Tag: coronavirus
WHO shreds notions coronavirus was Wuhan lab construct
The World Health Organisation has debunked speculations that the coronavirus was produced in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
COVID-19: Abia Govt. places 209 contacts under surveillance
Abia State Government has traced 209 contacts of the two index coronavirus cases in the state and placed them under…
Sunlight can kill Coronavirus within minutes – US Department
The United States Department of Homeland Security has revealed that sunlight could kill the Coronavirus within minutes.
COVID-19: Is Hydroxychloroquine working?
A group of scientists at the University of Albany School of Public Health in the United States is testing the…
Coronavirus: Prophet T.B Joshua sends warning to Christians
Prophet Temitope Balogun, popularly known as T.B Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, has warned Christians against the…
ECOWAS made a mistake – FFK reacts to Buhari’s appointment
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment by the Economic Community of West African States…
Almost 50,000 Americans are dead from Coronavirus
Almost 50,000 Americans have been killed in the United States by the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
Ramadan: Muslims must adjust to new reality posed by Coronavirus – Atiku
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told Nigerian Muslims to adjust to the new reality posed by the deadly…
Coronavirus: Thailand records zero new death
Thailand on Friday reported zero new death from the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus: South Africa, Egypt and 2 others worst-hit nations in Africa
South Africa, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria are the worst hit by the coronavirus, with the four accounting for 50% of…
Ventilator not the magic gadget against COVID-19: Researchers
A new study of coronavirus patients in some New York hospitals has raised doubts over the effectiveness of ventilators in…
COVID-19: Yoruba Tennis Club presents medical equipment to LASG
An indigenous social club, Yoruba Tennis Club, on Thursday handed over medical equipment to the Lagos State Government to help…
Coronavirus holds Lagos in jugular, with 78 fresh cases
It is no laughing time in Lagos as the deadly Coronavirus continues to spread like wild fire, ramping up 78…
US House of Reps passes $484bn COVID-19 relief package
The United States House of Representatives on Thursday passed a new COVID-19 relief package totalling $484bn (£391bn).
Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases near 1,000 with 108 new infections
Nigeria's Coronavirus cases are almost 1,000 with 108 new infections confirmed by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on…
Naomi Campbell turns talk show host, thanks to coronavirus
Coronavirus quarantine has supermodel Naomi Campbell reinventing herself as a talk show host with the new series “No Filter with…
Governor Bagudu: Kebbi out of 14-day lockdown proposed by NGF
Governor Atiku Bagudu declared Thursday that there would be no lockdown in Kebbi state, as agreed by Nigeria Governors Forum.
Tom Hanks surprises Aussie boy called Corona with letter and Corona gift
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to…
WHO moves to fight COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria’s restive state
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are moving rapidly to help Borno, Nigeria's restive northeast state in the fight…
Coronavirus: 26 UN staff test positive
A total of 26 members from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) tested positive for COVID-19,…
Ghana’s capital region makes wearing masks mandatory
The Regional Security Council in Ghana's capital has made the wearing of face masks in public mandatory for all residents.
COVID-19: Fayemi unveils response hub, laments death of pregnant woman
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Thursday unveiled the state’s COVID-19 response hub, a Geographic Information System- based application, that…
Covid-19: NABTEB postpones 2020 MAY/JUNE certificate exams
The management of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), has announced the indefinite postponement of the 2020 May/June…
Doctors discover new symptom of coronavirus
Doctors in the U.S., the world's worst hit country by the coronavirus have found a new symptom for the virus.
COVID-19: 3 doctors test positive, 3 Lagos hospitals exposed
The Medical Guild says three of its members at Alimosho General Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja,…
More tigers, African lions test positive for coronavirus
Four more tigers and three lions have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a New York zoo after the…
US Senator Elizabeth Warren loses brother to Coronavirus
US Senator Elizabeth Warren said in a statement on Thursday that her older brother Don Reed has died from the…
Coronavirus: Salon prices increase, no eyelash tinting
In less than two weeks, German people whose hair has taken on the unkempt style of the lockdown era will…
U.S. jobless claims soar to record 26.5m
U.S. jobless claims soared to a staggering 26.5 million on Thursday, as coronavirus wiped out all the jobs gained during…
Coronavirus: WHO confirms over 25,000 cases in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported over 25,000 coronavirus cases in Africa, with South Africa, the worst hit with…