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The United States on Friday offered up to $100 million to China and other impacted countries to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus. “This commitment along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector — demonstrates strong US leadership in response to the outbreak,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.…
February 7, 2020
The Gazetting Follows The New Diplomat's Investigative Report Regulations Bar Industry's Interference In Tobacco Control ...Health Warnings To Cover 50% Of Cigarettes Packs The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have hailed the Federal Government for the gazette of the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Regulations 2019.…
February 6, 2020
A 21-year-old Cameroonian student in China has become the first African known to be diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. In a statement, Yangtze University said the student was being treated in hospital in southern Jingzhou city after contracting the illness while on a visit to Wuhan city, the epicentre of the outbreak. He had returned…
February 4, 2020
(dpa/NAN) China’s Foreign Ministry has blasted the U.S. government for restricting the entry of Chinese nationals due to the coronavirus outbreak, which this week was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. “While the WHO has only just specifically advised against any travel restrictions, the U.S. has decided to act in the opposite…
February 2, 2020
Two people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the chief medical officer for England has announced. They are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care. No more details are being released about their idenitity or where they are being treated. At least 213 people in the China have…
January 31, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people in China and more than a dozen other countries. Some details on cases confirmed as of midday Wednesday in Beijing: — China: 5,974 cases on the mainland. In addition, Hong Kong has eight cases and Macao has five. Nearly all of the…
January 29, 2020
Canada on Saturday declared the first “presumptive” confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus in a resident who had returned from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak of the viral disease. Ontario health officials told a news conference the patient is a male in his 50s, who arrived in Toronto on…
January 26, 2020
Nigeria joined the rest of the world Wednesday, to place international airports on red alert as countries intensify the screening of inbound passengers, following an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) advised passengers and other airport users to comply with all quarantine procedures at airports nationwide to…
January 23, 2020
An article published on Friday in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) has conclusively refuted the often-repeated claims that e-cigarettes have been proven to be 95% safer than regular cigarettes. While the evidence to date indicates that e-cigarettes do expose users to fewer harmful chemicals than traditional cigarettes, the evidence of the harms of…
January 11, 2020
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The United States on Friday offered up to $100 million to China and other impacted countries to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus. “This commitment along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector — demonstrates strong US leadership in response to the outbreak,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.…
February 7, 2020
The Gazetting Follows The New Diplomat's Investigative Report Regulations Bar Industry's Interference In Tobacco Control ...Health Warnings To Cover 50% Of Cigarettes Packs The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have hailed the Federal Government for the gazette of the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Regulations 2019.…
February 6, 2020
A 21-year-old Cameroonian student in China has become the first African known to be diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. In a statement, Yangtze University said the student was being treated in hospital in southern Jingzhou city after contracting the illness while on a visit to Wuhan city, the epicentre of the outbreak. He had returned…
February 4, 2020
(dpa/NAN) China’s Foreign Ministry has blasted the U.S. government for restricting the entry of Chinese nationals due to the coronavirus outbreak, which this week was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. “While the WHO has only just specifically advised against any travel restrictions, the U.S. has decided to act in the opposite…
February 2, 2020
Two people have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the chief medical officer for England has announced. They are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care. No more details are being released about their idenitity or where they are being treated. At least 213 people in the China have…
January 31, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people in China and more than a dozen other countries. Some details on cases confirmed as of midday Wednesday in Beijing: — China: 5,974 cases on the mainland. In addition, Hong Kong has eight cases and Macao has five. Nearly all of the…
January 29, 2020
Canada on Saturday declared the first “presumptive” confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus in a resident who had returned from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak of the viral disease. Ontario health officials told a news conference the patient is a male in his 50s, who arrived in Toronto on…
January 26, 2020
Nigeria joined the rest of the world Wednesday, to place international airports on red alert as countries intensify the screening of inbound passengers, following an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in China. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) advised passengers and other airport users to comply with all quarantine procedures at airports nationwide to…
January 23, 2020
An article published on Friday in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) has conclusively refuted the often-repeated claims that e-cigarettes have been proven to be 95% safer than regular cigarettes. While the evidence to date indicates that e-cigarettes do expose users to fewer harmful chemicals than traditional cigarettes, the evidence of the harms of…
January 11, 2020
