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
Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Bello Agaie has died of Coronavirus diseases. Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, disclosed this on Friday in Minna, the state capital. According to a statement on Thursday night by Mary Noel-Berje, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Abubakar Sani, the late Agaie died of coronavirus disease. … 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
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
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
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
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
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 World Health Organization on Monday hailed dwindling COVID-19 infection rates and deaths in some countries, but called on nations to show “extreme vigilance” as they begin loosening their restrictions. Swathes of Europe began the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, with officials in countries like France and Spain emboldened by declining … 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
Kano state government has announced that it will soon enforce a compulsory use of face masks, as part of preventive measure to limit the spread of coronavirus. The state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje made this statement during a media session on the update of the state’s fight against COVID-19. He said when the state … Read more
Lagos State Ministry of Health(LSMOH) on Sunday announced the discharge of 21 more COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres to reunite with the society after testing negative twice. This was disclosed via the Ministry Twitter handle. LSMOH reports that the discharged patients, who are all Nigerians, were made up of 17 males and 4 females. … Read more
The Edo State Government, has ramped up ongoing screening and testing exercise across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs), screening over 104,186 persons, testing about 704 residents and contact tracing over 689 others who have had various degrees of contacts with confirmed cases. Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to journalists … 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
The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State has confirmed the death of a policeman who tested positive for coronavirus. All staff, who came in contact with the deceased, are currently on self-isolation, a statement issued on Sunday by the Head, Public Relations and Information of the hospital, Segun Orisajo, started. … Read more
More than 100 people have been reported dead in Azare, Bauchi State, over the last one week as a result of Coronavirus complications. Azare is the second largest town in the state after Bauchi, the state capital. Ibrahim Mohammed Baba, former lawmaker representing Katagum Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, made this known in … Read more
An Indian pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalized after the pair drank a self-made COVID-19 chemical concoction in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday. The men worked for a herbal medicine company and were testing their treatment, a mix of nitric oxide and sodium nitrate, at a home in southern Chennai … Read more
The Akwa Ibom State government says it stopped a corpse of a suspected COVID-19 victim into the state from Lagos. The government said it has buried the corpse in accordance with the COVID-19 regulations. Commissioner for health, Dr Dominic Ukpong, made the disclosure during a meeting of the State Incidence Management Committee held at the … Read more
The Lagos ministry of health (LSMOH) on Friday has announced the discharge of 42 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation facilities via its Twitter handle. The patients, 20 females and 22 males, were discharged from isolation facilities at Onikan, Eti-Osa and Lekki. “42 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 20 females & 22 males; all Nigerians have been … Read more