Tochukwu Chukwu
- Education , Health , News
- January 19, 2021
- 232 views
School resumption: NUT meets Thursday over COVID-19 rules, partial compliance recorded
• Pupils without face masks sent home in Abuja, Enugu, Plateau • Ondo, Ogun schools ignore protocols • Reps panels disagree on resumption • Additional 10 million vaccine doses likely…
- Health , News
- January 18, 2021
- 153 views
Storage facilities: Nigeria may waste 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, say Experts
Virologists and other medical experts have warned that 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine the country is expecting may become useless, if proper arrangements are not made for their transportation…
- Health , News
- January 17, 2021
- 177 views
Why you must complete COVID-19 vaccine dosages — Scientists
As Nigeria gets ready for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, scheduled for this month end according to the Federal Government, experts have proferred warning concerning public attitude to the vaccines. The…
- Health , News
- January 17, 2021
- 150 views
Death by prescription: How doctors’ sloppy handwriting causes avoidable drug dispensing errors
A doctor’s handwriting can mean the difference between life and death for a patient, as sloppily written prescriptions can be misread or dosage wrongly interpreted. For minutes, Kingsley Onuoha, a…
- Health , News
- January 17, 2021
- 163 views
COVID-19 vaccines: Late delivery imminent over NAFDAC approval
The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines may suffer delay following the failure of the Federal Ministry of Health to write the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration for approval. A…
- Health , News
- January 17, 2021
- 199 views
The most suitable vaccine for Nigeria, according to experts
Medical professionals in the country have advised the Federal Government to procure the Oxford/Astra-Zeneca, Russia’s Sputnik, or the Novavax vaccine in the national efforts to contain the COVID-19 global pandemic.…
- Health , News , Politics
- January 16, 2021
- 176 views
NMA laments increased Covid infections among health workers
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has expressed concern over the increase in the rate of COVID- 19 infections among health workers in the state. The state…
- Health , News
- January 16, 2021
- 207 views
Restructure or risk boycott of 2023 polls, Nwodo tells FG
The immediate past President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural group, Chief John Nwodo, has called on the Federal Government to initiate and conclude the process of restructuring the country before…
- Health , News , Politics
- January 16, 2021
- 193 views
COVID-19: Again, FG snubs Osinbajo report, mobilises corpers to camps
The Federal Government has again snubbed a recommendation by the Economic Sustainability Committee led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and decided to re-open orientation camps nationwide next Tuesday and rising COVID-19…
- Health
- January 15, 2021
- 211 views
NAFDAC has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines — DG
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines. She made this known in…
