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Yuletide: NCDC Advises Nigerians To Increase Awareness On Protection Against Covid-19

LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued public health advisory for all members of the public to increase awareness about the continued risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. It offered advice on the measures that need to be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the upcoming Christmas and […]

Nov 30 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Obi Hails Health Workers ‘Brave Fight’ Against COVID-19, Urges Them To Prioritise Service To Humanity

LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged health workers nationwide to see their profession as a very noble one through which they can render selfless service to humanity. Speaking to health workers recently at the Annunciation Specialist Hospital, Enugu, Obi […]

Nov 24 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Panic In Ogun As Two Pupils Die During Deworming Exercise

LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by the Ogun State Government to prevent cholera from killing schoolchildren in the state have boomeranged after it went awry. An exercise initiated to deworm no fewer than 700,000 schoolchildren in 14 local government areas of the state this year has allegedly taken the lives of two pupils who were given […]

Nov 22 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Covid-19 Hits Trump’s Eldest Son, Donald Trump Jr

LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesman told CNN on Friday. He is one of the frontliners of the no mask campaigners Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result,” the […]

Nov 21 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

50 Die As Strange Illness With Symptoms Of Inability To Urinate Or Defecate Hits Kogi State

LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An illness with symptoms such as headache, red eyes, loss of appetite, inability to urinate or defecate and convulsion has resulted in the death of 50 persons Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. Victims’ ages were between 25 and 40 years, reports said. While the state government still grapples with what […]

Nov 18 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

COVID-19: Celebrate Christmas Abroad, PTF Advises Nigerians Living Overseas

LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians in diaspora shelve plans of coming home for the Christmas festivities. The National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this during the weekly media briefing of the task force. According to Aliyu, this will help prevent the safety measures […]

Nov 15 2020 | Posted in Health | Read More »

COVID-19 Explodes In US As Virus Spread Is Nearly Impossible To Control

LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With COVID-19 cases increasing in 46 states, 10 of which broke single-day records for new cases on Thursday, America has officially entered what experts refer to as the “exponential” phase of spread — a rapid multiplying of cases that can’t be contained through traditional measures. On Thursday alone, the U.S. saw 160,000 […]

Nov 14 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

20% Of Covid-19 Patients Later Develop Mental Illness, Study Finds

LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty percent of coronavirus patients later develop a new mental illness, according to a study. The most common disorders experienced by COVID-19 survivors within 90 days of their diagnoses are anxiety, depression and insomnia, according to the study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. “People have been worried that COVID-19 survivors will […]

Nov 11 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

US Records Over 127,000 COVID-19 Cases In A Day As Trump Chief Of Staff Text Positive

LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has set a third straight daily record for new Covid-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reported Friday. And the death toll as of 8:30 pm (0130 GMT) over the past 24 hours was 1,149, the Baltimore-based university said. The outbreak has been surging for weeks […]

Nov 7 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

COVID-19 Hits Staff, Students Of Lagos Secondary School

LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government has confirmed COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland. According to a report by Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Friday night, a member of the school’s staff tested positive for COVID-19 on November 2. “Contact tracing has revealed that a student and four contacts […]

Nov 7 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »