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…
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…
KUALA LUMPUR: The areas of Covid-19 have been categorised into 4 zones primarily based on the quantity of instances in an space by the Ministry of Health (MOH). National Security Council (MKN) in its response to the often requested query (FAQ) on the second part of the Movement Control Order (MCO 2) mentioned that the…
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…
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,…
The world is gripped in the Coronavirus reality and the immense panic and disruption it brings along with it. This virulent scourge has cut a path less trodden by viruses, as it infects and spreads with little regard for all the norms of red tape that has allowed the murder and official disappearance of many,…
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…
JOHOR BARU: Only immediate family members are allowed to accompany a body when it is taken to a Muslim cemetery, in efforts to contain Covid-19 virus, during the Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been extended until April 14. Johor Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman Tosrin Jarvanthi said this is one of the guidelines which…
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…
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…