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Oyo state government has shut down a company located in Ibadan South West Local government area of the state after 30 members of staff tested positive for COVID-19. The state governor, Seyi Makinde, disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday night. “The COVID-19 confirmation tests for thirty-one suspected cases came back POSITIVE. Thirty of these … Read more
The Director-General of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Iheakweazu on Friday clarified why anti-malaria drugs are being administered to coronavirus COVID-19 patients. The NCDC DG also explained the differences between COVID-19 and malaria. This follows recent remarks by some prominent survivors, who spoke about the drugs administered to them during their treatment. … Read more
China has acknowledged it destroyed early samples of COVID-19, confirming a claim put forward by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo late last month. On Friday, Liu Dengfeng, a supervisor with China’s National Health Commission, admitted that ‘the Chinese government issued an order on January 3 to dispose of coronavirus samples’ at unauthorized laboratories, according … Read more
Three persons among the 256 evacuees from Dubai have tested positive for coronavirus. Lagos Commissioner Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, revealed this on Sunday morning on his official twitter handle. He said the positive evacuees have been moved to one of the isolation centres. The evacuees have been observing the mandatory 14-day isolation in Lagos, having … Read more
Beaches in France and Italy opened on Saturday for the first weekend since the countries eased coronavirus lockdowns, while football fans awaited the return of major league action with Germany’s Bundesliga set to kick off. The reopenings are a major sign of returning normality for countries hit hard by the pandemic, which has killed more … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has taken delivery of the Madagascar native formulation against the Coronavirus. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, announced this on Saturday in a series of tweets. According to Mr Garba, samples of the native remedy were brought by the President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Embalo. … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday said Nigeria recorded 176 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 5621. The NCDC also disclosed that five new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to … Read more
A 75-year-old Nigerian-born Dr. James Oniah has died from coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom. His wife, Mary, a care home director, also died from the virulent infection just ten days after his demise. Seventy-nine year old retired radiologist Oniah died on April 24 only for Mary to succumb to the virus on May 4. … Read more
Twenty new cases of the COVID-19 have been recorded in Kaduna State. The State Ministry of Health disclosed this on Friday, noting that 15 out of the 20 cases comprise of family members and close contacts of previously confirmed cases. According to the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni, a four-month-old baby girl and six … Read more
There staff members of the Mushin General Hospital, Lagos State, were consumed by apprehension after about eight health officials at the hospital tested positive for virulent coronavirus. According to PUNCH, the patients comprise three doctors and five nurses, causing panic among the workers. The situation began after a health worker took ill about two weeks … Read more
Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,445. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this known on its website on Friday. A breakdown of data obtained from the centre’s website showed that 140 COVID-19 patients were discharged in the past 24 … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has handed a property forfeited by the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Lagos Government for use as an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients. The property consisting of six flats of three bedrooms and a boys’ quarter was renounced by Allison-Madueke following an order of … Read more
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Friday unmasked a 100-bed modern isolation and treatment facility for the management of COVID-19 in the state. The facility located within the premises of the Abia State Specialist Hospital at Amachara, Umuahia South LGA was donated by the Coalition of the Private Sector Against COVID-19 (CACOVID-19) in … Read more
As part of the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has approved of all Chief Judges ( at the federal and state levels) to urgently take steps to decongest prisons across the country. Justice Muhammad, in a circular issued on Friday, in his … Read more
People of Igbede, Oke-Ero local government area of Kwara state have praised the state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for contributing his ten months salary as a palliative to cushion the effect of lockdown brought by COVID-19 disease in the council. The people described the governor’s action as phenomenal and unprecedented, praying that his administration would take … Read more
The Federal Government has said that it did not request for the Madagascar herbal remedy for COVID-19 but that the Government of Madagascar had donated to African countries “in the spirit of African brotherly love”, sending the West African consignment to Guinea Bissau. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, made … Read more
The Leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to be briefed by the latter on the plan by the Federal Government to amend the N10.59 trillion 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in December last year. The meeting which had in attendance principal officers … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to tackle Nigeria’s weak health system through the establishment of standard laboratories, intensive care units, and isolation centres. This is according to a communiqué from the presidency. In its statement on Thursday, the presidency noted that President Buhari plans to have the labs, intensive care units and isolation centres in … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday disclosed that the country has recorded one ninety three new COVID-19 cases. The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. According to the agency, of the 193 new cases, 58 are confirmed in Lagos, 46 in Kano State, … Read more
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the recovery and discharge of 13 COVID-19 patients after testing negative twice consecutively. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, made the announcement on Thursday. According to him, with the discharge of the 11 males and two females, Lagos has now recorded 541 recoveries. “Good people of Lagos, … Read more