The two Coronavirus patients who fled their homes in Kaduna state shortly after they were notified of their test results, have been apprehended by security operatives. Ekohotblog reported earlier that Kaduna state’s Commissioner of Health Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni said the two patients who have been on isolation pending receipts of their test results, have been … Read more
The coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are set to donate the combined sum of N350 million to support Oyo State’s containment efforts against COVID-19. The State’s Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo and a member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Professor Temitope Alonge, told a meeting of the … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated three additional laboratories, bringing the total number to 23 in the country. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Sunday in Abuja that it would help to increase the nation’s testing capacity as well as curb the spread of the … Read more
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has warned two persons who tested positive for COVID-19 to submit themselves for treatment at the isolation centre. The ministry has also mandated security agents to track and fish out the two persons before they spread the virus to other members of the public. In a statement on Sunday, … Read more
Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde on Sunday confirmed that 64 people have so far tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. Makinde disclosed this via his Twitter handle monitored in Ibadan, he said the five new confirmed cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night, brought the number to 64. He … Read more
University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday says it has produced 3,000 reusable facemasks for distribution to her members to protect them from COVID-19 infection in the premier university. The union stated that it was important that her members have access to face masks that is produced following … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has bemoaned the non challant attitude of some residents towards complying with the guidelines put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. Giving an update on the disease on Saturday, Governor Sanwo-Olu decried that the situation was poor in the commercial transport sector. “In terms … Read more
The Kwara State government says it has recorded its first COVID-19 death. This was revealed in a statement released by the state’s technical committee spokesman on the virus, Rafiu Ajakaye on Saturday. Ajakaye, who is also the Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, said the state had also recorded four new coronavirus cases. … Read more
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha said that Covid-19 isolation and treatment centres in the country are running out of bed spaces. He revealed this on Friday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. READ ALSO : Pharmacist Dies After Drinking Self-Made COVID-19 Cure The SGF, … Read more
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday ordered the extension of the lockdown by one week for the second time He said the relaxation on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, would remain. The governor announced the extension while briefing journalists at the Governor’s Office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He noted that the lockdown extension was … Read more
Kano State has recorded Five more COVID-19 related deaths The state Ministry of Health made this known on its twitter handle on Saturday morning, May 9. #COVID19KN Update as at 11:35pm 8th May 2020*️⃣ 65 new cases of #COVID19Kano cases confirmed.*️⃣ Total confirmed cases in @KanostateNg are now 547.*️⃣ 1 additional #COVID19Kano patient discharged.*️⃣ 5 … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence’s spokesperson Katie Miller, who also serves as a spokesperson for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has tested positive for the disease. Trump confirmed Miller was the staffer who tested positive on Friday during an event with Republican lawmakers at the White House She’s wonderful young woman,’ Trump said. ‘Katie tested … Read more
A six-week-old baby has become the youngest victim to die from COVID-19 in England after testing positive for the disease. NHS England said the baby was among 332 people who have died after testing positive for the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in England’s hospitals to 22,764. READ ALSO : Members Flee … Read more
24 additional Almajirai that were repatriated from Kano State and two health workers one each from Rasheed Shakoni Specialist hospital and the Federal Medical Center Birninkudu, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Jigawa State. This brings the total number of Almjirai that have tested positive in the state to 40. The State Commissioner for Health, … Read more
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, have given reasons why the state still has unoccupied beds at the various isolation centres despite recording more COVID-19 cases than its bed-capacity. He disclosed that Lagos state still has about 307 unoccupied beds out of the 569 total bed spaces available in the state because most … Read more
An Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court has imposed a fine of forty thousand naira on one Vincent Ikechukwu for failure to use a face mask which has become mandatory in the state since the wake of COVID 19 Pandemic. The offender who is the first to face such penalty will also engage in community labour for … Read more
Dr. Ifegbike Kalu, a medical doctor, who works with the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, has today dropped his opinion on the possibility of transmitting COVID-19 through sex. Kalu who spoke with newsmen today said it’s possible to find COVID-19 in semen hence the possibility of transmitting the virus through sex. READ ALSO: JUST … Read more
11 health workers at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have tested positive for COVID-19, Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has said. Murtala Isa Umar, chairman of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH)branch of the union disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Umar said the results for the AKTH JOHESU members returned on Friday indicated … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has disclosed the number of people that the agency has been able to test for the virulent COVID-19 infection in the country. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of NCDC, on Thursday said about 22,000 persons have been tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria. The NCDC helmsman made the disclosure at presidential task … Read more
The Jigawa State government on Thursday received the results of 45 samples of Almajiri children tested for COVID-19 The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Abba Zakari, revealed that the results of 16 samples returned positive while that of the remaining children came out negative. He made the reavelation to reporters on Thursday at the National … Read more