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Health

January 11, 2022

U.S. surgeons transplant pig’s heart into human

About 110,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant, and more than 6,000 patients die annually before getting one.

Surgeon Bartley P Griffith pictured with David Bennett earlier this month
January 11, 2022

Unvaccinated workers won’t be allowed into office from January 17: FCTA

“The team will prevent violators from gaining access to offices of the FCTA from January 17, 2022.”

Abuja City Gate
January 10, 2022

Greece donates one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria

Making the donation, the Greek foreign affairs minister assured Nigerians that the vaccines were not expired ones.

Johnson and Johnson
January 10, 2022

Lagos nurses suspend strike, seek speedy implementation of demands

Following Lagos “prompt response” acceding to their request, the nurses are to resume work by 8:00 a.m. on January 11.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Olurotimi Awojide
January 10, 2022

COVID-19: Uganda reopens schools after two years of lockdown

The schools have been fully or partially closed for over 83 weeks, affecting more than 10 million pupils, according to UN figures.

Ugandan school children
January 10, 2022

Strike: Sanwo-Olu, disgruntled nurses reach deal

The chairman of the Lagos council of NANNM, Olurotimi Awojide, thanked Mr Sanwo-Olu for acceding to most of their requests.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu
January 9, 2022

COVID-19: NCDC announces one death, 766 new infections

The latest figure include backlogs of discharged and confirmed cases from Anambra and Kaduna.

Coronavirus used to illustrate the story.
January 8, 2022

Bauchi to immunise 2.3 million children against polio

The immunisation exercise is in view of 38 circulating mutant polio virus type recorded in 12 LGAs of the state.

Children suffering from polio used to illustrate the story
January 8, 2022

Germany seeks forceful COVID-19 vaccination of citizens

“We cannot get into a situation where one summer is deceptively good, but new variants surprise us in the autumn – and without the broad majority of the population being vaccinated.”

Karl Lauterbach
January 7, 2022

Omicron: India orders 7-day mandatory quarantine for foreign arrivals

The new rules mandates travellers to pre-book a COVID-19 test, which will be done on arrival.

Omicron