Health

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has alerted Nigerians of an impending fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the positivity rate has indicated that Nigeria may soon be faced...

The Nigerian government has said that 50 per cent of the COVID-19 positive arrivals that the country has had are from the UK. Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire said...

The frenzy that has gripped the world since the emergence of the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant spilled over into Nigeria on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. At the crack of...

THE Presidential Steering Committee in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency has approved the administration of booster doses for persons that...

By Fatima Oluwakemi Saka (Abuja-Nigeria) The Senate on Wednesday amended the National Health Insurance Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) bill, 2021, passed by the National Assembly in April last year. The...

• Variant detected in three persons with travel history to S’Africa, says NCDC • Contact tracing never effective, variant already in circulation – Virologists • Africa accounts for only 4.3%...

Urges States to introduce measures to curb community transmission The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed the first 3 cases of Omicron variant in Nigeria. The Omicron...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised vulnerable people including those over-60s to postpone travel in the wake of the new Omicron variant. The statement read: “Persons who are unwell...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country. A statement signed by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said the...

The Federal Government has said that no case of the highly infectious Omicron variant of the COVID-19 has been recorded in Nigeria. This comes after Canadian authorities claim that two...