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Following the global fight against the Coronavirus and the need to boost recovery, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the use of dexamethasone, a steroid that has life-saving potentials, in the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General made the disclosure during a virtual briefing from Geneva, saying there is a need to increase the production of the drug for worldwide distribution. He said though "the data on it is still preliminary,” the recent finding has given the world a much-needed reason to celebrate.

Following the announcement of 436 new COVID-19 infections, Nigeria has on Sunday recorded over 20,000 Coronavirus cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement during its daily updates in Abuja, adding that the new cases were recorded in 18 states. Lagos states recorded the highest with 169 new cases while Oyo and Plateau have 52 and 31 new cases respectively.

The Federal Government has warned that Nigeria might begin to record many deaths due to coronavirus in the next three weeks, as testing capacity has been enhanced and this would mean more cases to be recorded.

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has today announced that it has suspended the nationwide industrial action it commenced last week with effect from tomorrow June 22, 2020.

The director of Immunization and Disease Control, Fatima Abdullah has on Friday disclosed that Niger State has in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic recorded an outbreak of measles in 13 Local Government Areas (LGA).

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