The Nigerian Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has said he is not aware if health workers treating coronavirus patients are being paid hazard allowance. The minister made the disclosure during a meeting with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 and the leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday, a video published by Channels TV on YouTube
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The Federal Government has stated that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control would monitor and ensure the overall quality of medical supplies that were brought into the country from China yesterday. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known in a statement, where he stated that the team was not in
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The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday said the 15-man team of Chinese medical experts who arrived the country on Wednesday has entered 14 days isolation and will be tested for COVID-19 in line with global best practices and government advisory. The government said the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC),
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The Federal Government has said that conducting mass testing for Coronavirus in Nigeria would not be feasible now given the nation’s over 200 million population. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after the arrival of the Chinese experts and some equipment in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the
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The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, had earlier at a press conference in Abuja on Monday said the country had 36 cases of the dreaded Coronavirus. But at 11pm on Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its twitter handle said the cases had increased to 40. The centre stated, “Four new cases of
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Nigerian Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire Friday said that the second confirmed case of coronavirus in the country has tested negative for coronavirus and will be discharged from care. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who disclosed this while briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, also said that the index case is clinically stable and is
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The Nigerian Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has announced a second confirmed case of Coronavirus in Nigeria. It was learnt that the victim had contact with the Italian that brought coronavirus to Nigeria. The victim was said to be one of those under isolation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed this in a tweet
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Nigerian government Monday said there have been few challenges in tracing the contacts of some of the passengers on board the same Turkish Airline flight which brought the Italian citizen confirmed with Coronavirus in Nigeria last weekend. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja said that information available
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