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Africa: Fragile Progress At the Brink - COVID-19 and the Nigerian Health Sector
Nigeria Health Watch, 4 July 2020
Following the easing of the lockdown restrictions, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has created the perfect storm that runs the risk of worsening many of the already poor… Read more »
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Nigeria: Tally of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Rises to 28,711
Premium Times, 6 July 2020
Nigeria's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 28,711 on Sunday as 544 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Read more »
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Nigeria: Over 2,000 COVID-19 Patients Avoiding Isolation Centres, Says Lagos Govt
This Day, 6 July 2020
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has raised the alarm that more than 2,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have not turned up at the isolation… Read more »
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Africa: Nigeria's COVID-19 Infections Among Highest in Sub-Saharan Africa - Premium Times Study
Premium Times, 1 July 2020
An analysis of coronavirus data of seven selected sub-Saharan African countries - Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, and Uganda - revealed that Nigeria is an… Read more »
COVID-19 Creates Perfect Storm for Nigeria's Healthcare System
With the easing of Nigeria's lockdown restrictions, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is adding to the already overburdened healthcare system. From transport restrictions, to anxiety among healthcare workers, from stigmatisation to fear, fewer Nigerians are accessing the health services they need, writes Vivianne Ihekweazu in Nigeria Health Watch.
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Findings from the analysis of COVID Organics, which was undertaken by Nigeria's National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development shows that it largely contains ... Read more »
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An analysis of novel coronavirus data of seven sub-Saharan African countries - Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, and Uganda - by Premium Times has revealed ... Read more »
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After five weeks of the lockdown of three major cities, Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, the government has eased the regulations and replaced it with a curfew, and mandatory safety ... Read more »
