Messi has tested positive for COVID-19. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has taken new action by entering self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was one of four PSG players to test positive for the virus ahead of a French Cup … Read more
UK has banned flights from Nigeria over the Omicron Covid-19 variant. Eko Hot Blog reports that the United Kingdom on Saturday banned all flights from Nigeria following the three cases of the Omicron Variant detected in the country. This is coming after the Canadian government imposed a travel ban on Nigeria after detecting the variant from travellers who landed in the … Read more
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19. She decided not to travel to Europe with US President Joe Biden when members of her family contracted the virus. Ekohotblog reports that Jen Psaki, a White House spokesperson, said on Sunday that she had tested positive with COVID-19, having declined … Read more
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says that the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases have increased drastically and something must be done to curtail the further spread of the virus. The Commissioner said that 570 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the state on Dec. 30, increasing the state’s total COVID-19 infections to … Read more
President Donald Trump and the First Lady are under quarantine that is supposed to last 14 days having tested positive for COVID 19. Donald Trump made the announcement confirming the COVID 19 status in a Tweet. “Melanie and I have tested positive. We will begin the quarantine and recovery process immediately, and we will get through this … Read more
Dr. Mrs. Olufolayimika Ayandele, Tutor General/Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Education District III, has urged public and private school administrators to create an isolation centre in schools to prepare for the students ahead of resumption. Ayandele told EkoHotBlog in Lagos, on Thursday. She said that the development became necessary to tackle the further spread of the … Read more
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i on Monday announced that PARENTS who enrol their children into the Almajiri education system risk prosecution and up to two-year jail term, The governor made this known when he visited about 200 Almajirai repatriated from Nasarawa State undergoing rehabilitation at the Government College, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna. READ ALSO: NCDC Confirms … Read more
Tension has taken over the ambiance on Anambra state following the self Isolation of Governor Willie Obiano for the past eleven days. Reporters on Monday at the Government House in Awka, were briefed by the Secretary to the State Governor, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu and the Chief of Staff, Chief Primus Odili, who said Obiano had … Read more
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has threatened to publish the names of those who failed to comply to the directive to isolate themselves to help the quest to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Ehanire issued the threat on Monday in Abuja while updating newsmen on COVID19 pandemic in the country. … Read more