Nigerian doctors are going on strike amid the coronavirus outbreak to protest against overdue salaries and unsafe working conditions, reported the BBC. The doctors, from Nigeria’s capital Abuja, said their salaries were delayed by two months since Abuja authorities introduced…
VANGUARD Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Tuesday disclosed that the third reported coronavirus case in the state, came through the British Airways. Abayomi who gives regular updates on coronavirus and other health related issues, said via…
VANGUARD President, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Francis Faduyile, has called on the federal government to close border against countries with high cases of coronavirus. Speaking in Lagos, Faduyile said that the time has come for the country to close…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa THE Coronavirus, Covid-19 borne by an Italian flying on the wings of the Turkish Airlines, slipped undetected into Lagos on February 24. The carrier went through the airport process, spent the night at a hotel in…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa Coronavirus: LI WENLIANG, 34 was an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, China. In December 2019, he noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like Sars. The victims were said to come from the…
PREMIUM TIMES World Health Organization has called for the promotion of regular and thorough hand-washing hygiene saying coronavirus (COVID-19) can be contacted when someone infected coughs or exhales. The global health body said that people can contract the virus if…
SAHARA REPORTERS China has placed visa restrictions on Nigerians pending when the Coronavirus ravaging the country was contained. The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, on Monday said the embassy had stopped the issuance of…
PREMIUM TIMES The Federal Government has assured Nigerians of its readiness to strengthen surveillance at five international airports in the country to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The five international airports are in Enugu, Lagos, Rivers, Kano and the FCT.…
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