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Africa Can’t Run Away From Coronavirus, Medical Expert Says

A medical professional, Abu Clement Okolo, has stated that Africa can’t run away from Coronavirus, therefore the necessity to embrace the rules given by the World Health Organisation. Clement, who spoke to SaharaReporters on the preparedness of Nigeria and Africa as a complete, stated it’s unimaginable to foretell the potential turnout of occasions in Africa as many […]

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Lagos Government Seals Agege Central Mosque Over Violation Of Ban On Public Gathering

  The Lagos State Government has sealed the Agege Central Mosque for violating its ban on public gathering following the outbreak and continued unfold of Coronavirus within the nation. Olusegun Fafore, Executive Assistant to Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on New Media, disclosed that the choice was taken as a result of greater than 20

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Medical Product Alert N°3/2020

This Medical Product Alert warns consumers, healthcare professionals, and health authorities against a growing number of falsified medical products that claim to prevent, detect, treat or cure COVID-19.  The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2) has increased demand for medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and reagents, all related to COVID-19, creating an opportunity for

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Amidst Coronavirus, Ogun Health Workers Underpaid By Tao Bakare

Tao Bakare Tao Bakare As the global pandemic continue to hold the world to ransom, nations all over the world continue to search for the ‘messiah vaccine’. Despite the fact that Covid-19 has successfully exposed even the supposed perfect and big countries in terms of inadequate health facilities, Cuba have come to the rescue. However,

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Legal Issues Arising From Management Of Covid-19 Patients By Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem

A lot of legal issues are bound to arise as an aftermath of the outbreak of Coronavirus otherwise referred to as COVID-19.  There is therefore a need to shed light on some of the issues that may arise and how to navigate them. This article will x-ray the rights of patients, the rights of health

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OHCHR, IOM, UNHCR and WHO joint press release: the rights and health of refugees, migrants and stateless must be protected in COVID-19 response

In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate – but many refugees, those forcibly displaced, the stateless and migrants are at heightened risk.  Three-quarters of the world’s refugees and many migrants are hosted in developing regions where health systems are already overwhelmed and under-capacitated.  Many live in overcrowded camps, settlements, makeshift shelters

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Medical Product Alert N°2/2020

This Medical Product Alert relates to a confirmed falsified human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD) that has been identified circulating in Guyana and Kenya. Through its Global Surveillance and Monitoring System (GSMS) for substandard/falsified medical products, WHO was informed that at least 8,240 falsified rapid diagnostic tests to detect HIV-1/2 have

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