The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 101,331 cases of COVID-19. In its latest case update dated January 11, the NCDC reports 1,244 new infections and 3 deaths resulting from COVID-19 complications. The new infections were recorded in 18 states — Lagos … Read more
Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health, says the ongoing registration and National Identification Number enrolment may be suspended due to the rise Covid-19. Upon giving the last report of the cases been confirmed, he said it is a wake-up call to all Nigerian that Covid-19 is real. Mamora while playing host on Channels … Read more
Lagos state has closed one of its primary health center as workers contract the virulent COVID-19 infection, a statement from one of the state municipal governments has announced. Ekohotblog reports that David Famuyiwa, chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo local council development area of the state, said the closing of the Meiran primary health centre became imperative to … Read more
As part of its efforts to check the spread of the COVID-19 virus amid second wave of the virulent infection, The Ekiti State Government has issued fresh guidelines and directives. The state government on Sunday announced the Imposition of a curfew from 8.00 pm to 6.00am. The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Hon Akinbowale … Read more
The Lagos State Government has activated the oxygen plant at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Yaba to augment the supply of needed oxygen to COVID-19 patients. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday. “In the midst of increasing #COVID19 cases, we have some good news from our Infectious Diseases Hospital. … Read more
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 100,087 cases of COVID-19. In its latest case update dated January 10, the NCDC reports 1,024 new infections and 8 deaths resulting from COVID-19 complications. The new infections were recorded in 17 states — Lagos … Read more
Pope Francis’ personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, has died from health complications related to COVID-19. Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reports that the 78-year-old physician died at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, on Saturday. Before his death, he was being treated for an “oncological pathology.” Pope Francis named Soccorsi his personal physician in August 2015, after not renewing the … Read more
Ahead of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria, the Federal Government through the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has reassured Nigerians that the COVID-19 vaccine does not alter DNA. The NOA said the vaccine will only help in the fight against the virus which has claimed over 1,300 lives in the country. Read also: FG … Read more
The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has narrated his near-death experience with COVID-19. A former Senator, Ojudu said he had always been cautious from the outset, adding that he took the test every month until he tested positive on December 23, 2020. Describing the feeling when he started exhibiting symptoms, … Read more
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said, as the country surpassed three million cases since the pandemic began last year. A source told the domestic Press Association news agency that the 94-year-old queen and Philip, 99, were given the injections by a royal household doctor … Read more
A Pastor with the House on the Rock church, Adeyinka Akinbami, has died of COVID-19 complications at the age of 61, Eko Hot Blog has learnt. Announcing his demise in a tweet on Saturday, Senior Pastor of House on the Rock, Paul Adefarasin, said his death came as a rude shock, one he had yet … Read more
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 99,063 cases of COVID-19. In its latest case update dated January 9, the NCDC reports 1585 new infections and eight COVID-19-related deaths. The new infections were recorded in 26 states — Lagos (573), FCT (182), … Read more
Nigeria Police Force on Saturday arrested 237 persons for violating the government’s 12am to 4am curfew imposed to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Lagos police boss Hakeem Odumosu said he led the Friday night operation and pounced on some deviant night clubs where two hundred and thirty-seven (237) violators were arrested. Read Also: Police Rescue … Read more
World Health Organisation has issued an advisory on set of people who are not eligible to take the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Ekohotblog can report In statement by its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) on Friday, the global health body warned that it was not safe for children under 16, pregnant and breastfeeding … Read more
Lagos state government says one in two beds in both private and public COVID-19 care centres in the state have been occupied. Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in the state, made this known while giving update and situation reports on the dreadful infection in the state. Ekohotblog reports that this means that such hospitals have … Read more
COVID-19, Lagos The Lagos State Government on Friday, intensified public advocacy and sensitisation to the emergence of the second wave of COVID-19. This was done through interaction between the staff of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, led by the Director of Public Enlightenment, Mr Toyin Adeni-Awosika, and members of the public. The sensitisation team … Read more
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has recorded a total of 97,478 cases of COVID-19. In its latest case update dated January 8, the NCDC reports 1,544 new infections and 12 COVID-19-related deaths. The new infections were recorded in 23 states — Lagos (807), FCT (236), … Read more
 The Federal Government on Friday said it would have to impose fresh nationwide lockdown if the country continues to witness upsurge in COVID-19 cases, Ekohotblog is reporting. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVIF-19, Sani Aliyu, said the government is deeply worried about … Read more
London, Emergency London declared a major incident on Friday because its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed by a highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus racing “out of control” across the UK. Britain has the world’s fifth worst official death toll from COVID-19 at over 78,000, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shuttered the … Read more
Workers of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have suspended the strike they embarked upon on Thursday. The workers of the commission had engaged in the action over the fear of COVID-19 spread in the federation. The workers were said to have put the strike on hold after a meeting with the Federal Government, where … Read more