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Saving lives beyond COVID-19

The media has been inundated recently with reports of patients being denied treatment because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  There have been reports also of patients with other health conditions dying avoidable deaths because they were denied treatment by health…

COVID-19 in Nigeria: A tale of denial and deaths

The death of both former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi and a senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District at the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo in past weeks has added to the growing number…

Benue yellow fever death toll hits 20

With the loss of three new lives, the death toll from a disease suspected to be yellow fever has climbed to 20 at Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The state Ministry of Health through its Permanent…

$60 experimental COVID-19 vaccine rolled out in China

A $60 double-dose experimental COVID-19 vaccine is being made available to some residents in an eastern Chinese city, health officials have said, the first details of a mass rollout for an as-yet unproven vaccine. Officials in Jiaxing city said on…