HEALTH

Unilorin set to make COVID-19 vaccine research breakthrough

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2020

The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says it will soon produce a vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The institution said this in a Bulletin issued on Monday that a team of medical experts and scientists led by a Professor of Medical Virology, Prof. Mathew Kolawole, is working on the project. It

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Pregnant woman dies of COVID-19 in Abeokuta hospital

Daily Dispatch May 3, 2020

The Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman in the facility as a result of contracting coronavirus. The Head of Clinical Services (HCS) of the hospital, Dr. Fidelis Ojeblenu, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta. The hospital was thrown into confusion on Saturday, as people […]

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WHO staff tests positive for coronavirus

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2020

An unidentified staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) has tested positive for coronavirus in Bauchi, the State Ministry of Health has disclosed. This brings the total number of active cases in the state to two as five patients including the governor recovered from the virus and were earlier discharged. According to the statement from […]

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COVID-19: Why we are making 1 million face masks –Makinde …says State working with IITA, IART to ensure food security post COVID-19

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2020

Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that the state government has resolved to produce one million face masks for use of the people of the state as a measure of fighting the spread of the novel coronavirus in the State. Governor Makinde, who made this known while addressing newsmen at the Government House, […]

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Men constitute majority of over 6,000 tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria – NCDC

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says of the 6,649 people tested for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), nationwide, there were more males than females. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General (DG) of NCDC, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Abuja. Iheakweazu said NCDC data revealed that […]

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COVID-19: FG makes fresh revelation on coronavirus symptoms, warns Nigerians

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2020

Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, has warned Nigerians that COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms are still very highly infectious. The minister explained that mild symptoms in one person could be deadly infection in another. Ehanire spoke on Thursday, at the daily press briefing by members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The Minister said, […]