Tag: coronavirus
Coronavirus: China returnees should quarantine themselves – Senate
The Senate on Thursday urged the Federal Ministry of Aviation to immediately take steps to ensure that all persons arriving…
Coronavirus scare: Italian cruise ship with 7,000 on board quarantined
A cruise ship carrying thousands of people has been put in quarantine at the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome, over…
Vietnam confirms new cases of coronavirus
Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that three Vietnamese citizens have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), bringing…
India reports first case of coronavirus
India officials on Thursday announced the first case of the deadly coronavirus in the country, after a patient in the…
Do masks offer protection against coronavirus?
People in China and elsewhere where coronavirus has been reported are scrambling to buy protective face masks in hopes of…
China’s Coronavirus kills 38 in 24 hours, WHO calls emergency meeting
China reported its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as 38 people died within 24 hours. All…
Chinese travelling to Lagos to be quarantined over Coronavirus – LASG
Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it has reached an agreement with the China Embassy in Nigeria to quarantine all…
Coronavirus: British Airways suspend all flights to China
British Airways has announced a suspension of flights between the United Kingdom and China in light of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus: Australian scientists recreate sample in search of cure
Australian scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity announced that they have recreated the deadly coronavirus in…
UAE confirms first cases of novel coronavirus
The United Arab Emirates has confirmed that several members of a family that travelled to the country from the Chinese…
Coronavirus: Stopping spread our highest priority – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says halting the spread of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), both in China and globally, is the…
Foreign supermarket sealed for selling expired food items
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Tuesday sealed off Panda Supermarket located in Jabi area of the…
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to limit visitors from mainland China
In an effort to control the spread of the new virus 'Coronavirus', the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam…
Canada records second case of coronavirus, 19 suspects flagged
The wife of Canada’s first confirmed patient with the fast-spreading Wuhan coronavirus also has tested positive for it at an…
How Nigeria can win battle against Lassa Fever, Coronavirus – Atiku
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has proffer solution how Nigeria can win the battle against raging Lassa Fever in…
China coronavirus still spreading – President
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that spread of the deadly coronavirus disease is intensifying.
China deploys 450 military medics in Wuhan
China has sent 450 military medical staff, including professionals who have experience in the fight against SARS or Ebola, to…
Coronavirus kills 41 in China, spreads to more countries
China said 41 people have now died from a new coronavirus that has infected more than 1,300 people globally, as…
US says Chicago woman has deadly coronavirus
The deadly coronavirus has afflicted another person in the United States, the second case to be reported by health officials.
China quarantines 13 cities as it battles coronavirus
As deaths from coronavirus soared to 26 on Friday, Chinese authorities rapidly expanded to 13 cities and 41 million people…
Coronavirus: NCAA sets new rules for airline operators
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put all airline operators, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and Aerodrome Operators on alert…
Coronavirus: NEC alerts Nigerians
The National Economic Council (NEC) has alerted Nigerians to the symptoms of the Coronavirus and what to do to prevent…
Coronavirus: China expands travel restrictions to more cities after 580 confirmed
I n its effort to curtail the spread of a deadly new virus, Coronavirus, the Chinese government has expanded travel…
Coronavirus may be transmitted from snakes – Experts say
Researchers say the deadly coronavirus spreading around the world from China could have been passed to humans from snakes sold at…
Coronavirus: FAAN takes steps to prevent infiltration
Following an outbreak of Coronavirus in China, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says steps are being taken to…
WHO committee re-convenes on global threat of coronavirus
World Health Organisation (WHO) will on Thursday meet again to determine whether novel coronavirus is a Public Health Emergency of…
Lagos govt alerts public on Coronavirus
The Lagos State Government has alerted its citizens on the spread of novel Coronavirus (nCoV) which, according to it, is…
Coronavirus: WHO postpones decision on China
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday postponed taking a decision on whether the mysterious coronavirus that killed at least 17…
China says Coronavirus cases, deaths soar
Chinese health authorities announced Wednesday that confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus are rising, with 440 reported…
China’s coronavirus virus spreads to USA
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced the first the country's first case of coronavirus connected to…