Tag: coronavirus
Coronavirus: Nigerian Red Cross places 1m volunteers on alert
Mr Abubakar Kende, Secretary-General, Nigerian Red Cross says the organisation has placed on alert nearly one million of its volunteers…
Coronavirus: Don’t panic, Chinese Ambassador tells Taraba govt
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian has advised the people of Taraba not to panic as the Chinese Government…
Coronavirus: Equatorial Guinea set to assist China with $2m
The Equatorial Guinea Council of Ministers has agreed to support China’s fight against the coronavirus with a $2 million solidarity…
Coronavirus: Uganda, Tanzania pledge support to China
The presidents of Uganda and Tanzania, Yoweri Museveni and John Magufuli on Wednesday pledged their countries’ full support to China…
Baby diagnosed with coronavirus 30 hours after birth
A baby in China’s epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after being born,…
Coronavirus: Peruzzi declines offer to perform in China
''Majesty'' crooner, singer-songwriter and DMW artiste Peruzzi has turned down an offer to perform in China for fear of the…
Coronavirus not yet a pandemic: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the coronavirus outbreak is a global public health emergency, not a pandemic.
4-year-old Chinese girl survives coronavirus
A four-year-old girl from China, admitted at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital in Langkawi, Malaysia after being infected by novel coronavirus…
Coronavirus: Health Minister inspects UATH Isolation Center
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health on Tuesday inspected an Isolation Centre under construction at the University of Abuja Teaching…
Rowdiness, as Reps shoot down motion to evacuate Nigerians from Wuhan
There was rowdiness at the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers shot down a motion for the evacuation of…
Singapore cancels aviation conference over coronavirus scare
Singapore has cancelled a major international aviation conference scheduled on the eve of next week's Singapore Airshow because of the…
Coronavirus: China awaits US health experts as death toll hits 414
China has agreed to allow U.S. health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort…
Lagos set for Coronavirus, activates Incident Command Structure
As part of efforts to strengthen preparedness and reduce the risk of importation of the deadly Coronavirus into Lagos, the…
Coronavirus: Pakistan resumes flights to and from China
Pakistan officials on Monday said it would resume flights to and from China, three days after it suspended them because…
Coronavirus scare: Indonesia to stop flights to and fro China
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Sunday said that the country will temporarily stop flights to and from mainland China…
Coronavirus: Ebuka panics as he lands in Dubai
Popular media personality and the host of reality show, Big Brother Nigeria, Ebuka Obi Uchendu has expressed fear after landing…
Myanmar flies citizens home, away from coronavirus China
The government of Myanmar has flown home dozens of citizen-students from the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan early Sunday, government…
Coronavirus: Chinese scramble for herbal cure “Shuanghuanglian”
A claim by Chinese scientists that “Shuanghuanglian”, a liquid made with honeysuckle and flowering plants could help fight the deadly…
First Coronavirus death outside China, infections soar to 14,000
The first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China, has been confirmed as infections…
Rivers’ proactive step against Coronavirus, Lassa fever
Rivers government is not leaving anything to chance regarding the novel coronavirus that has continued to spread across the world…
US confirms 8th coronavirus infection
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fast-spreading new coronavirus…
250 Indonesian evacuees from China to be quarantined
Indonesian officials on Saturday said around 250 of its nationals evacuated from China’s Hubei province, the centre of the coronavirus…
Coronavirus shuts down Hyundai SUV assembly plant in Korea
Hyundai Motor, South Korea's largest automaker, suspended the domestic production of its flagship sport utility vehicle, Palisade SUV this weekend…
Coronavirus kills 258, Singapore bans arrivals from China
As the coronavirus epidemic infected about 11,000 people and killed 258, according to figures released Saturday, Singapore and Mongolia have…
Coronavirus: WHO lists Nigeria among high-risk African nations
The World Health Organisation has identified Nigeria among 13 high-risk African countries for coronavirus.
Africa in trouble, as Coronavirus hits Botswana
Botswana Government says on Friday that the country has registered its first ever suspected case of the deadly Coronavirus.
Coronavirus: FG maps out fund to prevent infection
The Federal government, on Friday, formulated inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral preparedness and rapid response strategy against the Coronavirus epidemic.
Coronavirus: Nigerians can travel to China – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government will not stop Nigerians from travelling to China or any other country where coronavirus has manifested.
Coronavirus: WHO declares global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
Coronavirus: WHO declares international emergency
Coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.