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Coronavirus: 8,300 Masks, Sanitizers Stolen From French Hospital

Mar 4, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

Individuals are using all possible means both honestly and dishonestly to protect themselves from the deadly coronavirus. About 8,300 masks and 1,200 bottles of sanitising health gel have been stolen from Paris hospitals. Health officials in France on Wednesday raised the alarm that another 2,000 surgical masks have disappeared from a hospital in Marseilles. The … Read more

Banknotes Can Spread Coronavirus, WHO Warns

Mar 4, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

As the coronavirus assumes pandemic proportion globally, the World Health Organisation has warned that banknotes could aid the transmission of the infectious disease. The United Nations body, therefore, counselled people to rather go cashless when making purchases In the event where they handle money, people should make it a regular habit to wash their hands … Read more

Coronavirus: Engage Butchers to Avoid Spread – Minister

Mar 4, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

As health officials across the globe continue to equip the public with more preventive measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, Nigeria’s Minister of Environment,Dr Mohammed Mahmood, has called on environmental health officers in states and local governments to engage butchers to ensure they do not handle, slaughter, dress, sell and prepare meat originating from … Read more

Expert Says Nigeria’s Hot Weather Will Supress The Spread Of Coronavirus

Mar 4, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

#CoronavirusUpdates: Quarantined Italian In Nigeria Has Fully Recovered

A Consultant Virologist, Dr Adeola Fowotade, has said that hot tropical climate as obtainable in Nigeria could help suppress the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. Fowotade of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, said this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. According to her, some experts think the COVID-19 may behave like … Read more

List Of Countries Where Coronavirus Have Been Confirmed

Mar 4, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The outbreak of coronavirus which was first noticed in Chinese City of Wuhan at the end of 2019, has now been confirmed in 75 other countries.

While Iran has recorded the highest death toll outside China, Iran rose to 66, WHO has also announced that the number of new cases outside China rose nine times higher than those inside the Asian country in the last 24 hours.

More than 3,100 people have died globally and over 90,000 have been infected since the outbreak of the deadly disease, leading to a declaration of public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In mainland China, more than 80,100 cases of the virus and over 2,900 deaths have been recorded, with majority of the patients coming from Hubei province.

Here is a full list of the 75 countries where coronavirus has been confirmed in outside mainland China as at 12:00am on Tuesday March 3;

1. Afghanistan (1 case)

2. Algeria (2 cases)

3. Andorra (1 case)

4. Armenia (1 case)

5. Australia (35 cases, 1 death)

6. Austria (10 cases)

7. Bahrain (49 cases)

8. Belarus (1 case)

9. Belgium (1 case)

10. Brazil (2 cases)

11. Cambodia (1 case)

12. Canada (24 cases)

13. Croatia (6 cases)

14. Czech Republic (5 cases)

15. Denmark (3 cases)

16. Dominican Republic (1 case)

17. Ecuador (7 cases)

18. Egypt (2 cases)

19. Estonia (1 case)

20. Finland (3 cases)

21. France (130 cases, 2 deaths)

22. Georgia (1 case)

23. Germany (158 cases)

24. Gibraltar (1 case)

25. Greece (7 cases)

26. Hong Kong (100 cases, 2 deaths)

27. Iceland (3 case)

28. India (6 cases)

29. Indonesia (2 cases)

30. Iran (1,501 cases, 66 deaths)

31. Iraq (26 cases)

32. Ireland (1 case)

33. Israel (12 cases)

34. Italy (2,036 cases, 52 deaths)

35. Japan (974 cases, 12 deaths)

36. Jordan (1 case)

37. Kuwait (56 cases)

38. Latvia (1 case)

39. Lebanon (13 cases)

40. Lithuania (1 case)

41. Luxembourg (1 case)

42. Macao (10 cases)

43. Malaysia (25 cases)

44. Mexico (5 cases)

45. Monaco (1 case)

46. Nepal (1 case)

47. Netherlands (7 cases)

48. New Zealand (1 case)

49. Nigeria (1 case)

50. North Macedonia (1 case)

51. Norway (15 cases)

52. Oman (6 cases)

53. Pakistan (5 cases)

54. Philippines (3 cases, 1 death)

55. Portugal (2 cases)

56. Qatar (7 cases)

57. Romania (3 cases)

58. Russia (6 cases)

59. San Marino (1 case)

60. Saudi Arabia (1 case)

61. Senegal (1 case)

62. Singapore (108 cases)

63. South Korea (5,186 cases, 29 deaths)

64. Spain (73 cases)

65. Sri Lanka (1 case)

66. Sweden (13 cases)

67. Switzerland (18 cases)

68. Taiwan (41 cases, 1 death)

69. Thailand (42 cases, 1 death)

70. Tunisia (1 case)

71. Ukraine (1 case)

72. United Arab Emirates (21 cases)

73. United Kingdom (40 cases)

74. United States (105 cases*, 6 deaths)

75. Vietnam (16 cases)

“I’m On Self Isolation, Not Quarantined For Coronavirus” ~DG, NCDC

Mar 4, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

Dr. Chikwe Ihekewazu, Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has found the ongoing reports saying he is being quarantined for Coronavirus as funny as he laughed it off. In a post via his verified Twitter account on Tuesday, he dismissed reports that he is being quarantined for coronavirus, instead he was on … Read more

