Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has said that medical consultants and corps members have been mobilised to ensure that the hospital services do not collapse following the ongoing strike by resident doctors. Resident doctors embarked on a nationwide strike on August…
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FG Expecting 15 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine in February – Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire
Minister of health, Osagie Ehanire has said that the federal government is expecting 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in February. Speaking at the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19’s media briefing in Abuja on Monday February 1, Ehanire said…
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire on Monday September 21 revealed that 10 per cent of all positive COVID-19 cases in the country are below the age of 19. Speaking at the daily briefing of the PTF on COVID-19 in Abuja, the Minister…
Hypertension, Diabetes, Tuberculosis, Others Account For 70% COVID-19 Deaths – Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire
Dr Osagie Ehanire has said that 70 percent of Nigerians that have died from the novel Coronavirus in the country are persons with hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, HIV, cancer, and tuberculosis. He stated this during the briefing of…
COVID-19: Buhari Will Determine When To Lift Lockdown – Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie
The Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has disclosed that President Buhari will determine when to lift the lockdown order issued in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics,…
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire Denies Claims of FG ”Detaining” Benue COVID19 Patient Against Her Will [Video]
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, has reacted to claims made by Mrs. Susan Okpe, the index case of COVID-19 in Benue State that she’s being detained by the FG. The London based woman, in a new video shared online,…
Coronavirus: FG Did Not Invite Chinese Doctors To Nigeria – Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has dispelled claims of the federal government inviting Chinese doctors to help in the fight against Coronavirus in the country. The Minister who made the clarification while appearing on Channels TV’s News at…
Do Not Treat Coronavirus Patients Privately – Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie Warns Health Workers
The Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has warned health workers against treating suspected cases of Coronavirus privately. Osagie who said this at the Presidential Task Force daily media briefing on Friday April 10, directed all health workers to…
I Am Not Aware if Doctors Treating COVID-19 Patients Are Being Paid Hazard Allowance – Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire [Video]
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health in Nigeria, has said he is not aware if the frontline medical doctors treating patients with the novel Coronavirus disease in Nigeria are being paid any hazard allowance. He disclosed this…
There Are Signs of Community Transmission of Coronavirus in Nigeria – Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie
The Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie has disclosed that there are signs of community transmission of Coronavirus in the country. The Minister who disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja on Friday April 3, said the…
No Country in The World Can Boast of Having Enough Ventilators – Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire
As the nation continues to battle the Coronavirus scourge, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that no country in the world can boast of having enough ventilators within their healthcare system. A ventilator is a machine…
Coronavirus: President Buhari Receives Briefing From Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, DG of NCDC [Photos/Video]
President Buhari received a briefing from the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire and the Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Saturday March 28, on the ongoing battle against Coronavirus pandemic in the country.…
Photos: Baba Suwe Meets Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole
Veteran actor, Babatunde Omidina aka Baba Suwe, today paid a visit to the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, in his office in Abuja. The visit comes weeks after the actor went public to solicit for funds to treat an…