Tag: Covid-19
Coronavirus: What the Chinese said about Chloroquine in February
Once again, as in China, chloroquine as a bazooka drug against coronavirus has become the toast of America.At a briefing…
Coronavirus: Now you can bank from anywhere- Ecobank tells customers
ow that the Coronavirus pandemic is on its hideous tour of the world, there is panic everywhere, including Nigeria. There…
Lagos begins contact tracing of 3rd Coronavirus case
The Lagos State Government says it has started intensive contact tracing for the passengers that travelled with the third confirmed…
Coronavirus pandemic may last 2 years, says German Health Institute
Lothar Wieler, President of Robert Koch Institute in Germany on Tuesday said coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic might go on for…
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).
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…
Coronavirus: China reports lowest infections in six weeks
China reported 125 new virus cases on Tuesday, marking the lowest number of new daily infections in six weeks
Coronavirus case toll increases in Germany
The Robert Koch Institute for disease control in Germany disclosed the increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases on…
Coronavirus: Condition of Lagos patient has improved – Health Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the condition of the index case of the COVID-19 patient…
Covid-19: Kaduna resident doctors demand action
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called for concerted action by relevant agencies to train and empower healthcare…
Coronavirus: Kaduna sets up Emergency Center
The Kaduna State Government has set up an Emergency Operational Centre (EOC), to respond to any outbreak of Novel Coronavirus…
Why English football club banned players from handshakes
English Premier League club, Newcastle United, has banned players from shaking hands at the training ground due to the outbreak…
How to protect yourself from coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has outlined ways to prevent oneself from coronavirus.
Twitter reactions as Coronavirus invades Lagos
Following the declaration of a confirmed case of the deadly viral Covid-19 also known as ''coronavirus'' in Lagos by the…
Coronavirus: WHO records more cases outside China
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases outside China has outpaced those inside the…
Suspected coronavirus case in Lagos turns negative
The Lagos State commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said that the Chinese citizen who presented at the Reddington Hospital,…
Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
Brazil’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the first case in South America after a Sao Paulo resident tested positive for…
Coronavirus: Mauritius shuts out 40 Italians
Forty Italians were blocked on Monday from disembarking their plane upon arrival in Mauritius due to surging coronavirus cases in…
Coronavirus: Pakistan embarks on preventive lock-down
Pakistan has suspended flights to Beijing and temporarily closed its border with Iran in a bid to prevent the new…
Coronavirus death toll increases in Italy
Italy has recorded an increase in the death toll from Covid-19 on Monday after an 84-year-old man died in a…
COVID-19: Panic in Canada as passenger on Air Canada flight tests positive
Air Canada said a passenger on one of its flights from Montreal to Vancouver on 14 February has tested positive…
COVID-19: Italy struggle to contain outbreak
Italy has shut off the worst affected towns and cancelling public events on Sunday as it struggled to contain the…
COVID-19: WHO holds emergency meeting, pledges support for Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the increasing signs of transmission of COVID-19 outside China indicates a narrowing…
Covid-19 to headline G20 meeting
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 ''coronavirus'' is set to be a major focus of discussion at the upcoming G20 meeting.
Why G20 meeting will hold without China
Following the outbreak of the deadly virus ''COVID-19'', China’s central bank and its finance ministry announced that its officials wouldn't…
Hong Kong confirms 2nd Covid-19 death
China has reported 1,749 new cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on Wednesday, with the National Health Commission reporting 136…
Ministers collaborate to stop entry of Covid-19 into Nigeria
Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, on Tuesday in Abuja said nation’s international airports had been collaborating effectively with relevant…
Covid-19: China confirms more patients in recovery
China’s National Health Commission, on Tuesday, says no fewer than 12,552 have recovered in Chinese mainland out of 72,528 confirmed…
COVID 19: Russia drags woman back into quarantine facility
A Russian lady, Alla Illyina was ordered by the court on Monday to be returned to a quarantine facility as…
COVID-19 deaths hit 1770, new cases 2048
The death toll from thr coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 1,770 as of the end of Sunday, up by…