Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, on Wednesday, said his country will extend the suspension of commercial and passenger flights from the UK until January 6 in light of a new fast-spreading coronavirus strain sweeping Britain. “Today, I can announce that we will extend this temporary suspension of passenger flights from the UK to Canada … Read more
COVID-19 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 1,133 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the total figure of infected persons to 80,922. NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. Eko hot blog reports that more than 903,800 samples have been tested by the public health agency since … Read more
The United Kingdom has detected two cases of another new variant of COVID-19, health secretary Matt Hancock announced. The cases in London and north west England are contacts of people who travelled to South Africa, where the variant was discovered. Travel restrictions with South Africa have been imposed. Anyone who has travelled there in the … Read more
COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to about 40 million Nigerians free of charge when vaccination begins, Eko Hot Blog has learnt. This is according to the National Coordinator, Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 Sani Aliyu. Aliyu also disclosed plans by the federal government to deliver and administer the vaccine, while assuring that 20 per cent … Read more
In light of the recent spike in the number of new COVID-19 infections, a partial lockdown has been imposed in Kwara State from 12 midnight to 4.30 a.m. with effect from Thursday (tomorrow), December 24, 2020, till further notice. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Raji Rasak disclosed the new guidelines on COVID-19 in the state … Read more
Mexico will begin Covid-19 immunizations on Thursday, a day after the country receives its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, Undersecretary of Health Hugo Lopez-Gatell said. “Tomorrow (Wednesday) the first consignment of the Pfizer vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 arrives,” he said Tuesday on Twitter. “There will be a press opportunity and then the vaccine will be safeguarded … Read more
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Wednesday, said lecturers would only return to classes when government provide conducive teaching environment in line with COVID-19 protocols. ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja, after calling off the nine months strike. Eko Hot Blog had earlier reported that … Read more
Belgium recorded four cases of the new strain of coronavirus first discovered in England at the start of December, health officials have said. The four cases were discovered earlier this month in the northern Flemish regions that border the Netherlands, spokesman for Belgium’s health minister, Jan Eyckmans said. A spokesman for the national virus crisis … Read more
The federal government has disclosed why it still allows flight from the United Kingdom to come into the country. There has been calls from Nigerians for imposition of ban on flight from the UK following the discovery of new strain of coronavirus which is spreading fast in some part of the country. Ekohotblog reports that … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that the country’s COVID-19 infections tally has reached 79,789. In its latest case update dated December 22, the country’s top diseases agency reported 999 new COVID-19 infections and four additional deaths. According to the NCDC, the new cases were recorded in 18 states — FCT (416), … Read more
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, has directed civil servants on grade level 12 and below to stay back at home for a period of 5 weeks. The directive followed President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of recommendations by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. In a circular on Tuesday, Yemi-Esan … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 till March 2021. The extension of the PTF mandate came during a meeting with the members of the task force led by the Chairman, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday at the Aso Villa in Abuja. Buhari said, “I am extending the mandate … Read more
COVID-19, Museum The Curator, National Museum, Ilorin, Mrs Bimpe Oladele says the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the flow of visitors to museums in the country. Oladele said this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. She said the concerns about the Coronavirus had resulted in drastic reduction … Read more
The new strain of the virulent COVID-19 virus discovered in United Kingdom and now in other countries has begun to take a toll on crude oil as hopes of prices rebound become bleak. Oil prices took a dip on Tuesday as almost 2 percent slump in prices was recorded, eroding the slight rise in prices … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, today, will meet with members of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. This was disclosed in a tweet from the President’s verified twitter handle, @NGRPresident “President @MBuhari will meet with the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 this afternoon,” the tweet read. Read also: COVID-19: My Four Children Tested Positive … Read more
United States Congress, on Monday evening, voted to approve a far-reaching $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that promises to accelerate vaccine distribution. The stimulus package is also expected to deliver the much-needed aid to small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans who have lost their jobs during the economic upheaval and health care … Read more
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), on Monday disclosed that four of his children had tested positive for COVID-19. Ekohotblog understands that Mustapha made the disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja. He also said a family member who is one-year-old tested positive for COVID-19, adding that while his result and … Read more
The Federal Government said it will impose sanctions on travellers who breached public health protocols as precautionary steps to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said 20,216 travellers would be sanctioned for shunning … Read more
The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. “We have had a much higher (contamination rate) at different points in this pandemic and we’ve got it under control,” WHO’s emergencies … Read more
US President-elect Joe Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine live on television Monday in a campaign to boost Americans’ confidence in the jabs. AFP reports that the 78-year-old incoming president got the Pfizer vaccine at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. His wife Jill received the shot earlier, the presidential transition team said. Biden told Americans … Read more