By Seun Ibiyemi The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has issued a travel advisory for passengers arriving Nigeria from Brazil, India and Turkey with a $3500 fine on airlines that violate the travel protocols set for specific countries. The committee…
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) Task Force on COVID-19 has said that the pandemic has taught humanity to see and treat everyone as one and the same. “The pandemic has taught us to love one another; it has taught us…
By Tina Omoregie, Abuja The Victim Support Fund has donated a total of sixty-thousand test kits to the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) in response to combatting the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. While making the donation during the…
Mikano International Ltd. on Tuesday donated 50, 000 pieces of non-surgical disposable face masks to Osun government. The Chairman of the company, Mr Mofid Karameh, who made the donation in Osogbo, said the gesture was to support the state government…
Dr Ruqayya Wamakko, the Director, Primary Healthcare Unit, FCT Primary Health Care Board (FPHCB) says COVID-19 adversely affected its services, especially routine immunisation in the territory. Wamakko made this known in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in commemoration of…
Since it broke out in China more than a year ago, the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit every aspect of life, halting progress in every human endeavour. Total lockdowns, social distancing, wearing of facemasks and other measures taken to…
The United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to health workers in 33 facilities in Ogun on Thursday to curtail COVID-19. The equipment include examination and surgical gloves, facemasks, hand sanitisers, hand wash, disinfectants, safety goggles and…
Gombe State Deputy Gov., Mr Manassah Jatau, on Wednesday said no fewer than 44 people, including two health care providers, died of COVID-19 complications in Gombe State in one year. Jatau, who is also the chairman of COVID-19 Management Committee,…
Akwa Ibom has vaccinated 25, 039 frontline workers against COVID-19, Commissioner for Health, Prof. Augustine Umoh, said in Uyo on Wednesday. “The total number of persons vaccinated in Akwa Ibom State as of April 19 is 25, 039,’’ he said.…
The Nigeria Infectious Diseases Society (NIDS) has described vaccination as a most effective way to prevent infectious diseases like COVID-19. The president of NIDS, Prof. Dimie Ogoina, said this in an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, allaying…
