South Africa’s Health Minister on Thursday confirmed the country’s first case of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. “The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of COVID-19 has tested positive,” the country’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize said. “The patient is a 38-year-old male who traveled to Italy with his wife. They were … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
…… Says Nigeria is taking more precautions than US, UK Dr. Joe Abah, Nigerian public analyst has commended the Federal government for taking prompt precautions in detecting the possible spread of the deadly Coronavirus among Nigerians. Dr. Joe Abah took to his verified Twitter handle on Sunday, saying that the Nigerian airport is doing what … Read more
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has described the reports making the rounds that the scheme has postponed 2020 Batch A orientation programs as false and misleading. NYSC in a statement by its Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi the 2020 Batch “A” Orientation programme, scheduled to commence nationwide on 10th of March, 2020, … Read more
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has spoken about the entrance of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The highly revered Pastor’s comment about the virus was contained in a video he posted on his verified social media handles. Adeboye, in the video posted Saturday evening, assured members of … Read more