HEALTHWISE

ABEOKUTA: On Saturday, May 9, 2020, Ogun State discharged 5 COVID-19 patients out of the earlier recorded 113 total confirmed cases in the State. The patients have since joined their families after they all tested negative to the virus twice, bringing the total number of discharged cases in the State …

SAGAMU: In view of the alleged refusal of the State government to yield to its agitations on the need to better welfare package for its members, the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State, on Sunday, May 3, 2020, announced commencement …

ABUJA: High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, daughter-in-law, and six members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. It was  gathered that this came three days after his son and Chairman of the board of the company, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr, also tested positive for the virus. According …

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: There may be increas in the number of the COVID 19 victims in Ogun as staff of Dangote Cement Company, Ibese Plant in Yewa-North Local Government of the state operate contrary to the Covid-19 Safety Measures and Guidelines and Federal government directives. The Lawmaker, representing Egbado …

LAGOS: The result of samples taken from the body of Alhaji Lateef Raheem, the late Chief Security Officer of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for testing, to actually determine the cause of his death, has finally tested positive for Covid-19. According to a release e-signed and made available to the media …

LAGOS: First Bank Nigeria PLC has advised customers who had been in contact with one of its staff, Abdullahi Lawal, in Kano State to go for self-isolate themselves. According to a statement issued by Folake Ani-Mumuney, the Group’s Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, also stated that it has shut the …

ABEOKUTA – The National Association of Government General Medical & Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Ogun State Chapter, has refuted the recent claim by Dr. Tomi Coker, the Commissioner for Health, on Channels Television that “frontline health workers made up health workers working day-to-day in various hospitals, including the isolation centres, had …

ODEDA OGUN STATE: In her efforts to curtail and prevent community transmission of the Coronavirus disease, Odeda Local Government has embarked on Community based screening tests for residents of the LG Area, in order to determine their health status. According to a press release e-signed and made available to StarTrend …

Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 virus from State to State. The governors, operating under the aegis of …

ABEOKUTA: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has commended the Ogun State Government for its willingness to go an extra mile at ensuring that the State was fully ready to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The Director General, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu who made this known on Tuesday, April 21, …