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Finnish school children began returning to class on Thursday after eight weeks of coronavirus lockdown despite warnings from the teacher’s union it may not be totally safe for staff or children. The reopenings see pupils back at school for just over two weeks before the summer holidays begin in early June, with strict social distancing … Read more
A six-year-old girl alongside her father who was the index case of COVID-19 in Kazaure, Jigawa State have both recovered from COVID-19 in Jigawa State. The girl was said to have contracted the virus after having contact with her father a businessman who returned from Enugu to Jigawa. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Abba … Read more
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child has tested positive for COVID-19 in Ebonyi State, becoming the eighth case recorded in the state. Governor David Umahi made this known yesterday in a state-wide broadcast after the Security/COVID-19 Committee meeting. The child who tested positive to the virus May 11is one of the two children of a couple who tested … Read more
Founder of Daar Communications Plc Raymond Dokpesi has been discharged from the University of Abuja Treatment Centre After Testing Negative to Coronavirus. “I am exceptionally indebted to God Almighty for keeping and protecting me and my entire family all through our isolation at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada Isolation Centre,” Dokpesi said in … Read more
The Kaduna State Government has released 60 more almajirai after going through 14 isolation and testing negative to the coronavirus. The Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development in the state, Hafsat Baba, disclosed this on Wednesday. According to Hafsat, the state ministry of health certified them COVID-19 free after being quarantined for 14 days … Read more
98-year-old woman in Lagos State who had been battling with the coronavirus has now fully recovered and has been discharged. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this on Wednesday, adding that so far, she is the oldest coronavirus patient recorded in the state. According to the governor, the woman and 25 others (13 male and … Read more
US authorities warned Wednesday that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington’s war with Beijing over the pandemic. The warning Wednesday also underscored that Washington believes China has continued broad efforts to obtain US commercial and technology secrets under President Xi Jinping’s drive to make his … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 184 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 184 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, May 13. READ ALSO: Dele Momodu At 60: A Brotherhood Made In … Read more
The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described Britain’s COVID-19 death toll as “deeply horrifying” Boris Johnson disclosed this on Wednesday after opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer accused him of avoiding comparisons with other European nations. Keir Starmer told parliament he was “baffled” by the government’s withdrawal of daily graphs comparing Britain’s deaths and … Read more
The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, announced the recovery and discharge of 26 more patients who tested negative twice to the Coronavirus. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said in a statement that the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged had become 528. ‘Good people of Lagos, today, 26 COVID-19 Lagos patients; 13 males and … Read more
A three- year- old has tested positive for coronavirus in Ebonyi, which brings about the eighth case recorded in the state. Governor David Umahi announced this in a broadcast on the state’s broadcast stations after the Security/Covid-19 Committee meeting on Wednesday According to the Governor, the child is one of the two children of a … Read more
The state task force on COVID-19 on Tuesday has reported that no less than four hundred and seventy-one people have died in Yobe State within three weeks. Dr Mohammed Lawan, Yobe Commissioner for Health on Tuesday, however, divulged the cause of the 471 deaths recorded across different communities in the State in the past three … Read more
A 113-year-old woman named Maria Branyas, believed to be the oldest woman in Spain has recovered from the coronavirus, officials have said. Maria Branyas was diagnosed with coronavirus after the country went into lockdown in March. But after weeks in isolation, Ms. Branyas recovered, having suffered only mild symptoms. It means she has lived through … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 146 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 4787. NCDC announced this on its twitter handle on Tuesday night. According to NCDC, The newly confirmed cases are as follows; 57-Lagos, 27-Kano, 10-Kwara, 9-Edo, 8-Bauchi, 7-Yobe, 4-Kebbi, 4-Oyo, 3-Katsina, … Read more
Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city’s entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported Tuesday. Officials have been ordered to submit by noon on Tuesday plans to administer nucleic acid tests on all residents in the city … Read more
The Kano State government has extended the lockdown imposed on the state to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus infection in the state by one week. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Muhammed Garba, made this known in a statement issued on behalf of the government late Monday. It said the action became essential … Read more
The Federal Government on Monday has announced that Nigerians stranded in China, India and other parts of the world will not be airlifted home immediately. This is to say that the government has chosen to pull the brakes on the return of other Nigerians after airlifting 678 in three batches of 265 from United Arab … Read more
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has disclosed how a man who works at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the COVID-19 President Nana Akufo-Addo made the announcement during a nationwide address yesterday night. He further lifted the three weeks restriction on movement in other … Read more
Lagos State has discharged 33 Coronavirus patients. Ekohotblog reports that Lagos State Government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the discharge of thirty-three coronavirus patients from Onikan and Eti-Osa(Landmark) Isolation centre. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/05/11/ncc-dismisses-reports-of-5g-network-switch-in-lagos/ This online news platform understands that the Lagos State Ministry of Health made this known in a tweet on the micro-blogging … 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