By Archibong Jeremiah The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Cross River Chapter on Thursday embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of the wife of their colleague, Mrs. Christiana Ekanem, a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). In a communiqué jointly signed by the State NMA Chairman, Dr. Agam Ayuk, and the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin With the declaration of the Coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic by World health Organisation and the confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Lagos, Ogun and neighboring Cameroon, Cross River State has doubled its effort to safe guard its citizens and residents while pushing strong messages about the virus to all communities. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Five foreign nationals have been placed under observation in Cross River State over coronavirus. Beta Edu, the State’s Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Saturday, saying two of the foreigners are from Europe, one from India and two from China. Edu said none of them has shown any symptoms so far, adding
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it has activated measures to checkmate the spread of the COVID-19 virus to the state after the first case of it was announced by Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire. The health commissioner, Betta Edu told this reporter in a telephone conversation that over 5,500 medical kits
By CrossRiverWatch Admin World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Kano, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Bayelsa and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as States with high risk of coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria. Dhamari Naidoo, Technical Officer, Health Emergency Programme of the UN specialized agency, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday, said after
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Philip Agbebia Agba, a sibling of Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist facing charges of terrorism and cybercrime has died at the age of 34. And, Jalingo who has spent 163 days away from his family since his arrest on August 22, 2019 is “distraught with grief,” a statement issued by CrossRiverWatch on
Agency Report The Cross River State government is seeking the removal of bureaucratic bottlenecks to enable the current administration access the basic health care provision fund. The fund is a constitutional provision which requires that one percent of the consolidated revenue is set aside for basic health care. And, the Commissioner for Health in the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has issued a statement urging residents across the 18 LGA of the State to watch out for lassa fever. In the release it listed some symptoms as well as guidelines as it spreads to neighboring Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Enugu State. The statement signed by Dr. Janet