Tag: coronavirus
Nigerian tests positive for coronavirus in US
Mayor of Washington D.C. Muriel Bowser said a Nigerian who passed through the US capital city has tested positive for…
Coronavirus: Vietnam confirms 21st case
Vietnam's Ministry of Health reported a new case of COVID-19 infection in the capital of Hanoi on Sunday, bringing the…
Italy closes cinemas, theatres, museums over coronavirus outbreak
The authorities in Italy have closed down museums, theatres, cinemas and other entertainment venues nationwide to fight the spread of…
Coronavirus: Face masks, nine other myths busted by Scientists
A list of the 10 most pervasive myths about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, that has spread around the…
Coronavirus: Death toll hits 19 in US, New York declares emergency
Two more persons died of coronavirus in the US State of Washington, bringing the nationwide toll to 19 as confirmed…
Pilgrimage: Catholic faithful pray for end to Coronavirus
No fewer than 10,000 Catholic faithful, priests and religious on Saturday in Lagos prayed for peace, unity and end of…
Coronavirus: Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in Canada cancelled
Despite assurances by Canada that there is a low risk of contacting coronavirus, the 2020 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s…
Coronavirus: Chinese nationals abscond from project site in Imo
Chinese nationals have absconded from a project site in Imo State for fear of being quarantined for Coronavirus.
70 trapped as Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China
No fewer than 70 people are reportedly trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the…
Two virus cases at conference attended by US Vice President
Two people have tested positive for the new coronavirus after taking part in a pro-Israel lobby group's conference in Washington…
South Africa confirms second Coronavirus case
South Africa on Saturday confirmed a second case the novel coronavirus, a 39-year-old woman who had travelled to Italy as…
Tennis: Fear of coronavirus rocks Davis Cup
The fear of the deadly coronavirus impacted the ambience of the Davis Cup as the qualifying matches started Friday in…
WHO, ICAO reaffirm commitment to contain Coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have reaffirmed commitment to foster greater international cooperation to…
Coronavirus: WHO, ICAO reaffirm commitment to protect travellers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have reaffirmed commitment to foster greater international cooperation…
Coronavirus patient in Lagos centre suffers depression
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the Italian being treated for coronavirus at the…
Woman who visited 4 countries takes coronavirus to Togo
Togo on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus after a 42-year-old woman tested positive following her return…
No Coronavirus case in Edo – Govt
Edo State Government on Friday allayed the fear of residents over a suspected case of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the…
Coronavirus: Adamawa sets up isolation centre
Adamawa Government on Friday inaugurated an isolation centre as part of preparations for any possible case of Covid-19 in the…
Three Coronavirus suspects test negative in Lagos
The three suspected Coronavirus patients quarantined in Lagos have tested negative to the deadly disease, Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof.…
Coronavirus: Lufthansa to cut flights up to 50 per cent
German airline Lufthansa, on Friday, said it will cut flights up to 50 per cent in the coming weeks over…
Coronavirus cases above 100,000 worldwide, stock markets tumble
Stock markets tumbled, business districts were desolate in many countries as the number of people infected with the new coronavirus…
Nigeria needs N1.6bn to fight Coronavirus – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country requires N1.6 billion emergency funding to fight Coronavirus (COVID19).
233 COVID-19 cases in US tip of the iceberg, Harvard scientist warns
A Harvard epidemiologist, Marc Lipsitch, has warned that traveller screening in the United States may not detect most symptomatic cases…
Covid-19: Vietnamese hand-washing song goes viral
While panic-inducing headlines about the spread of the coronavirus continue to dominate global news, a devastatingly catchy hand-washing public service…
Coronavirus: Germans panic-buy soup sachets
Data from a major research institute discovered that Germans had been increasingly filling their cupboards with instant soup in preparation…
Coronavirus: Hospital expands isolation center in Lafia
The Management of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, has expanded the hospital’s isolation centre in preparatory for any reported…
Indonesian police seize 60,000 stockpiled face masks
Police in Indonesia seized over 60,000 masks and apprehended two people suspected of stockpiling the goods in two separate raids…
Coronavirus: Cameroon confirms first case
Cameroon’s health ministry on Friday confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus, through a 58-year-old French citizen who arrived in…
Coronavirus Update: Philippines reports first transmission
The Philippines has reported the first local transmission of the new Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country after a 62-year-old man…