Coronavirus: Dangote Donates 200m To Tackle Spread In Nigeria

Mar 4, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

After donating N1 billion to the fight against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Africa, Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has again pledged the sum of N200 million to support the Federal Government’s effort at containing the spread of Coronavirus in the country. The breakdown of the commitment goes thus: N124 million has been earmarked to support … Read more

Just In: Coronavirus Result Of Quarantined Chinese In Lagos Airport Released

Mar 3, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Coronavirus result of the Chinese man who was quarantined following his arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, has emerged. Ekohotblog reports that the Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi the quarantined Chinese tested negative to CoronaVirus (COVIDー19). This online news platform understands that the Lagos State Health Commissioner confirmed … Read more

Coronavirus: Come Back To Us -Chinese Restaurants Beg Nigerians

Mar 3, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Since it was announced that the coronavirus disease had hit Lagos, many Nigerians have been avoiding “Chinese” restaurants in the country like they would an earthquake and a rattlesnake. It does not even matter to them if they are just Nigerian-owned restaurants serving Chinese menus. Since the deadly disease originated in China, many Nigerians have … Read more

Nigeria Has More Chances To Suppress Spread Of Coronavirus- Virologist

Mar 3, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

A Consultant Virologist, Dr Adeola Fowotade, has said that hot tropical climate as obtainable in Nigeria could help suppress the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Fowotade of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, said this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. According to her, some experts think the COVID-19 may behave like … Read more

UNGA President Warns Against Politicizing Coronavirus

Mar 3, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Coronavirus Should Not Be Politicised Says UNGA President

President of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has advised against the politicisation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. Muhammad-Bande, from Nigeria, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Monday evening. Ambassador Tijani Muhammad-Bande spoke against the backdrop of the rapid spread of the virus … Read more

Rivers Says Adequate Information Key to Containment of Coronavirus

Mar 3, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

As Nigeria continues to set up a stringent preventive virus to repel the spread of Coronavirus from the country, the Rivers State Government has said timely dissemination of adequate information remains a vital inextricable step to contain Coronavirus ravaging most parts of the world. The state government has therefore charged the media to always be … Read more

Global Fears Grow As Worldwide Coronavirus Infections Surpass 90,000

Mar 3, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that public health officials are operating in “unchartered territory” as they combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 90,000 people across 73 countries and territories as of Monday evening. The virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica since it was first identified in … Read more

LASG Gives Update On Coronavirus, Tasks Citizens On Personal Hygiene

Mar 2, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has confirmed that the corona virus patient currently in the Yaba Mainland Hospital is doing very well and the state is very satisfied with his condition. Briefing journalists after a stakeholders’ meeting on Corona Virus at the State House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, Prof. Abayomi assured … Read more

Coronavirus: Ex INEC Chairman Has Found A Cure

Mar 2, 2020. by Otunba T.J Abass

Apart from being a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Bioresources Institute of Nigeria, on Monday announced that his team had discovered a cure for the deadly coronavirus. He said this while briefing the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu and … Read more

Italy Coronavirus Cases Now At 1,835 With 52 Dead

Mar 2, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The number of coronavirus cases in Italy climbed to 1,835, with 52 deaths reported so far, according to an update from the country’s Civil Protection Authority on Monday. More on this: Italy has the most coronavirus cases of any country outside of Asia. In Lombardy, the northern Italian region at the center of the country’s outbreak, 1 in 10 … Read more

Minister Tests Positive To Coronavirus In Italy

Mar 2, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Italy’s regional minister Alessandro Mattinzoli has tested positive to coronavirus. The 60-year-old man who serves as Commissioner for Economic Development in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, has tested positive for the virus. The region said the entire 17-member Lombardy regional government would undergo testing for the novel coronavirus. Earlier, … Read more

Quarantined Chinese Citizens Test Negative To Coronavirus

Mar 2, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has confirmed that the four Chinese citizens quarantined in Plateau state have tested negative to coronavirus (COVID-19). He gave the update at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja. The Plateau state government announced on Saturday February 29, that four suspected cases were quarantined. Ehanire commended the state health … Read more

Live Update On Coronavirus Death Toll

Mar 2, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

Hong Kong reaches 100 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus Hong Kong has confirmed two more coronavirus cases, making the total number of confirmed cases 100, according to Hong Kong’s Center for Health Protection (CHP) Monday. One of the new cases is a 63-year-old man with “underlying illness” and is the brother of another previously confirmed … Read more

Leader of South Korean Religious Group With Spiking Coronavirus Cases Apologizes

Mar 2, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The founder and leader of Shincheonji religious group, which is at the center of the rapid rise in South Korean coronavirus cases, apologized “sincerely” to the country today at his first news conference since the nation’s outbreak. The group has faced mounting criticism after more than half of South Korea’s positive cases was linked to the … Read more