COVID-19: Delta Government Raises Concerns Over Neighbouring States Yet To Close Borders

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Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa As the unfold of the dreaded Coronavirus illness continues, the Delta State Government has raised issues over neighbouring states but to shut their borders.Addressing journalists over the problem on Monday, Commissioner for Information in Delta, Charles Aniagwu, stated, “Our neighbouring states are yet […]

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Covid-19 vaccine in about a year: Health DG

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PUTRAJAYA: A vaccine for Covid-19 is predicted to be obtainable in the market in about a 12 months as checks and analysis on it’s nonetheless on the early section, in line with Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He stated the World Health Organisation (WHO) are nonetheless wanting into a few compounds and analysis

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Chagas disease: providing free paediatric medicine can enhance diagnosis and treatment

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Documentation resulting in the donation of an important antiparasitic medicine for the treatment of Chagas illness to the World Health Organization (WHO) is within the ultimate stage of preparation. A 3-year settlement, between the Mundo Sano Foundation1 (Brazil) and WHO, is anticipated to make obtainable 108 000 tablets of the paediatric formulation of benznidazole2 –

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Sierra Leone Records First Coronavirus Case

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Sierra Leone has recorded its first case of Coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday, making it the latest African country to register an infection. According to AFP, President Julius Maada Bio said that a 37-year-old man, who arrived in the country from France on March 16 had tested positive. “It was not a matter of

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Muhyiddin visits MAEPS low-risk patient Quarantine & Treatment Centre

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SERDANG: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today visited the Quarantine and Treatment Centre for low-risk Covid-19 patients at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) here. The prime minister was accompanied by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, Ministry of Health (MOH) secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Chen Chaw Min and Health director-general Datuk

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Coronavirus: Nigerian Government Evacuates Stranded NCDC Staff From Congo

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The Nigerian Government has evacuated staff of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control stranded in the Republic of Congo. In a statement, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Republic of Congo, Deborah Iliya, commended the government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs for deploying an aircraft to airlift the stranded personnel back to Nigeria. According to Iliya, the NCDC

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EXCLUSIVE: Two Nurses, One Doctor Infected With Coronavirus In Abuja Hospital

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Two nurses and a doctor have been confirmed to have tested positive for Coronavirus at a hospital in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The health workers, who are staff of a government hospital in Abuja, were part of medical personnel that attended to an infected person brought into the hospital. A senior medical worker at the hospital

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Lagos Government Says Coronavirus Cases May Rise To 39,000 In State

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The Lagos State government on Friday said that cases of Coronavirus in the city may rise to 39,000 in the coming weeks. Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof Akin Abayomi, made the comment on Friday during a briefing with journalists. He said, “Our mathematical modelling shows that the worst-case scenario is that we may

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Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world’s top producer

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KUALA LUMPUR: A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production. Malaysia’s Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories in the past 10 days due to a lockdown

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Covid-19: Malaysia preparing smartphone application to track movements

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is preparing a smartphone application that can track movements of individuals in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) Khairy Jamaluddin. He said a similar application had been launched in Singapore which has managed to successfully trace infections through the detection of

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