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Health

January 18, 2022

COVID-19: Hong Kong to kill 2000 hamsters after animals, staff test positive

All hamsters at the city’s 34 licensed shops will be seized for testing and then culled.

COVID-19, Hamsters
January 18, 2022

Bird flu outbreak hits Kaduna

Another case was recorded in Sutawa in Lere LGA with 14,000 stocks of birds with a death rate of 4,000.

BIRD FLU
January 17, 2022

COVID-19: FCTA denies demanding compulsory vaccination of staff

“Those who say they don’t want to be vaccinated will get a negative test result.”

FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello
January 17, 2022

Malaria: Nasarawa to distribute two million insecticide treated nets

The distribution of the nets would commence between February 7 and 15 in all the state’s local government areas.

January 17, 2022

Poland enters fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Poland has detected 4,313,036 COVID-19 cases with 3,790,377 recovered and 102,305 dead.

COVID-19, Waldemar Kraska
January 17, 2022

Kaduna govt immunises 2.6 million children against polio

The exercise, which took place from January 10 to January 17, was conducted in all the 23 state LGAs.

Children suffering from polio used to illustrate the story
January 17, 2022

Cholera killed 3,604 Nigerians in 2021, says NCDC

“Eleven LGAs across five states of Bauchi (four), Zamfara (four), Kano (one), Katsina (one) and Borno (one) reported more than 1,000 cases each…”

Cholera patients
January 17, 2022

FCTA bars unvaccinated civil servants, visitors from government offices

“We have also warned people not to snap their card on the phone as we want to see the original card, don’t show us vaccination card on the phone.”

Federal Secretariat
January 15, 2022

Omicron Ban: FG engages Saudi Arabia on removal of travel restrictions

Saudi Arabia had placed travel restrictions on Nigerians intending to visit the country since the outbreak of the Omicron variant.

Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Omicron, and Zubairu Dada
January 15, 2022

Lagos administers 2.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines

So far, 3.42 per cent of the targeted population has received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Sanwo-Olu