HEALTH

Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 are expected to arrive Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday, March 29th 2021, ahead of the commencement of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020 to monitor compliance with COVID-19 guidelines. …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has charged senior citizens and all other eligible residents for the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination not to be hesitant but to present themselves and be vaccinated against the deadly virus. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, while speaking to journalists in Benin …

BENIN CITY – Edo has vaccinated 13, 662 persons across the state’s 18 local government areas with the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine with none showing any adverse effects after vaccination. Executive Secretary of the state’s Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Julie Erhabor, disclosed this during the daily virtual meeting …

The Senate has moved to end the negative trend of open urination and defecation in the country with the consideration of a bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of a Clean Nigeria Agency. The bill which scaled through the second reading on Wednesday was sponsored by Senator …

Edo State, as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has intensified the vaccination of residents across the state’s 18 local government areas, vaccinating 2,568 persons in the last 24 hours. Executive Secretary of the state’s Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Julie Erhabor, disclosed this during the daily …

…records no death in 8 days, one new case in 24 hrs …insists on compliance with guidelines against spread BENIN CITY – Edo has vaccinated over 7, 484 persons across the state’s 18 local government areas with the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine since Monday, March 15, 2021 when the state …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South – South National Vice Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih on Monday led other political leaders in the state to receive the first jab of the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine as the government intensifies efforts to contain the pandemic. Orbih, who took his first jab …

BENIN CITY – Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) and Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has said all guidelines to curtail the spread of COVID-19 during the games scheduled to take place between April 2 and 14, 2021, will …

…records 4 new cases, 61 recoveries, urges compliance to guidelines BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has opened over 86 centres and 12 temporary fixed posts for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination across the state’s 18 local government areas, as part of intensified efforts to contain the pandemic and ensure the …

BENIN CITY – In it’s bid to attract patients from the West African sub-region and other parts of the world, the Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has embarked on a massive upgrade of its facilities and ancillary services. The Chief Medical Director of UBTH, Prof. Darlington …