[ad_1] Austria will start monitoring wastewater from aircraft from China and in top Chinese tourist attractions as Europe mulls restrictions for those from the Covid-19 hit country, the government said Tuesday. As Beijing has decided to lift its “zero Covid” policy, the European Union fears a sudden influx of passengers from China could bring Covid…
[ad_1] Rays of sunlight peeked through the holes of the perforated roof as a damp smell from the once-swamped compound hung heavy in the air. Most of the ceilings were missing, and the few that remained threatened to give way, evident from the heavy rain that flooded 38-year-old Abee Adouye’s home in Yenagoa, Bayelsa’s capital….
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 16:19, January 04, 2023 Members of the 21st batch of medical team pose for group photos in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province before departure for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jan. 3, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zhai Yujia) SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — A medical team of 21 members departed Wednesday…
[ad_1] Companies Court declines to stop Bonga points expiry Wednesday January 04 2023 Pedestrians walk past a Safaricom shop in Nairobi. PHOTO | AFP The High Court has declined to stop Safaricom from introducing the expiry of loyalty points, popularly known as Bonga points, which came into effect in January as sought by a Nakuru-based…
[ad_1] The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control has said that recent experiences in the country with the arrival of the COVID-19 omicron variants showed that travel restrictions did not have any public health benefits but were disruptive for persons and businesses. Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General, NCDC, said this on his official Twitter handle…
[ad_1] Health officials on Wednesday said rabies might spread rapidly in Sri Lanka in 2023 due to vaccine shortages. Director of Public Health Veterinary Services L.D. Kithsiri told the media that there were no vaccines in storage units in Kandy, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Colombo, and Gampaha districts. Mr Kithsiri said 28 people had died in…
[ad_1] Onozure Dania A child forensic specialist, Mrs. Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, on Tuesday, told a Lagos State Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, that a 15-year-old minor allegedly defiled by her aunt’s husband, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, said the defendant told her virginity was outdated. She stated that the victim also told her that Olaleye, the Medical Director of…
[ad_1] Yobe Governor Mai Mala-Buni Governor Mai Mala Buni has signed two bills into law to boost healthcare service delivery in Yobe. They are for establishing the Yobe State Emergency Medical Ambulance Service and the Yobe State Healthcare and Health-Related Facilities Inspection and Monitoring Agency. This is contained in a statement by Mr Buni’s media…
[ad_1] FIFA will ask all the world’s countries to name a stadium after Brazilian football legend, Pele, the head of the sport’s governing body, Gianni Infantino, said on Monday at the late icon’s wake. Infantino was in the city of Santos, Brazil, to pay his final respect to the player widely considered the greatest of…
[ad_1] The United States has approved the sale of mifepristone, an abortion pill, at pharmacies. Mifepristone is taken in combination with a second drug called misoprostol to end an intrauterine pregnancy at ten weeks gestation (70 days or less since the first day of a patient’s last menstrual period). The US Food and Drug Administration…
