HEALTH

Breaking: Egypt records first COVID-19 case in Africa

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2020

Egypt’s health ministry on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, making it the first in Africa. The nationality of the person was not given in the joint statement with the population ministry, which added that they had shown no “symptoms”. Authorities have notified the World

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Condom Day: We encourage people to share love, not HIV -DG NACA

Daily Dispatch February 13, 2020

The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Dr. Gambo Aliyu, has stressed the need for people to share love not HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, STDs. Aliyu said this in commemoration of the International Condom’s Day, ICD, celebration which is observed annually on February 13 to 14 through Valentine’s Day […]

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Nigeria gets three testing centres for coronavirus

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

The federal government has acquired necessary reagents to test for suspected cases of the Novel Coronavirus in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this at the briefing after  Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House. The Minister also disclosed that Nigeria has set up three laboratories across the country to […]

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Mysterious new virus with unknown origin emerge in Brazil

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

A mysterious new virus of completely unknown origin has emerged from a lake in Brazil leaving scientists puzzled. It has been named Yaravirus after Yara, a supernatural mermaid who lured soldiers underwater to live with her. Researchers found over 90 per cent of Yaravirus genes have never been seen before, making it ‘mysterious’ and wholly […]

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COVID-19: Good news from China

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

The proportion of patients who recovered from COVID-19 in China increased to 10.6 percent on Tuesday from the lowest 1.3 percent on Jan. 27, Mi Feng, an official with the National Health Commission, said Wednesday. The number of cured patients had seen relatively rapid growth, and the epidemic situation also had some positive changes in […]

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China virus death toll passes 1,110

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic climbed past 1,100 on Wednesday but the number of new cases fell for a second straight day, raising hope the outbreak could peak later this month. As Beijing scrambles to contain the outbreak, the number of people infected on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast rose to 174 […]