by Chiemezie Ezeani | Mar 17, 2020 | News Update
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its efforts at ensuring the participation of more women in the electoral process did not yield the desired result in 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the assertion at the...
by Chiemezie Ezeani | Mar 17, 2020 | News Update
Even if the research goes well, a vaccine wouldn’t be available for widespread use for 12 to 18 months. SEATTLE — U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for...
by Chiemezie Ezeani | Mar 9, 2020 | News Update
…As 9 African Countries are Infected The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health...
by Chiemezie Ezeani | Mar 3, 2020 | News Update
…..age, gender and country a contributory factor— why some patients fare worse than others A paper published in JAMA reviews a China-based sample of 72,000 COVID-19 cases, which suggests dramatic variations in the death rate of the illness No deaths occurred in...
by Chiemezie Ezeani | Feb 28, 2020 | News Update
It Doesn’t Call for Panic…. A Case Under Control…. The health minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday, February 28, 2020. According to the statement, the case involves an Italian citizen who...
