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COVID-19 Treatment: Lagos Govt Approves Clinical Trial Of Ivermectin Drug
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the clinical trial of Ivermectin drug for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection in the state.
Sanwo-Olu made this known in a statement, highlighting the update on the…
Oxygen Demand: Lagos COVID-19 Patients Now Use 400 Cylinders Daily – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders per day.
Sanwo-Olu made this known on Sunday in a statement while updating Lagosians on the…
Pfizer/BioNTech Say Vaccine Effective Against UK And South Africa COVID-19 Variants
Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of COVID-19 vaccine, has on Thursday said their product is effective against coronavirus variants that have emerged in Britain and South Africa.
Several new variants — each with a cluster of genetic mutations…
FG Releases N10bn To Support Domestic COVID-19 Vaccine Production
Federal Government says it has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this during the Presidential Task Force COVID-19…
Bed Occupancy In Lagos COVID-19 Care Centres Increased To 51 Per Cent – Govt
Bed occupancy in the public and private COVID-19 facilities in Lagos State has increased to 51 per cent of the capacity.
This was revealed in a tweet on Friday by the Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi.…
COVID-19: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Effective Against UK, South African Variants, Study Shows
German company BioNTech has on Friday said a not-yet peer reviewed study shows that its vaccine works against a key mutation in coronavirus variants uncovered in Britain and South Africa which experts have said is more contagious than…
Super Gonorrhea Spreading Fast Due To COVID-19 – WHO
World Health Organisation has said the overuse of antibiotics to treat the coronavirus — sometimes unnecessarily — has caused a sexually transmitted infection, Super Gonorrhoea to find a new way to thrive.
Gonorrhea is a bacterial…
Iran Begins Trial Of Locally Developed Coronavirus Vaccine
First study to ascertain the safety and effectiveness of a locally produced coronavirus vaccine in Iran began on Tuesday, state TV reported.
Dozens of people are billed to receive the domestically developed shot in the hardest-hit…
Tummy Ache: Over 100 Parasitic Worms Removed From Man’s Stomach (video)
More than 100 parasitic worms were extracted from a man’s abdomen in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, on December 21 by a doctor.
Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are large macroparasites; the adults can generally be seen with the naked eye.…
UK’s New COVID-19 Variant Found In Nigeria, Scientists Say
Scientists at Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), at Redeemers University in Ede, Osun State say the new strain of coronavirus causing panic in the United Kingdom has been identified in Nigeria.
The…
Man Wakes Up Blind After Contracting New Strain Of Coronavirus
As health experts around the world work tirelessly to figure out a new strain of coronavirus, a lady has taken to social media to share details of her brother’s ordeal after he contracted the mutated virus.
The lady who tweets with the…
UK Issues Allergy Warning Over Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine
British health officials has on Wednesday warned that anyone with a history of significant allergic reactions should not received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the time being.
The warning came after two members of the…
Ex-US presidents Obama, Clinton, Bush Volunteer To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Publicly To Prove Its…
Former US presidents, Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have pledged to get publicly vaccinated for coronavirus in order to promote the safety of the vaccine.
Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be…
Developers Say Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is 95% Effective
Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have said it is 95 percent effective against the virus.
Russia’s health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research center and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in a statement…
UK Scientist Invents Face Mask That ‘Kills COVID-19’
A Nottingham Trent University scientist in the United Kingdom, Dr. Garreth Cave has invented a face mask that can “kill viruses including COVID-19 and influenza upon contact”.
While most face masks have a three-layer design, this mask…