairs Minister, Tests Positive For COVID-19

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2020

The country’s Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has tested positive for the coronavirus disease. Tallen tested positive after a routine test conducted on her and members of the family. According to a statement she personally signed on Saturday, the minister said she was asymptomatic but was advised to go for the test which returned […]

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COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last —WHO

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2020

The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organisation’s chief said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks but doing nothing to prepare for the next one, in a […]

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Seven COVID-19 patients die in hospital fire

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2020

Seven coronavirus patients were killed in a fire accident at a hospital north of Cairo, the Egyptian capital on Saturday. Five other people were injured in the blaze that razed the intensive care unit of the hospital in Obour district. Local media sources said it was not immediately clear what caused the fire, but that […]