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https://www.channelstv.com/2020/02/28/coronavirus-over-20-vaccines-in-development-globally-who/ Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/3ckBfZC Get more World News

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-kills-trump-meeting-with-asean-leaders/ Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2Vwe5tj Get more World News

Nigeria has not been faring well in global rankings in recent times. A new report shows that Nigeria is ranked the bottom 10 for performance on child flourishing.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2HLH5VO Get More Nigeria Metro News

Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Iran by the Iranian authorities on Wednesday, February 18. According to the Associated Press, this is the first two cases reported in the Islamic country..... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/3bMY8oq Get more World News

The Egyptian Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in Africa on Friday. This came after the ministry conducted several tests for the carrier.... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/39EcpSG Get More Nigeria Metro News

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has revealed plans to distribute over 250,000 free condoms to Nigerians. AHF advocacy and marketing manager, Steve Aborisade, who disclosed this in... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2w0QOoG Get More Nigeria Metro News

An American has died of the virus in Wuhan. A United States citizen has died from the new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in what appeared to be the first death of an American from the outbreak.... Read more via The New York Time – https://ift.tt/2uoYHDW Get more World News

The world is running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization chief warned on February 7. “The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said..... Read more via The Hindu –...

The Chinese government has slammed the US' decision to ban people who have been in China for the last two weeks from travelling into the country from China in order to stop the coronavirus disease from spreading.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2ROyrMm Get more World News

Scientists in Asia claim to have made a vaccine that could protect millions against the killer coronavirus that is rapidly sweeping the world. Several countries have joined the global race for a jab, with virologists in Britain and the US working round-the-clock to create one..... Read more...

With the alarmingly high rates of self-harm, suicide and anxiety among children and young people around the world, UNICEF and the World Health Organization are teaming up with some of the.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2Cpnpo5 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A flu-like illness could travel around the world in 36 hours and kill 80million people, experts have warned. A century ago the Spanish flu pandemic infected a third of the world’s population and killed 50million … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/31CZe0t Get more...

Nigeria has gone three years without a case of polio, putting it on the brink of being declared free of the disease. This is a dramatic change from 2012 when the country accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, the World Health Organization has said.... Read more via BBC...

Increasingly risky sexual health behaviour has been linked to the number of cases of syphilis in Europe hitting an all-time high, with the UK seeing one of the steepest rises.... Read more via Telegraph News – https://ift.tt/2Y7Asaw Get more World News

A 50-year-old woman infected with Ebola has died in western Uganda, a day after her five-year-old grandson died. They are the first two cases reported in the country since the… Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2Idlrel Get more World News

The world is entering "a new phase" where large outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola are a "new normal", the World Health Organization warns. Previous Ebola outbreaks affected relatively small numbers of people.... Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2WKPgeo Get more World News

Mr Abdullahi Mashi The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Abdullahi Mashi, has urged Nigerians to support the fight against tobacco to avert lung diseases and other..... Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2WaIevf Get More Nigeria Metro News