HEALTH

El-Rufai: Compliance with Covid protocols will avert lockdown

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2020

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has stated that the state government is counting on the cooperation of citizens in containing the surge in Covid-19 infections, explaining  that a lockdown is not the immediate focus of the Kaduna State.  The governor, who made the appeal during a media chat with some

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We’ll ensure polio-free communities – Ogun govt.

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2020

Ogun State Government says it is committed to sustaining the eradication of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) and interruption of the Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in border towns and the State at large. To this end, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker assured the public that no outbreak of polio would be recorded in […]

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COVID-19 is a lie from pit of hell – Oyedepo

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2020

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (also known as Winners Chapel), David Oyedepo, has stated that COVID-19 is not real but rather a lie from the pit of hell. He made this assertion during a sermon on the second day of this year’s Shiloh, an annual gathering of members of the Living […]

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Yellow Fever Claims 172 Lives In Nigeria- WHO

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2020

By AFP A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday. The outbreak poses an extra challenge to the country’s health system as Africa’s most populous nation deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, several concurrent disease outbreaks and a humanitarian crisis in the northeast, the WHO said. Nigeria has […]

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Breaking: UK approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2020

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in the United Kingdom. The UK has now become the first country to approve the company’s vaccine. Officials at the Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said the vaccine will be made available “from next week”. “The Government has today accepted the recommendation from the […]

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Rep Ottah Agbo explains passion for fighting drug addiction

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2020

…Begins sensitization of constituents on the ills of drug abuse The House of Representatives member representing Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency, Dr.Francis Otta Agbo, has said he is committed to winning the war against drug abuse in order to save the youths in his constituency and beyond from the harmful effects of the menace. Dr. Ottah Agbo, […]