Health

The U.S. has bought up almost all of the world’s supply of remdesivir, one of only two drugs shown to work against the new coronavirus. Remdesivir, which was developed to treat Ebola, is produced almost exclusively by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences – and it has been priced at $2,340 …

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has said that 72 health care workers in the state have tested positive to COVID-19.   The state Commissioner for health, Dr Ikechukwu Obi, disclosed this in a statement released today June 26. He said the 72 infected health workers were among a total …

Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, has called on the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors in Ngeria, to call off their strike action and return to work. According to him, the striking doctors should believe the promises made so far by the Buhari-led government as this …

Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, has called on the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors in Ngeria, to call off their strike action and return to work. According to him, the striking doctors should believe the promises made so far by the Buhari-led government as this …

The Zamfara State Police Command has launched an investigation into the gruesome murder of a medical doctor identified as Enoch Okpara.   Okpara who was a consultant Obstetrics/Gynaecologist working at the Federal Medical Centre in Gusau, was found dead at his residence in Mareri area of the state capital on Saturday June 13.   …

The spread of Covid-19 by someone who is not showing symptoms appears to be rare, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. “From the data we have, …

Equatorial Guinea have reportedly sacked a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) for “falsifying” the country’s figures of Coronavirus cases. AFP confirmed the news, citing a document from the foreign ministry and a source at the UN health agency Representative Triphonie Nkurunziza is accused of “falsifying” the country’s tally …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday May 25, announced that it has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in solidarity trial for the treatment of COVID-19. The WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in light of a paper published last week in the Lancet that showed people taking hydroxychloroquine were at higher risk …

More than 40 churchgoers who attended a service after lockdown was eased in Germany earlier this month have contracted coronavirus, officials say. The service was held on 10 May at a Baptist church in Frankfurt. Church officials say they followed social distancing rules and disinfected the building ahead of the …

Losing your sense of smell or taste has been added to the official list of coronavirus symptoms in the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and Social Care said Monday. Anosmia, or the loss of smell, will be added to the NHS’s list of symptoms, which currently names only fever and continuous …