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Just when normalcy was returning to the world after a difficult battle with COVID-19, yet another Omicron variant of Covid-19 virus was discovered in South Africa on November 24, 2021 The…

“At this point, we need to increase community testing, make sure that people are fully vaccinated. This is not just for civil servants alone but for all calibres of people. Also, it is…

Nigeria will be added from Monday to the red list of countries from where people arriving must quarantine in a hotel for 10 days, Sajid Javid, UK Secretary of State for Health said on…

The sharp spike seen in the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in some sub-Saharan African countries is occurring without reflection on Nigeria’s epidemic curve, a week after the…

Nigeria has recorded its first cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, days after it was first discovered in South Africa, and suffered a travel ban from some countries. The Nigeria…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday named Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to lead a Health Sector Reform Committee expected to commence the development and implementation of a health sector…

The COVID-19 pandemic was no doubt a major pointer to the abysmal state of Nigeria’s public health infrastructure for preparedness and response to the outbreak of infectious diseases.…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) hosted  scientists  and experts who work at global, regional and country levels on various aspects of global health and health system…

Several novel coronavirus variants have emerged since 2020 but four of them – Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma - are classified variants of concern for some reasons. The World Health…

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has inaugurated an ultra-modern molecular diagnostic and research laboratory, which was sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The…