By Jonathan Ugbal Has More Active Cases Than Six States Four more cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Cross River bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 9. The Nigerian Center for Disease Control announced 571 cases for July 12, 2020. The tally as shared on its verified Twitter handle was as follows:
By Archibong Jeremiah 216 to be shared among the 18 LGAs of Cross River State, 384 by Benue State’s 23 Councils To beef up efforts by Government in curtailing the spread of the novel coronavirus, United Purpose (UP) has donated 500 handwashing facilities to selected Primary Healthcare centers (PHCs) in Cross River and Benue States.
By Edem Eden, Daily Post Injury to one is injury to all – protesters We’ll communicate to relevant authorities – management Psychiatric Hospital Workers in the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH) in Calabar have staged a peaceful protest alleging “injustice” in the payment of COVID-19 hazard allowance to health workers in tertiary health institutions. The workers
By Archibong Jeremiah – Managing Editor, Jonathan Ugbal – News Editor, Patrick Obia – Reporter NMA accuse Government of politicization CSOs lament not being carried along Government decries conspiracy in high places The hullabaloos of why five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cross River State was not confirmed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control
Introduction As the world keeps readjusting to the mew reality occasioned by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS – CoV-2), concerns have been raised over the rhetoric put forward by governments across the world. First discovered in Wuhan province in China in December 2019, more than 10 million people have tested positive to
By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Cross River State chapter has withdrawn it’s services across the State. According to the developing report, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Betta Edu has also been declared persona non grata by the union. According to inside source the withdrawal of services and declaring the State Health
By Jonathan Ugbal Contrary to the expectations of many Cross Riverians, the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) did not authenticate the results as contained in the Health Advisory of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) dated July 3, 2020. In the early hours of July 4, 2020, the NCDC announced 454 new cases
By Jonathan Ugbal A brief analysis of the general fact sheets published by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in its Situation Reports (SitRep) suggests that the Cross River state government may not have sent the sample of late lawmaker, Godwin Akwaji for COVID-19 test. The NCDC publishes a daily situation report on its