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The Federal Government of Nigeria, said it will on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 take delivery of four million doses of covid-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility. The vaccines are expected to depart India on 1st March 2021 and arrive in Abuja at 11 am on 2nd March 2021. “Barring any change in
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 155,417. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that it is exactly one year ago, Feb.
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Lagos State Government has confirmed the discovery of fresh COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Friday, November 6. According to Professor Abayomi, a member of the school’s staff tested positive for COVID-19 on November 2. “Contact tracing
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The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has warned that the second wave of the COVID19 pandemic is imminent if Nigerians continue to disregard all COVID19 protocols. Ehanire gave the warning while speaking at the virtual Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Guild of Medical Directors in Lagos State with the theme
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The Lagos state governor Mr Babajide Sanwoolu has approved the full resumption of operations of both food markets and non food markets. They are now to open daily. In a statement announcing this, the commissioner for local government and community affairs, Dr Wale Ahmed, said Mr Governor took the decision to further
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International flights in Nigeria resumed operations today September 5 after many months of closure. The airspace was closed in March 2020, as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. A Middle East Airlines plane from Beirut was the first international flight that landed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos with
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The Federal Government says state governments and school administrators should start making preparations for the full reopening of schools in the country. InsideMainland had earlier reported that schools in the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. However, the Federal Government
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Lagos State Health Commissioner Prof. Akin Abayomi has announced that 1,696 COVID-19 patients are yet to turn up for admission at the COVID-19 care centres. Abayomi, who stated this on Tuesday on his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infection in Lagos is now 18,131 as
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Lagos State Health Commissioner Prof. Akin Abayomi has announced that 1,696 COVID-19 patients are yet to turn up for admission at the COVID-19 care centres. Abayomi, who stated this on Tuesday on his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi, said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infection in Lagos is now 18,131 as
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Some Africans on Twitter are currently bashing BBC Africa after the new site published an article with the headline ''Coronavirus in Africa: Could poverty explain mystery of low death rate?''. The headline suggests that the low death rate from COVID-19 in Africa could be as a result of the high level of
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