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 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
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
Some Nigerians evacuated from the United Kingdom have arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos around 01.43 pm on Friday. Videos of Nigerians evacuated from Uk. 6ix9ne | #wike | Supreme Court | #streetparty pic.twitter.com/jMfwX5WYQg — EkoHotBlog (@ekohotblog) May 8, 2020 They were evacuated after being stranded by the coronavirus pandemic. READ ALSO:BREAKING: … Read more
Lagos Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Friday, announced that the State may record between 90,000 and 120,000 cases of coronavirus by July or August when it reaches the peak. Abayomi, revealed this during a media briefing on the update of COVID-19 in the state, held in Alausa, Ikeja. According to the commissioner, the … Read more
A passenger suspected to be COVID-19 positive travelling from Lagos to one of the northern states on Thursday reported sadly died in Badeggi in the Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State inside the commercial vehicle he boarded. According to reports, the bus with registration number JJJ 349XN, carrying passengers from Lagos had embarked on … Read more
Kano state government has discharged 16 new COVID-19 patients from its facilities after full recovery and testing negative twice. A statement signed by the commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba implied that this brings the total number of discharged patients in the state to 22. He said among the discharged patients were Professor Abdulrazak Garba … Read more
As part of the effort to curtail the spread of coronavirus, the General Presidency of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque has launched self-sterilization gates at the entrance of Mecca’s Grand Mosque. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday reported that before anyone enters the mosque’s courtyards, they must pass through the gate which sterilizes them … Read more
Kano State Commissioner (former) for Works, Engr. Muazu Magaji who rejoiced over the death of Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has tested positive to COVID-19. A reliable source on Thursday said that Muazu Magaji has been carried to isolation centre. Also, the former commissioner had announced on his verified Facebook … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday has announced that it was facing scarcity of reagents for COVID-19 tests. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, divulged this in an interview with The PUNCH, as the Federal Capital Territory disclosed that it was battling a shortage of test kits. Omotosho in an interview with one … Read more
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced the discharge of 60 COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres. He disclosed this on his verified Twitter account. He said: “Today, we discharged 60 #COVID19 Lagos patients; 40 males and 20 females, from our Yaba, Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki isolation facilities to reunite with their families and society … Read more
Some COVID-19 patients at the Kwadon Isolation Centre, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, on Tuesday shut down the popular Gombe/ Biu Road. The patients were said to be rebelling against down government’s negligence, inadequate food provision and medical attention in the isolation centre. A resident of the community, who spoke with SaharaReporters, … Read more
The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Tuesday has announced that a patient has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos. LSMOH made this known via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. It also said that 14 more patients were discharged in the state. The ministry tweeted, “76 new cases of #COVID-19 infection confirmed. Total confirmed cases … Read more
Three patients who were positive to COVID-19 virus has been discharged after spending almost three weeks at Kano State isolation centre. Briefing journalists on COVID-19 update in Kano, the state task force coordinator Dr Tijani Hussain disclosed that the three patients were released after testing negative for the disease twice. Tijani, who emphasized that the … Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 disclosed on Monday that Nigeria has indicated interest to be part of a global trial test of the vaccines developed for the treatment of coronavirus. Nigeria has informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) that it wants to be part of the global solidarity trial of the medicines being … Read more
Late April 2020, over 600 people died mysteriously in Kano state, currently, over 100 people are said to have died within the last ten days in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State. This was made known by the Special Assistant to the Local Council Chairman on Media, Sani Kakabori on Channels Television. According to … Read more
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday has banned daily operations in major markets in the state to curb the spread of Covid-19. Akeredolu gave the command in Akure at a press briefing at the Government House. He condemned the noncompliance to government’s directives on social distancing in markets. The governor asserted that the … Read more
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has declared openly that 14 new coronavirus patients have recovered and discharged from its isolation centres after testing negative twice. This was disclosed via its Twitter handle @LSMOH, saying the 14 patients are Nigerians. It tweeted, “14 more #COVID19 Lagos patients; 6 females and 8 males, all Nigerians were … Read more