COVID-19
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, to submit a detailed report on the use of the N100bn COVID-19 intervention funds approved and released by the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari to ministries, departments and agencies between 2020 and 2022. The […]
The World Health Organization and US health authorities said Friday they are closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is currently unknown. The WHO classified the new variant as one under surveillance “due to the large number (more than 30) of spike gene mutations it carries”, it wrote […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have called on the Oyo State Government to strengthen CSOs’ involvement to improve Routine Immunization (RI) and increase utilisation of COVID-19 vaccines in the state. They made the call as part of their recommendations at the end of a two-day review and validation […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has urged Nigerians to prevent the onset of a full-fledged fifth COVID-19 wave by adhering to recommended public health safety measures. The NCDC noted this in its COVID-19 public health advisory issued on Friday amidst the rising cases of infection in the country. The agency said […]
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