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
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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.
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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.
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The Federal Medical Centre, Owerri is desirous of recruiting professionally committed Hospital interns into its internship Program in the following specialties: A. INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME Internship in Pharmacy Internship in Medical Lab. Science Internship Dental Technology Internship Dental Therapy Internship in Physiotherapy Internship in Nursing (only university graduates from January, 2017 are eligible) Internship in Radiography […]
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747 New COVID-19 Cases, 86 Discharged And 4 Deaths On August 4 Lagos-488 Akwa Ibom-121 Oyo-29 Rivers-25
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No fewer than 150 Nigerian doctors interested in practicing in the United Kingdom are currently waiting to take the clinical examination, the result of which will decide their eligibility to practice in the UK, The PUNCH has learnt. It was further gathered that the coronavirus pandemic delayed the examination usually conducted by the General Medical […]
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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.
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Residents of Kano and Jigawa states have blamed lack of access to potable water and poor sanitation for the cholera outbreak reported to have caused at least 295 deaths between March and July in the two North-western states. About 195 persons died from the disease in Kano, while over 100 persons lost their lives in […]
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The house officers are currently undergoing training in hospitals across the nation. The Federal Government through the Ministry of Health (FMOH) has given an order to house officers not to join the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD).
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The United Nations is concerned about situations where COVID-19 vaccines have gone unused, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday, stressing that the world body can only help get doses into arms at the request of governments.