Tag: COVID-19
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India releases new drug for COVID-19 treatment
India has begun distribution of a newly developed drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), to treat Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms. The drug reportedly reduces patients’ dependence on oxygen and hastens their recovery. It was developed by a laboratory of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. The distribution of the new drug…
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COVID-19 patient believed to be dead wakes up minutes to be cremated
A Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient who was believed to be dead has woken up minutes to when family members were to cremate her. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident happened at Mudhale village in Baramati, India. The family of the 76-year-old woman identified as Shakuntala Gaikwad was preparing for her last rites when she suddenly started…
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2021 will be a ‘far more deadly’ year of COVID-19 – WHO raises fresh alarm
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that 2021 will be a “far more deadly” year of COVID-19, as cases have begun to surge across the globe. “We are on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first,” organisation’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, according to news agency…
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No record of Indian COVID-19 variant in Edo – Obaseki
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday said that there was no record of Indian COVID-19 variant in the state, as was speculated on social media. The governor stated this in Benin at a news conference to provide an update on COVID-19 response in the state. Obaseki was represented by the state Permanent Secretary Ministry…
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[BREAKING] COVID-19: Bayelsa imposes dusk to dawn curfew
The Bayelsa State Government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in the state from 8pm to 6am daily. The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina Duba, in a statement on Friday, said the curfew was part of the measures to prevent the spread of the surging trait of the new variants of…
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COVID-19: NCDC records 1 death, 44 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported one more death in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease in Nigeria to 2,066. The centre also reported 44 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,559. The NCDC made the disclosure…
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SGF clarifies phase 4 COVID-19 lockdown
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha has clarified misrepresentation in the briefing of the PSC on Monday. Mustapha on Tuesday in Abuja said it was erroneously reported that the federal government had re-introduced nationwide curfew between 12 a.m. and…
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FG speaks on local production of COVID-19 vaccine
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start now in Nigeria. Ehanire made this known in Abuja, while explaining why local production of COVID-19 vaccines cannot start in the country at the moment as the world continue to fight vaccines nationalism. He attributed the delay to…
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COVID-19: FG extends work-from-home order for workers tíll June 11
As part of measures targeted at preventing the spread of deadly strains of COVID-19 in the country, the Federal Government on Monday extended its work-from-home directive for civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below. According to the Presidential Steering Committee On COVID-19 domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the…
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BREAKING: COVID-19: FG re-introduces nationwide curfew, shuts bars, restricts social gatherings to 50
The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12 am to 4 am curfew as part of efforts to combat spread of COVID-19. The National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Mohammed, disclosed this at a press briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 in Abuja. Mohammed said the curfew would take effect from midnight on Monday, May…