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Health

March 6, 2021

Kogi residents are not guinea pigs, no COVID-19 vaccine for them: Yahaya Bello

“I am not going to subject the people of Kogi State to vaccination. I will not make them the guinea pigs.”

Yahaya Bello and the vaccine
March 5, 2021

FG throws lavish event to launch COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria

Neither the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 nor the NPHCDA officials, health workers present to receive the vaccine jabs, maintained social distancing.

March 5, 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine
March 5, 2021

Court convicts four in Benin, to cut grass for two days

While four were convicted of failure to wear face masks in public, 14 were convicted of illegal parking.

Godwin Obaseki
March 5, 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns threatening mental health of 332 million children: UNICEF

“Globally, one in four children live with a parent who has a mental disorder.”

children
March 5, 2021

Governors, deputies to get COVID-19 jabs March 10

The governor encouraged citizens to use the e-registration portal.

Nigeria Governors' Forum
March 5, 2021

12 dead as Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll rises

“To date, more than 136,335 people have recovered from COVID-19 and discharged.”

Covid
March 4, 2021

African women less likely to die from COVID-19: WHO Report

This is in spite of the female dominance of the healthcare workforce which puts them at higher risk of infection.

Matshidiso Moeti
March 4, 2021

Scammers selling unauthorised COVID-19 vaccines in ‘blackmarket’: Report

“The majority of sellers came from France, Germany, the UK, and the USA, and the prices per dose ranged from $250 to $1,200.”

Photo of Coronavirus vaccine used to illustrate this story (Credit: Bloomberg)
March 4, 2021

Scientists discover new means to fight malaria

Annually, over 200 million people are infected with malaria, around 400,000 of them die.