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Health

February 7, 2022

COVID-19: FG receives two million doses of J&J vaccine from EU

Nigeria has also procured over 39 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine through the AFREXIM bank.

February 7, 2022

COVID-19: South Africa approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine

The approval was based on “acceptable safety, quality and efficacy data submitted by MC Pharma”.

Sinopharm
February 7, 2022

COVID-19 cases linked to Beijing Winter Olympics rise to 385

The 12 newly infected athletes were detected after 74,000 coronavirus tests were carried out on Sunday.

Beijing Olympics, COVID-19 virus
February 6, 2022

Anambra women top list of contraceptives users in Nigeria: Statistics Bureau

The statistics showed that 98.1 percent of married women in Yobe did not use any contraceptives in the year under review.

Nigerian women
February 6, 2022

Africa’s COVID-19 cases near 10.9 million: Official

South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia are among the countries with the most cases on the continent.

Coronavirus used to illustrate the story.
February 6, 2022

Lassa Fever: NCDC registers 40 deaths, four health workers infected in January

Fourteen states have recorded at least one confirmed case in 2022, affecting the age-group of 21-30 years.

Lassa fever infected patient
February 5, 2022

Chelsea manager tests positive for COVID-19

Thomas Tuchel will not fly out with the squad for the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi next week.

Thomas Tuchel
February 5, 2022

Two million girls could be affected as COVID-19 threatens push to end FGM by 2030: UN

UNICEF says COVID-19 could reverse decades of global progress towards eradicating FGM by 33 per cent.

Female Genital Mutilation
February 4, 2022

Medical association urges govt to make breast cancer treatment free for women

About 10 million people die each year from cancer and this had been projected to rise to 13 million by 2030.

Cancer symbol used to illustrate the story
February 3, 2022

Buhari worried about Nigerians’ high fertility

The president said the country’s revised population policy would help to improve the quality of life and standards of living of all Nigerians.

President Muhammadu Buhari