The Nigeria Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire had Thursday announced that more than 40 health workers, including doctors in the country have tested positive for coronavirus. He said it had become critically important for health workers to maintain a high index of suspicion and protect themselves adequately with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the
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Nigeria, Thursday recorded additional 108 cases of COVID19 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), bringing the number of people that have tested positive for COVID19 to 981 just as over 40 frontline health workers were said to have tested positive. The new cases are in Lagos (78); Federal Capital Territory (14); Ogun
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The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, had tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo and Dr Ismail Ajibowo, Chairman and Secretary of the guild respectively, made this known on Thursday in Lagos on the Instagram account of the guild. Medical Guild
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Despite the rising cases of COVID19 in Kano State, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that COVID-19 test laboratory centre in Kano has suspended operations. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that it’s barely two weeks the NCDC activated COVID-19 test centre at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano and the facility has already run
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Eight babies and toddlers at a Tokyo care centre have tested positive for the coronavirus after a staff member contracted the disease, its operator said on Wednesday. Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, which operates the facility, said the affected children had been hospitalised, while another 21 tested negative and were under observation. The facility is for
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Nigeria recorded the highest number of COVID19 Cases in the country on Thursday with a total of 117 new cases. THE DAILY VENDOR reports the breakdown as follows: 59 in Lagos29 in FCT14 in Kano6 in Borno4 in Katsina3 in Ogun1 in Rivers1 in Bauchi As at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed
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The Nigerian Government has raised the alarmed over a fake coronavirus vaccine, which it said was on sale in Kano State. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the government on Tuesday warned resident of the state against patronizing hawkers of the fake substance. “You must ignore the Vaccine being hawked in Kano which is called ‘COVID19
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the death of a 45-year-old Nigerian man who returned from India following COVID19-related complications in Lagos State. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, THE DAILY VENDOR reports. Abayomi said, “No new case of
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The Abia State government has announced that the state has recorded two cases of coronavirus on Monday, The commissioner for information in the state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, revealed this in a statement. Kalu says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the cases. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the test result of one Prosper
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Death of a Nurse in Borno State has created panic after news broke out that the deceased many have died of COVID19 related ailment. THE DAILY VENDOR gathered that the nurse who was said to have had contact with so many people within and outside the hospital died on Saturday at the University of Maiduguri
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced an alarming seventy new cases of #COVID19 within 24 hours in Lagos State alone. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the latest breakdown of cases released Sunday night by NCDC showed that the country between 10:55pm Saturday 18th April and 11:50pm Sunday 19th April recorded eighty-six new
Read moreThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced an alarming eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 in the country. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that Lagos has continued to record the highest number of cases, as it accounts for 70 cases in the latest number of infected persons released at about 11:50pm Sunday. While the FCT accounts
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An employee of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Bauchi State Office has tested positive for coronavirus. The new case brings the total number of cases in the state to two. Confirming the report, Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, said the result of the patient was received in
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The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has announced that a medical doctor at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). Makinde revealed this on his verified Twitter handle late Saturday night. “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case; a doctor at the University College Hospital Ibadan came back POSITIVE
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Ekiti. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the centre said in a tweet, “as at 10:40 pm 18th April
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