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The recruitment of health and care workers from Nigeria and 46 other countries has been suspended by the United Kingdom government as confirmed in its updated Code of Practice (CoP).   Africa Check had earlier reported that about 5, 250 Nigerian-trained doctors are on the UK books as at April 2018, a rise of 10 per cent on the previous year.   The Sun reported that the announcement which is contained in the CoP and released by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, would help to meet UK’s target of delivering 50,000 more nurses by 2024.    The UK said CoP provide safeguards against active recruitment from 47 countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards list, and also aligns with World Health Organisation’s (WHO) advice on ethical recruitment to promote effective, fair and sustainable international recruitment practices.   It was further learnt that UK authorities will strengthen its ethical approach to the international recru...

The recruitment of health and care workers from Nigeria and 46 other countries has been suspended by the United Kingdom government as confirmed in its updated Code of Practice (CoP).   Africa Check had earlier reported that about 5, 250 Nigerian-trained doctors are on the UK books as at April 2018, a rise of 10 per cent on the previous year.   The Sun reported that the announcement which is contained in the CoP and released by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, would help to meet UK’s target of delivering 50,000 more nurses by 2024.    The UK said CoP provide safeguards against active recruitment from 47 countries on the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards list, and also aligns with World Health Organisation’s (WHO) advice on ethical recruitment to promote effective, fair and sustainable international recruitment practices.   It was further learnt that UK authorities will strengthen its ethical approach to the international recru...

England's most-capped female player of all time, Fara Williams has revealed she has been battling a kidney condition for almost a year.   The 37-year-old, who plays as central midfielder for Reading and the England national team, opened in an Instagram post about her nephrotic syndrome diagnosis and the subsequent challenges she has faced.    Williams said after she had thigh surgery in March last year, she started noticing swelling in her hands, legs, and face during the final stages of her rehabilitation.      When she had a kidney biopsy, the results revealed she had the condition, called nephrotic syndrome.   The condition is caused by an excess leak of protein from blood into urine and can lead to swelling in the legs and ankles.   The Reading ace wrote in lenghty post:    In March 2020, I had an operation to reattach the muscle & tendons of my thigh to the bone. In my final stage of rehab, I noticed swelling in m...

The UK and California Covid variants have reportedly merged into a newly mutated virus, raising fears the pandemic could enter a new phase.   The “recombination” was discovered in California's Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US, New Scientist reports. It's not yet known how much of a threat the recombination could pose. But if confirmed the recombinant would be the first detected in the pandemic. Bette Korber, a computational biologist at the laboratory who made the discovery, told a meeting on February 2 held by the New York Academy of Science she had seen "pretty clear" evidence, the UK Sun reported.    The recombinant carries a mutation from the Kent variant - known as B.1.1.7 - which makes the UK virus more transmissible. It also carries another mutation from the California variant - known as B.1.429 - that can produce resistance to antibodies.   Ms. Korber said: "This kind of event could allow the virus to have coupled a more infectious vir...

Michael Gove says it is his "fervent hope" that England's new lockdown will end on 2 December, but ministers will be "guided by the facts". "We do need to get the R rate below 1," the Cabinet Office minister told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. The strict measures are due to come into force from Thursday. Pubs, restaurants, gyms, non-essential shops and places of worship will close, but schools, colleges and universities can stay open. The prime minister is expected to deliver a statement in the Commons on Monday ahead of a vote on the latest restrictions on Wednesday. Labour has indicated it will back the lockdown. Elite sport to continue during lockdown England's Catholic Church criticises worship ban Who can you have in your bubble? Boris Johnson said he expects the lockdown to last until 2 December, after which England's regional tiered system would be reintroduced. But Mr Gove told the programme that decisions would "obvio...