Health

Philanthropist Bill Gates has told the BBC that a vaccine is the only way to end the coronavirus crisis.But a coronavirus vaccine could be available for some people in autumn this year, says Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar.…

Chairman of the Gombe State Task Force on Covid-19, Prof Idris Mohammed, has revealed that that the Personal Protective Equipment donated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the North-East Development Commission are not complete…

Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade has directed civil servants from grade level 10 to return to work from Tuesday insisting that people are safe with masks.This was made known in a statement signed by Ayade's Special Assistant on media…

The Nigerian Medical Association has warned state governors against relaxing the lockdown order being part of measures to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.In a statement signed by its president, Dr. Francis A.…

NEW: Number of confirmed deaths from coronavirus reached 100,000 worldwide.Coronavirus testing in South Korea:1. Drive to a testing station 2. Stay in your car 3. It takes less than 10 minutes 4. Results texted to you the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that 13 new cases of COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in KanoAs at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 70 have…

The Government of Osun state has disclosed that 10 of the 17 Patients at Ejigbo Isolation centers have been tested negative twice of Coronavirus.This was made known by the Governor of Osun state, Gboyega Oyetola through his verified…

The US death toll overtake Italy's to become world's highest.There have now been 19,701 deaths reported by the US, according to John Hopkins University. That compares to 19,468 reported by Italy's government.Regardless of which…

Yesterday, the sixth case of Covid-19 in Kaduna State was diagnosed. This was disclosed by the State's Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, in a statement on Saturday.According to Dr. Mohammed-Baloni, the patient is a male…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has announced the discharge of additional four COVID19 patients from its Gwagwalada Isolation Centre.The discharged four patients brings the total number of discharged to eleven (11) in the FCT as at…