Tag: COVID-19
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BREAKING: Minister of Health replaced over COVID-19 vaccine feud
For the third time since the start of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Czech Republic is getting a new health minister, the current minister announced on Wednesday. Jan Blatny announced that he had been recalled and that it had been a political decision by Prime Minister Andrej Babis. The decision is likely based on…
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At last, Kogi State begins COVID-19 vaccination
Kogi State began vaccination against Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday in Lokoja. First set of recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines were health workers and frontline essential non-health workers. Kogi took delivery of 16,900 doses of the vaccine on Monday. Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, flagged-off the exercise just as Dr Abubakar Yakubu, Executive Director,…
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COVID-19: It’s foolishness to have faith when God has provided vaccine- Ighodalo
Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, the Senior Pastor of Trinity House has slammed those who rely on faith to guard them from an infection he says God has already provided a vaccine for. TheNewsGuru recalls that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy condemned fellow pastors for counselling their congregation to take a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.…
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Why we asked States to halt COVID-19 vaccination halfway – FG
The Federal Government has explained why it asked all states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they used half of the doses allocated to them. Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, gave the explanation at Tuesday’s media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, in Abuja,. Mamora…
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Odumakin: Covid and Pseudo Death Claims – Michael West
By Michael West Death is inevitable. It is appointed to every man and woman to die but once, then, comes the judgment hereafter, says the Holy Bible. No death is sweet, but it could be a relief in some cases of malignant diseases, prolonged agony in sickness or in an invalid condition. At over 100…
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COVID-19: S/Arabia to allow only ‘Immunised’ pilgrims to Mecca
Saudi authorities said yesterday only people immunised against COVID-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month for Muslims. The hajj and umrah ministry said in a statement that three categories of people would be considered “immunised” – those who have received two doses of…
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India logs more than 100,000 virus cases in biggest spike so far
India, on Monday, reported its biggest-ever daily surge in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, with the country crossing 100,000 infections for the first time. There were 103,558 new cases in the past 24 hours, data released by the Health Ministry showed. India’s national count was more than 5,500 cases higher than the previous peak…
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Yinka Odumakin’s wife, Joe, mourns, confirms he died from COVID-19 complications
Wife of Late Afenifere spokesman, Dr Joe Odumakin an activist like her husband, Yinka Odumakin on Saturday in a short statement the news of his death. The bereaved wife said a part of her body has gone to the great beyond. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Odumakin who died in the early hours of Saturday due…
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How COVID-19 killed 17 UCH doctors
The President of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Temitope Hussein has revealed how 17 doctors were killed by COVID-19 pandemic Hussein, who was justifying the association’s reasons for joining the nationwide strike of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, explained that the families…
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VIDEO: Nigerians defy UK government’s COVID-19 restriction, hold #BuhariMustGo protests outside Abuja House
Some Nigerians residing in United Kingdom on Friday staged a protest demanding the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari for abandoning Nigeria to come for medical attention in the country. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that President Buhari departed the Presidential Villa for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 2:30pm on Tuesday after which he…