Nigeria will have to spend 8.490 million naira on COVID-19 tests.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the cash at Wednesday’s assembly for the acquisition of 12 matching pieces through the Nigeria Disease Control Center (NCDC).
But the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) said Wednesday that the country wanted “more investment in education and health.” Our workers want to be healthy to be productive. If we do not, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be difficult to achieve. »
NLC President Ayuba Wabba, the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed demanding situations in Nigeria’s education and fitness sectors.
He spoke at the inauguration/award of the president of the Nigerian Health Physicians and Workers’ Union (MHWUN), Josiah Biobelemoye, at the Abuja Ethical Resource Center.
He said: “COVID-19 has defined the demanding situations in the two critical sectors of our economy and those sectors are shaping progression around the world: fitness and schooling.
Health Minister Dr. Osagie Ehanire told journalists after the FEC assembly that the cash will be the country to combat the transmission of the pandemic network, which has affected 586 local government spaces.
“The Ministry of Health has submitted a memorandum on behalf of the Nigerian Center for Disease Control to acquire devices to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic, which is ravaging all regions of the world, adding our country.
“This is a component of ongoing network transmission readiness that has affected more than 586 local government spaces and we want appliances to expand our diagnostic capabilities.
“This note is the result of the Presidential Working Group (TFP) on COVID-19 and the special intervention budget controlled through TFP, which have these resources for the development of NCDCs,” he said.
The health minister said the tissues to be purchased come with samples and other laboratory diagnostic kits.
“We bought those fabrics so we could respond well to the transmission phase of the network,” he added.
On the reasons why the PTF is reluctant to introduce quick verification kits that cause the effects to be obtained in minutes compared to PCR (polymerization chain reaction) checks, Ehanire said: “It’s not that anyone thinks about immediate diagnostic verification, it’s used all over the world, even in Nigeria today , however, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other experts have stated that this control is not very reliable and also provides a significant number of false positive or false negative effects.
“Therefore, if you move to a position where a percentage of the verification result can give a bad result, then you should be careful. While PRC verification, chain polymerization reaction verification, is accurate and reliable. So, if you need to know how positive a user is, that’s the control you take, that’s the advice of the World Health Organization.
“Now, science is never safe, there are many tactics and pathways through which the quality of immediate verification is further improved. And while I’m talking to you now, the Nigerian Medical Science Laboratory, which is guilty of validating this verification, said whether it’s reliable or not, whether we use it or not, is reviewing this check now and will give us its result, whether reliable enough or not reliable enough.
Regarding COVID-19 protocols during the all-progressive Congress crusade in the state of Edo and the funeral rites of Senator Buruji Kashamu, the Health Minister said, “There is anything that says the legislation, the law says elections must be held at some points, and then take a look at what fitness desires have presented.
“No one predicted that COVID-19 would emerge and the confrontation through INEC and the Ministry of Health is not unique to Nigeria, many other countries face such problems.
“Just a few days ago, Belarus held presidential elections because its statute sets a deadline for it to take place. Other countries have held elections, some have postponed elections, depending on how each country assesses its own risk. And in Nigeria, where the infection rate is low compared to other countries, which is around 2%, it is generally almost 4% and then the weight of the case distribution is not equal.
The governor of the state of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) expressed their opinion on the death of Babatunde Oke, president of the Onigbongbo Local Council Development Zone (LCDA).
Sanwo-Olu, in a message of condolence from its leading press secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Oke’s disappearance was a wonderful loss to the state.
Oke, a second-term president of Onigbongbo LCDA, died in the early hours of yesterday.
The governor described him as a gentle guy; an unwavering party and a committed Democrat, who had a deep understanding of local government and the political landscape.
ALGON President Kolade Alabi said Oke’s valuable contributions nationwide would be missed.
CONFERENCE 57 President Omolola Essien also described the vanquished Oke as one of the most experienced council leaders in the state.
“He’s generous, intelligent and hard-working. We will miss him a lot in the space of Conference 57,” Essien said.
Russia could produce five million doses of its new COVID-19 vaccine according to the month through December, Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Institute for Scientific Research in Epidemiology and Microbiology, said Wednesday.
“We expect [manufacturers] to succeed in their target capacity through December or January. The purpose is about five million doses a month, and more,” Gintsburg said at a press conference.
Andrei Savenkov-Rossotrudnichestvo, a Russian state firm guilty of selling humanitarian cooperation, to provide the Russian vaccine opposed to COVID-19 to the foreign community, said Yevgeny Primakov, the firm’s new director.
The vaccine, called Sputnik V, evolved jointly through the Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“This is one of the maximum stories we can export because we surprised the global with a low mortality rate.
“And thanks to our high-quality physical care and the fact that we have vaccines, not even one, it’s already our strong point.
“Let them finish testing, licensing, certifications and approvals, and I would like, through the Rossotrudnichestvo network, to provide this vaccine to the world and show its effectiveness,” Primakov said.
The executive director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, said Moscow had already won the initial one billion-dose requests for its COVID-19 vaccine from more than 20 countries.
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