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  The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the full reopening of worship centres in the state. He made the announcement during a briefing in Lagos on Saturday. The governor indicated that mosques can hold their prayers five times daily while churches are also allowed to commence weekly services. The governor had on Friday, August 7 permitted mosques and churches to commence their Friday and Sunday services only. He, however, warned that the safety protocols released by the government must be strictly observed. He stated: “As regards our places of worship, we are now also permitting the mosques to resume their five times a day prayers; and in the case of churches, they are now also permitted to resume their mid-week services. We must not forget that the Coronavirus pandemic is still very much with us, and we must therefore strive to prioritise the safety of all our children, teachers, parents, and the entire society.” Worship centres in the state had been interrupted

    The Lagos State Ministry of Education has released school calendar for 2020/2021 session. Olaniran Emmanuel, Head of Public Affairs, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) issued the details in a statement at the weekend. Public and private schools below tertiary level will commence First Term academic activities on Monday, 21st September, 2020 while the term runs through Friday 18th December, 2020. The Second Term begins on Monday 4th January, 2020 and runs through Friday 6th April, 2021 while students will resume for Third Term on Tuesday 4th May, 2021 and close on Friday 6th August, 2021. Director-General, OEQA, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, urged school leaders to adopt a qualitative health and safety plan that will help protect students, teachers and workers. She stated it is not enough to reopen but to keep staying opened since some schools all over the world had to shut down after reopening due to a spike in the pandemic. “All schools must make efforts to comply with these requ

  Spicy Foods Some like it hot … and some can’t take the heat. Spicy food can make your blood vessels swell and even break, causing  purple marks on your face. If you have rosacea -- common in women after menopause -- the heat from spice might trigger a flare-up.also raises your body temperature, so you sweat to cool back down. When sweat mixes with the bacteria on your skin, it can lead to breakouts and blotches. Margarine Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and anything you eat can affect it. Most margarines, especially the solid kind, are high in trans fats. They raise your “bad” cholesterol, lower your “good” kind, and create inflammation throughout your body. Inflammation can  cause heart disease and stroke, two conditions that can give you an aged appearance. Sodas and Energy Drinks The higher intake of  sodas and energy drinks  speeds up the cells in your tissues age. In addition to the fizz, they have more calories and added sugar -- 7 to 10 teaspoons in 12 ounces -- t

  As the possibility of a widely available COVID-19 vaccine steadily draws nearer, initial limitations in supply have left experts worldwide asking: Who should get the vaccine first? The World Health Organization and its appointed Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, or SAGE, have announced a worldwide vaccine distribution plan — it pushes back on so-called vaccine nationalism, the idea that each country should prioritize its own citizens. Instead, the WHO adopts a global approach, prioritizing vaccination among the most vulnerable people everywhere. “The first priority must be to vaccinate some people in all the countries, rather than all the people in some countries,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated in Geneva on Friday. “Vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic, not shorten it.” The WHO’s proposed vaccine distribution framework would ensure all countries access to the novel coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available. Participating up

  The Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Lagos State Ministry of Education, has organised a two-day training for School Leaders and Educators on a sustainable strategy to the safe reopening of Public and Private schools under  tertiary level. The programme tagged “Moving Forward: A Training For The Safe Reopening Of Lagos State Public And Private Schools”, is aimed at encouraging school leaders to be equipped with comprehensive operational, learning, quality health and safety as well as data and communication plans that will be applied for the safe reopening of schools in Lagos. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, in her address at the event, urged school leaders to map up a qualitative safety plan that will help protect students, teachers and workers as schools reopen in the State. “It is not enough to reopen but to remain open since some schools across the world had to shut down after reopening due to a spike in the pandem

  As some states are about to  resume school, the Federal Government of Nigeria said normal procedures should be followed. Any school willing to resume must be cleared and given a go-ahead by their State Government. In the PTF meeting which was held yesterday, September 14th, the minister  of state for education Chukwuemaka Nwajiuba stated that t he Ministry of education would shut down any  school that violates covid-19 protocols. Any school that plans to resume must first make sure all covid 19 containment measures are put in place for safe reopening for their student. They  must be cleared for resumption after thoroughly examining them.  That is the main protocol. In this light, it is illegal for any school to resume without approval from constituted authorities. The safety of everyone, especially the children should be a number one priority. It is wrong for an institution to resume when it does not have the capacity to curtail corona virus infection spread within the school environ

  Millions of Italian children returned to the classroom on Monday as most schools reopened more than six months after they were shut to curtail the the spread of coronavirus pandemic. Although some Italian schools opened earlier this month, about 5.6 million students from a total of eight million went back to school on Monday, facing a new reality of restrictions. Italy was one of the first country l in Europe to be hit by the pandemic, which has now officially killed over 35,500 people out of a total of 280,000 cases. Premier Giuseppe Conte stated on Sunday that Italian schools faced a difficult situation, including a lack of teachers, single-seat benches and surgical masks. “There will be difficulties and inconveniences, especially in the beginning,” Conte wrote on Facebook. He also congratulated teachers, who he said had “made an extraordinary effort in the months of confinement to continue lessons and distant learning”. “We are grateful to you,” he said. With the country recorderi

Ahead of the resumption of activities in both public and private schools, Lagos State Government on Sunday released a new academic structure adopted in the state after the lockdown of schools occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. The Commissioner for Education in the state, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo announced this in a release through, the Head of Public Affairs of the ministry, Mr. Kayode Abayomi. Adefisayo, however, congratulated Senior Secondary, SS 3 students who successfully completed their West Africa School Senior Certificate Examinations, WASSCEs and asked them to stay safe even as they await their results. According to the commissioner, the plans for reopening for a new 2020/2021 academic session in public schools are: “The ministry is adopting a phased approach to opening public schools. This phased approach to opening will enable public schools meet COVID-19 social distance rules and safety protocols and will help us watch the behaviour of the pandemic as we graduall

          What is  High Blood Sugar? Blood glucose is generally considered too high when it is higher than 130 mg/dl before a meal or higher than 180 mg/dl two hours after the first bite of a meal. However, most of the signs and symptoms of high blood glucose don’t come up until the blood glucose level is higher than 250 mg/dl. Some of the symptoms have a rapid onset, while others require a long period of high blood glucose to appear. It’s important to note that individuals differ in their sensitivity to the effects of high blood glucose: Some people feel symptoms more quickly or more strongly than others. But each sign or symptom has a biological link, or a specific cause behind the effect. Hyperglycemia might be acute or chronic. Acute hyperglycemia lasts only briefly and is usually the result of factors such as a high-carbohydrate meal, a missed dose of medicine, stress, or illness. Chronic hyperglycemia, on the other hand, is a state of long-term elevated blood glucose. It is often