Tag: coronavirus
COVID-19: Testing is a challenge in Kogi State – NMA Chairman
The end to the controversy surrounding the COVID-19 status of kogi State does not seem to be in sight, as…
Nigeria reviews criteria for COVID-19 discharge certificate
The number of tests conducted on persons infected with coronavirus (COVID-19), before they are certified to have recovered from the…
Coronavirus: Africa’s cases hit 95,000 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at May 21, had risen to…
COVID-19: Sydney fans watch live concert from cars
Singer-songwriter Casey Donovan performed on stage in Sydney on Thursday in a free concert that treated fans to some of…
Lockdown: Parents, pupils examine effectiveness of e-learning
Against the backdrop of e-learning adopted by some schools, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant closure of schools,…
Fayemi lauded for dogged fight against COVID-19
Mr Tunde Idowu, the Chairman, Ekiti House of Assembly Committee on Environment. has lauded the efforts of Gov. Kayode Fayemi…
COVID-19: Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello pardons 50 prisoners
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has granted pardon to 50 prisoners as part of move to decongest the prisons to…
Reopening of worship centers: Nasarawa residents warned against flouting COVID-19 directives
The Chairman, Keffi Local Government Council of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abdulrahman Maigoro, has advised Muslim and Christian faithfuls to adhere…
COVID-19 could cost global economy $82 trillion damage
COVID-19 pandemic may not kill as many as 50 million people claimed by the Spanish flu a century ago, but…
200 Nigerians are now dead from Coronavirus
The deadly Coronavirus pandemic has now killed 200 Nigerians, after the nation recorded eight fresh deaths on Wednesday.
60 percent of Coronavirus patients in Rivers are oil workers – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has stated that 60 percent of Coronavirus cases recorded in the state are from oil workers returning…
Breaking: Sanwo-Olu announces discharge of 17 more Coronavirus patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced the discharge of another 17 Coronavirus patients who tested negative twice for…
Danger: 31 Coronavirus patients on the run in Gombe
At least, 31 people who tested positive for Coronavirus in Gombe State are on the run, the state's Taskforce on…
World coronavirus cases jump to 5 million, Russia hits new grim milestone
Russia reported 8,764 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, as the world, by one tracking estimate reached 5 million cases and…
Watford player, Adrian confirms contracting COVID-19
Watford defender, Adrian Mariappa has confirmed contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Delta records 6th Coronavirus death
The Delta state government said that it has recorded the sixth coronavirus-related death in the state.
90,000 Africans are now infected with Coronavirus – WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Wednesday announced that 90,000 Africans are now infected with the deadly Coronavirus.
Coronavirus: UN chief urges global support for Africa
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for global solidarity with Africa, warning that the coronavirus pandemic threatens the…
Coronavirus: Rivers NASS caucus condemns IGP’s establishment of parallel task force
The Rivers State National Assembly caucus on Tuesday condemned the establishment of a parallel task force in the state as…
World No.3 Brazil logs record coronavirus death toll in 24 hours
World No. 3 Brazil posted on Tuesday a record 1,179 coronavirus death toll, just as President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down…
China develops coronavirus drug
A Chinese laboratory has developed a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.
JUST IN: Lagos discharges nine more Coronavirus patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced the discharge of nine more Coronavirus patients after they tested negative for…
COVID-19, our lives and the big questions that matter
Forty years ago, smallpox became the only human disease to be eradicated globally, as the World Health Organisation certified its…
Massive breakthrough: Taraba discharges all Coronavirus patients
The Taraba State Government on Tuesday said it has discharge all coronavirus patients from its isolation centre after they recovered…
Coronavirus strikes 9 persons dead in Lagos, FCT, others
Nine persons have been killed by the deadly Coronavirus in Lagos, FCT and four other states in the nation.
UK coronavirus death toll over 35,000
Coronavirus death toll in the UK today shot past the 35,000 mark, after 227 new deaths were reported.
Uganda set to provide free face masks to citizens
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his government will distribute free face masks to all citizens to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Churches, mosques open in Taraba
Christians and muslims in Taraba State have been directed to resume their religious activities, in compliance with COVID-19 protocol
Hospital shuts 25 theatres after 4 nurses contracted Coronavirus
Southern Seoul authorities are concerned after four nurses who work at Samsung Medical Center tested positive for Coronavirus.
Trump hooked on COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine without prescription
U.S. President Donald Trump admitted on Monday that he has been on self-medication for about 10 days, taking the malaria…