Tag:Coronavirus

Health

Covid-19 will cause 1.4m more TB deaths by 2025, says report

A new report says that the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is having unintended yet drastic consequences on tuberculosis (TB) services, with lockdowns...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2020

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X-raying the infectious Infectious Diseases Bill, by Nnimmo Bassey

In these days of acute suspicion and uncertainty about who may be asymptomatic and who may just be harbouring early stages of COVID-19, sneaking...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2020

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UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2020

Health

Coronavirus spreads among Indian Police enforcing world’s largest lockdown

Hundreds of Indian Police have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an over-stretched force as it attempts to enforce...

Michael Simire - May 6, 2020

Real Estate

Dark side of COVID-19 on the building industry

Nigerians living in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states applauded president Muhammadu Buhari when he unveiled his plan to partially...

Michael Simire - May 5, 2020

Health

34 Kano doctors test positive to Covid-19, one dies

The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the...

Michael Simire - May 5, 2020

Human Welfare

Internally displaced children, most vulnerable to COVID-19, says UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the internally displaced children in Nigeria are among the world’s most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF Representative...

Michael Simire - May 5, 2020

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