Coronavirus, Lassa fever again dominate health news headlines last week

In the last three months, the world has been battling the new coronavirus outbreak which has reached over 155 countries and infected 157,844 people.

The World Health Organisation on Friday declared Europe as the epicentre of the disease as cases have been slowing down in China where the disease originated. The outbreak has affected every sector globally.Here is the round up of some of the stories which made the headlines last week.of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation declared on Friday.

The disturbing death toll came on Italy’s first day under a nationwide lockdown with public events cancelled, movement restricted and schools and universities closed. All these were put in place in a drastic bid to slow the pace of Covid-19 in Europe’s worst-hit country.after the coronavirus pandemic devastated demand for global air travel, its chief executive Alex Cruz said on Friday.

of retaining their National Health Insurance Scheme up till the age of 70 years before switching-over to the National Non-Contributory Health Insurance Scheme.The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said at the first International Training of Trainers in Geriatric and the launch of the Elderly Friendly Hospitals Initiative , at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital .

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