About 640 people who were fully vaccinated died with Covid-19 in England in six months (January to July) accounting for just 1% of deaths, new figures have revealed According to a Monday morning, September 13 publication by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the 51,281 people who died with the virus between January…
President Buhari has approved the appointment of Ifedayo Adetifa as the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Adetifa takes over from the immediate past NCDC DG, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who was recently appointed as an assistant director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in charge of health emergency intelligence. According to his profile on the website of the London…
Human rights activist, Kola Edokpayi, has said that any attempt to force Edo people to take COVID-19 vaccines shall be vehemently resisted. “My body is my right. Governor Godwin Obaseki respect my right. We shall vehemently resist any attempt to force Edo people to take Covid 19 vaccines.” he warned. The activist gave the warning…
An NHS doctor has warned that pulling out your nose hairs can cause a life-threatening medical condition. In a video he uploaded on his Instagram account, Dr Karan Rajan warned you should “never pull out your nose hairs”. Explaining the hidden danger of pulling out nose hairs, he said: “You have two types of nose hairs. “You…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has raised alarm over the rising cases of the deadly variant of COVID-19 in the state, saying the state is presently recording an average of 6 deaths daily in the one last one week. The governor disclosed this while giving an update on the management of the pandemic in the state…
Katia Aveiro, the sister of superstar footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, has been hospitalized after contracting Covid-19. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, July 28, Katia Aveiro revealed she was in hospital in her native island of Madeira, Portugal. She has pneumonia after getting complications in her battle with covid-19. The 42-year-old singer is being treated at…
Nigerian singer, Lyta’s baby mama, Kemi Ayorinde has announced that she is free from the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) she claimed she contracted from him. According to Kemi, she was declared free from the STD which their baby didn’t contract, after 1 year and 7 months.
A fake Medical Doctor has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Magistrate Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Recall that the convict, Akpoviri Vincent Jimmy was arrested in June after a prompt by Tobis Clinic where he was found to have impersonated one Dr. Charles Umeh, a medical doctor in Taraba State. …
Doctors in Ondo under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, have embarked on a two-weeks warning strike over some pressing issues in state. The doctors are alleging that the state government had failed to pay their salary arrears for some months and also failed to resolve the issue…
Following the increase in COVID19 cases, the Federal Government has advised Nigerians against travelling to Brazil, India and Turkey. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, gave the advice during a Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19 vaccination for the North East Zone…
