Health

The Federal government says it has disbursed the sum of N4.5bn to 31 Teaching Hospital across Nigeria to settle the resident doctors.

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ohanire, revealed that considering the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country he called treating the virus with caution because the fatalities will increase. The Minister made this statement in Abuja on Thursday during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily briefing. Ohanire, however, stated that there were measures that when followed strictly, could limit the spread of the deadly virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, leaving the devastating disease endemic in only two countries and bringing the world one major step closer to achieving this goal of ending polio for good. “The outstanding commitment and efforts that got Nigeria off the endemic list must continue, to keep Africa polio-free,” said WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. “We must now support the efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan so they soon join the polio-free world.”

The country on Tuesday recorded 490 new cases of coronavirus infections.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that it has confirmed a fresh 403 cases of the COVID-19 in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed for the second time in one week, it has broken the record of its daily toll of the new COVID-19 cases in the country recording 681 cases in one day.