Medical

To douse the fear of contracting Coronavirus, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Health, Ahmed Yahaya has convened a stakeholders meeting to commence an awareness campaign on prevention of the disease. Addressing the stakeholders at the state Ministry of Health in Lafia, ...

A sick Chinese national (names withheld) was kept under close observation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, pending the outcome of medical tests. He was suspected to have contacted the Coronavirus disease following several coughs, as he disembarked ...

Two foreign nationals, who were suspected to have contacted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from Asia, have tested negative to the disease in Lagos State, Chief Incident Commander of the virus, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Sanwo-Olu disclosed that medical examination at ...

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong has disclosed that government has taken adequate preemptive measures in the last 72 hours to checkmate any circumstances that could lead to outbreak of Coronavirus in the state, insisting that there ...

The Kano State government has alleged that some federal agencies and airline operators at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) have refused to comply with standard screening procedures meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Besides, the state Ministry ...

Newly-elected president of the European-African-Hepato-Pancreato-Bilary Association (E-AHPBA) Nigeria chapter, Professor Rowland Ndoma-Egba, has urged Nigeria to lead the crusade in researching on liver cancer and come up with sustainable solutions. Expressing concern over the pervasiveness of the fourth deadliest and ...

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted that Nigeria may experience drug insecurity due the outbreak of Coronavirus in China, saying the situation portends danger for the country. Briefing the media yesterday in Abuja on ...

Besides Egypt, which already has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), researchers and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have identified Algeria and South Africa as African countries most at risk while Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and ...

A former Governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion, has stressed the need for medical practitioners in the country to improve on patient care, research and teaching to attain national and global standards. Igbinedion spoke at the inauguration of Abiodun Olatunbosun ...

Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that the primary healthcare centres have been standardised to provide 24 hours service. He made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja while declaring open a two-day meeting with commissioners of health from the ...