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There was, however, a glimmer of hope during the week as a drug trial in the UK showed potential for the cure of the disease.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 661 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 19, 808.were also recorded from the virus on Saturday, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 506.
“A data and safety monitoring board met late Friday and determined that while there was no harm, the study drug was very unlikely to be beneficial to hospitalised patients with Covid-19,” the NIH said in a statement. The finding does not necessarily mean that people will no longer be immune to the novel coronavirus after a few months. The lower levels of the immune responses measured in the study may still be enough to thwart the virus, and there are other types of immune responses not examined in the study that play a role in immunity.
“We would like to state unequivocally, that there is no plan to transport positive samples from one state to the other.The federal government has releasedLabour minister Chris Ngige said the payment which covers hazard and inducement allowances for April and May is made with the expectation that it would ameliorate the plight of resident doctors across the country who downed tools since Monday over unpaid salaries and allowances.
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