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COVID-19: 20 doctors tests positive in Kwara

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2021

At least twenty doctors have been tested positive for COVID-19 at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH. According to the President of UITH chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Badmus Habeeb, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin,

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COVID-19: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Health Centre shut down

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2021

Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, has shut Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Health Centre in Aboru, to curb the spread of coronavirus. David Famuyiwa, the LCDA Chairman, recently ordered the closure of Meiran Primary Health Care (PHC) after a staff member tested positive to the virus. In a statement on Tuesday, Famuyiwa […]

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COVID-19: FG to vaccinate 103m Nigerians for free

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2021

The Federal Government has made provision in the 2021 budget to pay for the vaccination of around 103 million Nigerians or 50 percent of the population against COVID-19. Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation Ben Akabueze made this disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday during the budget 2021 budget breakdown. According to Akabueze: “There […]

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Danger! 60 Lagos-Ibadan railway workers contract COVID-19

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2021

No fewer than 60 Lagos-Ibadan railway project workers have tested positive for COVID-19, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated. He told reporters that the development will affect the January 2021 completion date of the project. According to him, it was important to reschedule the proposed January 2021 inauguration date even though no life has […]

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WHO announced Ebola Vaccine stockpile

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2021

By Oluchi Ihediuche The World Health Organisation, (WHO) in partnership with other United Nations agencies and humanitarian organisations, has announced the establishment of global Ebola vaccine stockpile WHO, in a statement posted on its website, announced that the vaccine stockpile would help to control future epidemics by ensuring timely access to vaccines for

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Ebonyi state government frowns at private testing of Covid 19 in the state

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2021

By Oluchi Ihediuche Ebonyi State government has directed the fumigation of public places and establishments as well as announce measure put in place to curb the rising cases of Covid 19 in the state. Speaking through a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Daniel Umezurike on Tuesday in Abakaliki, he said the fumigation […]