Tag: COVID-19
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Buhari orders Minister to submit progress report on local vaccines production
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report by the end of May 2022 on the indigenous production of vaccines in the country.
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Covid-19: Italy donates three million doses of vaccine to Nigeria
Federal Government of Nigeria has received another batch of 3,002,400 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. It was gathered that Johnson and Johnson vaccine was donated by the Italian government. Faisal Shuaib, the executive director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, confirmed the receipt of the vaccine in Abuja on Monday.
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Unreported COVID cases in Africa higher than expected – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has disclosed that the number of unreported cases of COVID-19 infections among the 1.3 billion residents in Africa is far higher than previously reported, according to its latest findings. “New WHO analyses show that over two-thirds of the people on the African continent may have acquired a certain level of…
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Ghana reopens land and sea borders, lifts COVID-19 restrictions
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday announced the re-opening of land and sea borders, and the lifting of most of the COVID-19 restrictions. In his 28th nationwide COVID-19 address, the president said the decision was made after reviewing the raft of measures put in place to help win the fight against the virus, against the…
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Saka out of England squad after positive COVID-19 test
Bukayo Saka left the England squad on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. Three Lions’ manager Gareth Southgate has had to deal with a number of withdrawals since naming his 25-man squad last Thursday. Saka has become the latest to leave the group taking on Switzerland and Côte d’Ivoire after returning a positive coronavirus result.
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![Pandemic Putin’ power play [3] – By Biola Sobowale](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/delete-13.jpg)
Pandemic Putin’ power play [3] – By Biola Sobowale
Tuchmann is the world leading historian on 13th and 14th century Europe. I read one of her books years ago; packed full with the bloodshed brought about by ambitious men (and some women) over 200 hundred years. It is difficult to fault her conclusion that human beings down the ages continue to repeat the same…
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Ireland’s prime minister Martin tests positive for Covid in U.S.
Ireland’s Prime Minister, Taoiseach Micheal Martin, has tested positive for COVID-19. It means the prime minister will be unable to meet U.S. President, Joe Biden, later on Thursday as part of the traditional shamrock ceremony. Martin had been due to speak at the 30th anniversary of the Ireland Funds Gala dinner on Wednesday evening but…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Teach us to number our days
The year 2020 had a profound impact on my life, occasioned by two events that brought me to tears and made me decide to become a more deliberate person. The first of course was the covid-19 pandemic. Suddenly, the whole world was brought down to its knees.
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Deaths from 2021 building collapse in Nigeria tripled COVID-19 figures – BCPG
The National President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Mr Eddy Atumonyogo, on Saturday said building collapse claimed more lives in 2021 than COVID-19 in three years in Nigeria. Atumonyogo said this at Falomo, Lagos, during a walk against building collapse organised by BCPG as part of activities to mark the 2022 Builders’ Day weeklong activities,…
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WHO issues new guidelines on safe abortion
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released new guidelines on abortion care in a bid to protect the health of women and girls across the world.