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COVID-19: Virology Dept affirms Oyo govt’s support, appreciates Makinde

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2020

…As govt insists total support to UCH, Virology Dept stand at N118.9m The Department of Virology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, on Thursday, affirmed the support of the Oyo State government to the COVID-19 Laboratory in the Department, noting that to date, the Virology Department

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Vitamin D reduces COVID-19 severity, deaths — Expert

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2020

The Deputy Chairman of Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, Professor Temitope Alonge, has says that higher Vitamin D levels due to constant exposure to sunlight may be responsible for the lower death rates and severity of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Professor Alonge said this while speaking with our correspondents in Ibadan on treatment protocol adopted by […]

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13 More Imo Lawmakers Test Positive For COVID-19

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2020

Thirteen more members of the Imo State House of Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The spokesman for the State Task Force on COVID-19, Chinedu Iwuala, confirmed this to Channels Television on Tuesday. This brings the total number of lawmakers in the state who are COVID-19 positive to 14. The infected lawmakers have gone into

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Rapists to get life imprisonment in Akwa Ibom

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2020

Governor Emmanuel Udom has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (2020) which empowers judges to hand down life imprisonment to anyone convicted of rape in Akwa Ibom state. The state’s commissioner for agriculture and women affairs, Glory Edet said the bill is aimed at discouraging the spate of violence in the society. Edet said; […]

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Resident doctors embark on indefinite strike

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2020

Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Monday, embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike. NARD President, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, announced this at a press conference in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Aliyu, however, stated that members working in various coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation and treatment centers across the country are exempted

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Resident Doctors Association exempts doctors treating COVID-19 from 2-week strike

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2020

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has exempted doctors treating COVID-19 patients at designated treatment and isolation centres from its two weeks industrial action commencing on Monday at midnight. NARD President, Dr Aliyu Sokomba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, during a press briefing on decisions taken at their virtual extra ordinary