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Yearly Archives: 2020

COVID-19: NCDC to use ‘tuberculosis machines’ for increased testing

The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) has disclosed that modifying GeneXpert instruments will be part of their new testing strategy for COVID-19. According to...

‘Four-month-old baby tested positive for coronavirus in Kaduna’- El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai says 20 new cases of coronavirus disease have been confirmed in the state. The Governor who disclosed this in a...

Curfew: Again Gov. Ugwuanyi enforces lockdown in Enugu, issues serious warning

Enugu State governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Friday, again led a team to enforce the nationwide lockdown imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ugwuanyi, who...

N-Power beneficiaries will be paid soon – FG

Nigerian Government has announced that beneficiaries of the Social Investment Programme, N-Power, will receive their April stipend next week. The beneficiaries have been lamenting the...

Coronavirus: 3 patients to a bed as Indian hospitals near collapse

Packed morgues, bodies in wards, patients forced to share beds and medical workers run ragged: Mumbai’s war against coronavirus has pushed the Indian city’s...

Coronavirus: FG to increase weekly testing by over 9,000

The Federal Government may be able to increase its weekly COVID-19 testing by 9,100 following its readiness to repurpose the tuberculosis GeneXpert machines already...

Trump fires State Department investigator general

The US state department's inspector general, Steve Linick, has become the latest senior official to be fired by US President Donald Trump. Mr Trump said...

Police arrest native doctor, 15 other crime suspects in Enugu

A native doctor who specializes in making charms for armed robbers has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command alongside 15 other suspected...

COVID-19: Kaduna Catholic hospital sacks 120 workers

As the economy continues to nosedive as a result of lockdown arising from coronavirus crisis, a Catholic mission hospital, Saint Gerard Catholic hospital, Kaduna,...

COVID-19: Health Minister resigns after disagreement with President

Nelson Teich, Brazil’s Minister of Health, has resigned, Al Jazeera reports. Teich resigned on Friday after a month in office amid differences with President Jair...

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