HEALTH

N20billion COVID-19 allowance paid to health workers- Mamora

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

The Federal Government says it has paid N20 billion as COVID-19 allowance to health workers in the country. This is according to the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. “We’ve been able to disburse close to

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COVID-19 protocol violators made to sit in caskets

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

A task force set up to ensure compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols has punished violators by ordering them to sit in coffins inside a hearse. The Probolinggo COVID-19 task force took the unusually weird measure in East Java, according to a report by Jakarta Post. It ordered dozens of people at Maron Market to get into […]

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FG approves new test kit for HIV

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2020

By NAN The Federal Government has approved the inclusion of Wondfo HIV I and II rapid test kits for use to stem spread of the scourge in the country. The National Coordinator, National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCP) Dr Akudo Ikpeazu, made the this known while presenting the evaluation report on the kit, on Tuesday in […]

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El-Rufai reveals cost of treating COVID-19 patient

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2020

Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed that it costs about N400,000 to treat a COVID-19 patient in the state. The governor revealed this while urging traditional rulers from the North to continue sensitizing their people on the dangers of the pandemic. “The amount is as a result of the increasing cost of […]

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Nigerian doctors begin strike over pay, facilities

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2020

By AFP Nigerian doctors in state-run hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday to demand a pay rise, better welfare and adequate facilities, union leaders said. The industrial action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which represents some 40 percent of doctors, is the latest in a string of stoppages by medics to […]

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Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases nears 1.3m

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2020

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), on Sunday, said the number of coronavirus positive cases has risen to 1,291,724 in the continent. Africa CDC also said that the death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic climbed to 31,056. The African Union (AU) Commission’s specialised healthcare agency said the number of COVID-19 […]