Health

Nigerian former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has availed himself for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in United Arab emirate (UAE), Dubai yesterday.

A team of Health experts representing the World Health Organisation, WHO was on a fact-finding mission to unravel the origin of coronavirus meet with stiff resistance as they were denied entry into Beijing, China for its assignment.

The Federal Government has yesterday disclosed that considering the social and economic implication on the general masses, it would be difficult to impose another round of lockdown in the country.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has on Wednesday said an estimated 10.4 million children in seven countries including Nigeria suffer acute malnutrition in 2021. This was made known in a statement, saying there are concerns over the health of the projected children in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, and the Republic of the Congo (DRV). “As 2021 approaches, UNICEF is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in those countries,” the statement said.

The World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that the coronavirus vaccine is not a guarantee to end the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health agency head of Emergencies programme, Mike Ryan, disclosed this during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Sunday reported 838 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus with 7 deaths, bringing the country's total to 84,414 cases and 1,254 deaths. According to the health agency, a total of 71,034 persons have recovered and been discharged, adding that the 838 cases were recorded in 16 states including FCT-297, Lagos-253, Plateau-82, Kaduna-57, Katsina-32, Nasarawa-31, Kano-25, Gombe-24, Oyo-8, Rivers-8, Zamfara-7, Ogun-4, Bauchi-4, Edo-4, Anambra-1, and Sokoto-1.