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FG committed to availability of COVID-19 vaccine, says Ehanire Dayo Ojerinde The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to the availability of vaccine in Nigeria Ehanire, on the sidelines of his visit to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has expressed optimism that the country would receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of February. He, however, noted that the Federal government had ordered the establishment of full medical oxygen plant in each state of the federation as part of the efforts to ensure oxy...

Williams Babalola  Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has welcomed efforts by a team of indigenous professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of, and roles that Ivermectin drug can play in the treatment of the COVID-19. The team which is composed of Nigerian intellectuals at home and abroad has also submitted their report on the potency of the drug to the World Health Organisation which has already appointed a Peer Review expert from the United Kingdom, Voice of Nigeria reveals. The Vice President was briefed by a team of scientists led by Prof. Femi Babalola, the Principal...

• Reliance On Cylinders For Oxygen Responsible For Shortage – Okwesil • Health Institutions Depending On Vendors For Supply Endanger Patients – Amah • Teaching Hospitals, FMC Must Have Oxygen Generating Plants • Lagos Commissions Oxygen Plant, Uses 300 Cylinders Daily • Consumption Of Medical Gas In Rivers State Shots Up • Patients At Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Consume 100 Cylinders Daily – Maikudi • UCTH Has Enough Oxygen For COVID-19 Patients, Others Twenty four hours after the country, last Thursday, recorded 23 Coronavirus (COVID-19)-induced deaths- the highest singl...

Yemi Osinbajo has welcomed efforts by a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of, and roles

Deji Elumoye The federal government has commissioned some Nigerian scientists and scholars to investigate the efficacy of using Ivermectin drug in the treatment of COVID-19 infections. This is coming as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that it cannot guarantee social distancing in crowded classes and congested hostels. The research team, which is composed of Nigerian scholars at home and abroad, has also submitted a report on the usefulness of the drug to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has appointed a peer review expert from the United Kingdom. Speaking...