The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has described the threat by the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, not to negotiate with the Federal government if medical doctors are involved in the process as “emotional blackmail’.

Welcome to this week’s mental health conversation, this is a chat room where we discuss the basics of our mental health in order for us to understand and have a full grasp of the rudiments of mental health and well-being.

The surge of the Omicron variant has raised concerns over the  efficacy of  at-home  rapid Covid tests that are rapidly gaining popularity in the battle against the pandemic.

THE National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, in Lagos State, yesterday, suspended its three-day warning strike.

Global health experts including the World Health Organisation, WHO, are doubtful over reports of a new potential COVID-19  strain  named “deltacron” – said to be  a combination of  the Delta  and Omicron variants.

Welcome to this week’s mental health conversation, this is a chat room where we discuss the basics of our mental health in order for us to understand and have a full grasp of the rudiments of mental health and well-being.

Omicron is spreading faster than any known variant. Barely one month after it was detected in South Africa, the highly contagious but less severe variant has spread to at least 110 countries.

ANGER reigned in the  two chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly, yesterday, as senators, and members of the House of Representatives, separately, condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in her COVID-19 red list without justification.

Infectious disease experts yesterday disagreed with the banning of flights from Southern African countries, stating that such a move would be counter-productive for Nigeria, especially  as there is not much information on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.

Nigeria has recorded additional 123 new COVID-19 cases, as total infections from the deadly virus rose to 169,329 as of July 17