Health

The Yellow fever campaign will be conducted in partnership with the World Health Organisation and Gavi.

An official said testing facilities across the country have been activated for coronovirus and “all state governments have been told to have a level of preparedness”.

The country currently has the highest death toll from the virus outside China, which is the epicentre for the disease.

Mr Spahn said he was increasingly of the view that the chance that this epidemic will pass Germany by will not be fulfilled.

The agency says that  People Living With Disabilities were among those targeted for the training.

Africa, in the past 14 weeks of the outbreak, has been spared, “but the window seems to be closing,” officials said.

The visa suspension is coming some months ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

The unidentified Chinese national arrived Nigeria seven weeks ago and complained of fever.

From January 1 to February 23, 2633 suspected Lassa fever cases, with 689 confirmed and 118 deaths have been recorded in the country.

The 61-year-old coronavirus patient is currently under quarantine in his home and 30 of his family members have been placed under observation

Pneumonia is a leading childhood killer disease in Nigeria. In 2018 alone, 162,000 children died from pneumonia, making Nigeria the country with the highest number of pneumonia-related deaths in the world.

Coronavirus, officially named COVID-19, broke out in Wuhan in Hubei province of China in December.

Coronavirus, which originated from China in December, has spread to about 30 countries.

The official was spearheading the country’s efforts to contain the coronavirus before he contracted the disease.

The possibility of the disease attaining a pandemic status is considered due to the fast spreading nature of the disease.

Some food sellers have resorted to the use of paracetamol to reduce cooking time while boiling meat.

The world is still battling the Covid-19 (coronavirus) scourge as there is yet no cure or vaccine for the disease.

The Senate is holding a public hearing on a new bill to protect persons with mental health and substance abuse problems.

Mr Mamora said the use of Chloroquine for the virus is yet to be ascertained because lots of clinical trials are still on-going.

The president said the sacrifices as individuals and as a group were quite enormous, particularly on non-profit basis.

Until his appointment, Mr Bappah was the Chief Dental Technologist at the Ahmadu Bello University.

The doctors were alleged to have administered unnecessary drugs to a three-month-old baby, Peace Oluwole.