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C HINESE DOCTORS LANDED IN NIGERIA TODAY  Despite opposition by the Nigerian Medical Association Despite opposition by the Nigerian Medical Association, the visiting 15-member medical team from China will arrive the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on a chattered Air Peace aircraft on Wednesday (today). The personnel, who are experts in infectious diseases, respiratory illness, intensive care, cardiology, neurology, general surgery and anesthesiology, will be coming with their drugs, and equipment to carry out COVID-19 tests on the staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation in the country. The Executive Director, CCECC, Mr Jacques Liao, said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, that the medical team would be coming with 16-ton test kits, ventilators, disinfection machine, disposable medical masks, drugs, infrared thermometer and other items ordered by the Federal Government. Liao dispelled what he described as the controversy ...

COVID-19 AFFECT MORE MEN THAN WOMEN ACCORDING TO RESEARCH BY SCIENTIST Scientist went to figure out why COVID- 19 affects more men than women. Data collected from Chinese cases revealed that death rate of 64% for men and 36% for women. The same patterns was seen in data collected from Europe and South Korea, it is still too early to come to conclusion about the COVID-19 gender gap. Nonetheless, researchers propose a number of reasons to explain this, Males and Females have major structural differences in their bodies this includes tissues, organ and even immune system. Women tend to have greater immune responses to a variety of viruses, scientist examined the plasma for confirmed COVID-19 patient, they found that woman had higher levels of antibodies that men this may Indicate different degrees of immune response between men and women.  Females have more hormonestrogen, which has been shown to protect against a wider range of viral infection. A study shows that...

A woman who recently came back from Italy is said to affect more than 14 people with the deadly virus, which makes the villagers to be angry and set to burn her house down. Here is the video below👇🏻

We all know that the virus originated from Wuhan China which is known as the center of the outbreak, The female Dr. who give out a report in early December 2019 after a patient she diagnosed with symptoms of a flu reported to the hospital, the doctor run a test and find out something else which is currently known as the COVID 19. But the authorities denied her and told her not to let the information out, it was currently after her interview on the news channel were she let the public know about the outbreak , which after that she is been missing.

NA daughter of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has completed two weeks of self-isolation and been reunited with the first family, a spokesperson said. She had returned from the UK last month and gone into isolation in compliance with the country’s directive to passengers arriving from countries with confirmed coronavirus cases. Aliyu Abdullahi, the spokesperson for First Lady Aisha Buhari, said she was "normal, healthy and well", but did not disclose her identity. The first couple have five children together: four daughters and a son. Mr Abdullahi said the president's daughter had gone into isolation despite her “privileged” status. The first lady shared a photo of her reunion with her daughter: Aisha M. Buhari ✔ @aishambuhari It is a thing of joy & gratitude to Almighty God to reunite with my daughter after she had been in isolation for 14 days immediately she landed in Nigeria. While I’m wishing all those infected ...

WHAT MAY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW VIRUS KNOWN AS HANTAVIRUS Hantaviruses are a family of viruses spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied disease syndromes in people worldwide.  Infection with any hantavirus can produce hantavirus disease in people. Hantaviruses in the Americas are known as “New World” hantaviruses and may cause  hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) . Other hantaviruses, known as “Old World” hantaviruses, are found mostly in Europe and Asia and may cause  hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) . Each hantavirus serotype has a specific rodent host species and is spread to people via aerosolized virus that is shed in urine, feces, and saliva, and less frequently by a bite from an infected host. The most important hantavirus in the United States that can cause HPS is the  Sin Nombre virus , spread by the deer mouse.

The Department of State has issued a  Global Level 4 Health Advisory  advising U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. On March 14, the Department of State authorized the departure from any diplomatic or consular post in the world of U.S. personnel and family members who have been medically determined to be at higher risk of a poor outcome if exposed to COVID-19. As of March 18, Nigeria has eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Nigeria has testing capacity for COVID-19. As of March 18, Nigeria has tested up to 68 cases – eight (8) positive, fifty two (52) negative, and eight (8) pending.  For the most recent number of individuals tested, view Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s (NCDC’s)  Country-Specific Information