Tag: coronavirus
Photo News: Buhari meets Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for next action
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on the next line…
Imo discharges 3 recovered coronavirus patients
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, on Sunday, announced that three patients, who tested positive to COVID-19 in the state, had…
COVID-19: Bode George blasts FG over School feeding programme
Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has argued that pumping money into…
Oyo records biggest Coronavirus infections in single day
Oyo State recorded 31 new Coronavirus infections on Saturday, its biggest in a single day since the pandemic broke out…
Coronavirus origin: Biologists debunk China’s Wuhan animal market story
Hours after China admitted it destroyed coronavirus samples in some 'unauthorised labs', some specialist biologists have debunked claims that the…
Coronavirus reportage: NGO trains journalists virtually
Breakthrough Action-Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Saturday trained 120 journalists across the country on reporting the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Coronavirus: Bayelsa discharges 2 patients, 1 active case left
Two coronavirus patients in Bayelsa were discharged on Saturday, Dr Inodu Apoku, the Co-Chairman, Bayelsa COVID-19 Task Force, has said.
67 convicted, 33 fined for violating lockdown order in Ogun
The Ogun Mobile Magistrate Court on Saturday convicted 67 people and order them to engage in community service for four…
COVID-19: Keystone Bank launches online platform to empower SMEs
Keystone Bank Limited has launched an online platform to empower Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) with knowledge to manage…
Coronavirus: Akwa Ibom governor commends ExxonMobil’s donations
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has commended ExxonMobil for donating equipment and items worth millions of naira to curb…
Nasarawa Assembly members test negative for coronavirus
All the members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly have tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Chairman, House Committee…
Massive breakthrough in Jigawa: 55 Coronavirus patients discharged
The Jigawa State Government has announced the discharge of 55 Coronavirus patients who tested negative twice for the virus.
3 curfew violators sentenced to community service in Edo
Three persons who violated the curfew imposed by Edo state government over the coronavirus disease have been sentenced to community…
Thousands protest Germany’s coronavirus policies
Thousands of people across Germany demonstrated against coronavirus-related restrictions on Saturday, in some cases with far more participants showing up…
Coronavirus: Saudi’s cases top 50,000
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia topped 50,000 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said.
Lagos discharges 67 Coronavirus patients in massive breakthrough
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday announced the discharge of 67 more patients from four isolation centres after…
Coronavirus patient delivers baby boy at Lagos Isolation Centre
A 33-year-old Coronavirus patient has delivered a baby boy at Gbagada General Hospital Isolation Centre, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Coronavirus strikes three more people dead in Lagos
Lagos has continued to be on the receiving end of the deadly Coronavirus, as the pandemic killed three more people…
South Africa records highest coronavirus cases since March
South Africa on Friday recorded 785 confirmed cases of COVID-19. It was the highest number in the 24-hour cycle since…
Coronavirus: 3 patients to a bed as Indian hospitals near collapse
Packed morgues, bodies in wards, patients forced to share beds and medical workers run ragged: Mumbai's war against coronavirus has…
Fresh, strange facts about coronavirus
Scientists around the world are building up their knowledge about the coronavirus, as they frantically search for a cure and…
Sad tale: How Coronavirus struck dead Nigerian couple 10 days apart in UK
A Nigerian doctor and his wife have been struck dead by Coronavirus in the United Kingdom 10 days apart.
85,974 Americans are now dead from Coronavirus
There is no respite in the United States as 85,974 Americans are now dead from the Coronavirus pandemic still sweeping…
11 Coronavirus patients recover, discharged in Ogun
The Ogun State Government has discharged 11 Coronavirus patients who recovered from the disease after testing negative twice.
Vitamin D key to surviving Coronavirus: Researchers
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin said boosting the body with the common Vitamin D may be a game changer in…
Trump mulls China boycott as U.S. coronavirus cases soar
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut ties with China over its role in the spread of the coronavirus, as…
South Korea, China, Japan hold virtual meeting on coronavirus
South Korea, China and Japan will on Friday hold a video meeting to discuss ways to work together in the…
Obasanjo, Ramaphosa, 138 world leaders demand free COVID-19 vaccine
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is among 140 current and former world leaders calling for “a people’s vaccine” against the…
Nigeria crosses 5,000 Coronavirus infections
Nigeria's Coronavirus infections have surpassed 5,000 after the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, released 193 new cases of the…
Ghana records more COVID-19 cases
Ghana announced 122 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday taking its national total to 5,530 and firmly in the lead…