Category: HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Federal Government has revealed it is going to churches to vaccinate members against the dreaded coronavirus. The revelation was made on Tuesday.

The court ordered Obaseki and Edo government not to enforce a directive that all residents must be vaccinated before entering some places in the state. Plans by Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Edo government to enforce compulsory COVID-19 directive in the state has been stopped by the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, capital of […]

The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Mrs Juliana Bitrus has confirmed that 43 people have died as a result of cholera outbreak in the state. Bitrus, who made the confirmation at a briefing yesterday in Maiduguri, the state capital, said the state had so far recorded 559 suspected cases.

The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination kicked off in Anambra on Tuesday. Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, the Executive Secretary/ CEO, Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ANPHDA,) who spoke at a ceremony to mark the commencement of the vaccination exercise, said 71,892 doses of two brands of vaccines were available.

He emphasized the need to provide clean water supply to all affected communities in order to prevent water-borne diseases among the populace. According to a report by The PUNCH, the Chairman, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, Prof. Ibrahim Bukar, has confirmed the death of 35 people within two days by cholera in Pulka, […]

460 New COVID-19 Cases, 209 Discharged And 1 Death On August 30 Rivers-164 Lagos-139 Edo-61 FCT-37 Bayelsa-20 Oyo-14

The Edo government has given civil servants in the state’s ministry of health a seven-day ultimatum to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. According to a memo issued on Monday by Fredrick Irabor, permanent secretary of the ministry, any staff member who fails to receive the vaccine within the period would not be allowed into office.

Katsina recorded the highest number of deaths for the reporting week with 19 deaths, followed by Bauchi with 16, while Niger recorded 7. It has been revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the death toll from suspected cholera infections across the country currently stands at 2,035.

747 New COVID-19 Cases, 86 Discharged And 4 Deaths On August 4 Lagos-488 Akwa Ibom-121 Oyo-29 Rivers-25

This was disclosed on Thursday by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker. As many as 35 persons have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 at the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camp in Sagamu, Ogun State.