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From festivals in Florida to touring Dracula’s digs in Romania, we round up the best destinations to visit this October. As summer abandons Europe again this October, eke out the last of the rays and raves in Ibiza, where nightclubs will be going out with a bang for the winter break. When the party finally stops head to the island’s north.
Lagos Govt spends N1m daily on each COVID-19 patient – Health Commissioner
The Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state government spends about N100,000 daily on each COVID-19 patient whose case is mild-to-moderate.
He added that a severe case could gulp up to N1 million to maintain on…
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COVID-19: Indian hemp may be potential treatment –Experts
Experts from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have urged researchers to consider exploring the cannabis plant as a potential treatment regimen for COVID-19.
They are recommending that the…
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Ekiti Doctors Vow Not To Suspend Strike
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Ekiti chapter, has vowed that it members won’t shelve the ongoing indefinite statewide strike until the Ekiti State Government meet their demands.
The Association said its members were compelled to…
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China Again! Suspected Case Of Bubonic Plague In China’s Inner Mongolia
Authorities in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia are on high alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague, the disease that caused the Black Death pandemic, was reported Sunday.
The case was discovered in the city of Bayannur,…
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Doctors go on strike in Ekiti, accuse Fayemi of making doctors to run to other states, ‘as 72…
Since 12 midnight on Tuesday, June 30, doctors in Ekiti State under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) withdrew their services from the public hospitals with the exception…
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Swine flu with ‘human pandemic potential’ found in China
Chinese pigs are frequently becoming infected with a strain of influenza that has the potential to jump to humans, according to infectious disease researchers.
Commenting on the development, Robert Webster, an influenza investigator who…
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OOU, herbal firm partner to produce anti-COVID-19 drug
The Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, on Tuesday, said it had produced a herbal syrup for the prevention, treatment and management of coronavirus.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, made…
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COVID-19: Doctors warn FG against inviting Chinese medical doctors to Nigeria
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, has advised the Federal Government against inviting medical experts from China to help in fighting Coronavirus…
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BREAKING: UI College of Medicine Provost, Deputy tests positive for COVID-19
The provost and deputy provost, University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Prof. Ezekiel Olapade-Olaopa and Prof. Obafunke Denloye, have tested positive for coronavirus.
Olapade-Olaopa, who made this known in a Whatsapp group message Sunday…
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BREAKING: Bauchi confirms second coronavirus case
The confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease have increased to two in Bauchi State.
Bauchi Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, announced this during a press conference on Thursday.
He said the second case is a 62-year-old…
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