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Nigeria Kick-starts Administration of Booster Covid-19 Shots to Fully Vaccinated Nigerians

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

Nigeria on Friday kick-started the administration of COVID-19 booster shots to fully vaccinated individuals in response to the Federal Government’s review of the country’s vaccination programme following the detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria. According to the Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA), […]

Nigeria Records 533 New Cases of Covid-19

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

Nigeria yesterday recorded 533 new cases of Covid 19. According to the Nigeria center for Disease Control, the new cases were reported from 10 states and the federal capital territory.. A breakdown of the cases show Lagos recorded 428 cases,FCT-45Rivers-33Edo-9Ogun-8Oyo-3Delta-2Kaduna-2Gombe-1Jigawa-1Kano-1 Till date, 216,451 cases have been confirmed,207,661 discharged and2,981 deaths […]

The Omicron variant of covid-19 is not as deadly as the earlier variant of the virus,Dr Jonathan Obaje

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

Research has shown that the African Omicron variant of covid-19 is not as deadly as the earlier variant of the virus. This was made known by a Nigerian Research Scientist, Dr Jonathan Obaje. Dr Obaje who is in Singapore revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria through a phone […]

World Health Organization yet to Record Deaths From Omicron Covid 19 Variant

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

The World Health Organization has said it has not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. In a statement on Friday, Dec 4, in Geneva, the WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters that despite a growing number of countries registering infections with the new […]

Medical experts call for improved healthcare services and precautionary measures as the world marks World AIDS Day.

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

As the world yesterday marked this year’s World AIDS Day which comes up every 1st day of December, medical scientists are working round the clock for the total eradication of the pandemic. This World Health Organization chose this year’s theme as, “End Inequalities, End AIDS. End pandemics”. This is aimed […]

Petroleum And Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria reject forced COVID-19 Vaccination by the federal government.

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has rejected forced COVID-19 vaccination on Nigerians by the federal government. PENGASSAN President, Mr Festus Osifo, said this in a statement he jointly signed with Mr Lumumba Okugbawa, General Secretary of the association, on Tuesday in Abuja. Osifo said […]

Presidential Steering Committee on COVID 19 Gives Directives to Travellers Coming into the country for the Yelutide Season

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

Following fresh outbreak of the new variant Omicron, travellers coming into Nigeria are to conduct a PCR test, 48 hours before embarking on their trips to the country and another day two and day seven PCR tests on arrival. They are also expected to self isolate for seven days. Outbound […]

Obi Calls On NDLEA To Re-strategize in Fight Against Drug Abuse

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 election, and a former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government, especially the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to re-strategise in its fight against the present menace of hard drugs in […]

Anambra Govt. upgrades Chukwuemeka Odummegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital School of Nursing, Nkpor, to College of Nursing

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

Anambra State government has upgraded the Chukwuemeka Odummegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital School of Nursing, Nkpor, to College of Nursing. Governor Willie Obiano announced this during the Matriculation/ Capping Ceremony of 2020 and 2021 set of Student Nursing and Midwives held at the college premises in Nkpor, Idemili North local […]

WHO Declares New Covid-19 Variant, ‘Variant of Concern’

kpakpandofm 2 years ago

Names new Variant “Omicron” The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered “B.1.1.529 strain” of Covid-19, a variant of concern, naming it “Omicron” after a Greek alphabet. A WHO advisory panel on Friday stated that early evidence also showed that the new variant poses an increased risk of re-infection […]

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Nigeria Kick-starts Administration of Booster Covid-19 Shots to Fully Vaccinated Nigerians

Nigeria Records 533 New Cases of Covid-19

The Omicron variant of covid-19 is not as deadly as the earlier variant of the virus,Dr Jonathan Obaje

World Health Organization yet to Record Deaths From Omicron Covid 19 Variant

Medical experts call for improved healthcare services and precautionary measures as the world marks World AIDS Day.

Petroleum And Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria reject forced COVID-19 Vaccination by the federal government.

Presidential Steering Committee on COVID 19 Gives Directives to Travellers Coming into the country for the Yelutide Season

Obi Calls On NDLEA To Re-strategize in Fight Against Drug Abuse

Anambra Govt. upgrades Chukwuemeka Odummegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital School of Nursing, Nkpor, to College of Nursing

WHO Declares New Covid-19 Variant, ‘Variant of Concern’

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