Scientists in South Africa have detected 32 COVID-19 mutations in a 36-year-old woman with advanced HIV. The scientists disclosed their findings in a study published as a pre-print on medRxiv on Thursday. The scientists also reported that the woman had…
Dr. Kingsley Amibor is a consultant clinical pharmacist and chairman of Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria. In this interview with ADEBAYO FOLORUNSH FRANCIS, he says the use of Ivermectin in the management of COVID-19 should not be…
A lecturer and healthcare research scientist in the Department of Microbiology, Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr. Elijah Kolawole tells YUSUFF MOSHOOD why inadequate evidence from clinical trials on using Ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment makes their safety and efficacy contentious. As a researcher, you…
The World Health Organisation says the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that other sectors are crucial to preparing for health pandemics. It noted that the viral pandemic has confirmed that pandemic preparedness is not a job for only the health sector.…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says the Federal Government was renewing its focus on discouraging the outflow of Nigerian health workers, especially physicians, overseas. Mamora disclosed this at the inauguration of the annex of the Federal…
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,723,381 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT Sunday. At least 172,873,850 cases of coronavirus have been…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov in the early hours of Sunday. The…
Pharmaceutical firms must be “very transparent” about the risks and benefits of vaccines in efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic, the head of Asia’s largest drugmaker has said. “We have to manage the situation well, be very transparent and extremely…
Britain’s Secretary of Health, Matt Hancock, says a new variant of coronavirus has been identified in the country. Among other foreign media breaking the news, The Independent and BBC quoted Hancock as saying the new strain of virus might be…
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and concluded it is both safe and effective. The MHRA is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom that is…