Tag: Covid-19
3 Liverpool players contract COVID-19, Chelsea game doubtful
The Liverpool boss currently 'doesn't know' if the Reds will call for Sunday's game against Chelsea should be postponed, but…
Lagos records one COVID-19 death, Rivers tops daily case chart,
The surprise of the daily COVID-19 case chart was Rivers, as it toppled Lagos with more cases.
Ontario Canada shatters COVID-19 ceiling
For the regional breakdown, 3,478 cases were recorded in Toronto, 1,468 in Peel Region, 1,224 in York Region, 939 in…
COVID-19 disrupts LaLiga, Madrid, Atletico, Barcelona hit
LaLiga defending champions Atletico Madrid are dealing with five cases, including coach Diego Simeone.
Lagos reports 76 percent of new COVID-19 cases
According to NCDC figures, Lagos recorded 507 cases on Wednesday and also recorded a backlog of 529 cases on 28…
Breaking: COVID-19 guts Ethiopia squad in Cameroon AFCON
The Ethiopians were the first team to arrive in Yaounde for the tournament, followed by the Sudanese.
U.S. COVID-19 cases hit record high
The previous peak for the seven-day moving average in U.S. was 250,141 recorded on Jan. 8 of this year.
Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu recovers from COVID-19
Malam Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity contracted COVID-19 a week ago
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta contracts COVID-19 for the second time
"Mikel Arteta will miss our match against Manchester City on New Year’s Day after testing positive for COVID-19", the club…
Delta tops daily COVID-19 chart with backlog cases
The oil state which on Monday only detected three positive cases of the virus, ballooned its daily figure with hitherto…
2 COVID-19 deaths, 859 new cases: NCDC
According to the breakdown of NCDC report, Lagos continued to lead the daily grim chart with 555 cases, up from…
Nigeria records eight COVID-19 deaths, cases hit 237,561
Nigeria has treated and discharged 212,550 of those infected. NCDC said 193 of them were discharged from hospitals on Sunday.
Abuja logs 909 COVID-19 cases in 3 days: NCDC
The covid-19 report comes amid news that some presidential aides have contracted the disease.
Adesina speaks on COVID-19-hit presidential aides
Adesina also dismissed the fear being expressed in some quarters over the president’s health following his exposure to his aides…
COVID-19 spreads in Aso Rock, Buhari’s aides infected
According to reports, Buhari's Aide-de-camp Yusuf Dodo, chief security officer, Aliyu Musa, Permanent secretary in the State House, Tijani Umar…
Britain breaks COVID-19 chart again
British government data showed 122,186 new cases, up from 119,789 on Thursday and marking a third day of cases in…
Active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria close to 20,000
Lagos harbours 10,209 of the cases, followed by Abuja, with 2,314 and Delta 2,039. Rivers is fourth with 1,039 cases.
COVID-19 deaths recorded in Kano, Abuja as virus spreads
At a press conference on Friday, NCDC director-general Ifedayo Adetifa said the country has identified 51 cases of the Omicron…
Ontario records largest single day increase in COVID
The previous record for the largest increase in cases in Ontario was set on April 16, when there were 4,812…
Nigeria hits new record level with COVID-19
Wednesday’s 4,035 COVID-19 infections took Nigeria’s tally to 231,413 out of which 211,853 people had been discharged.
WHO sounds another dire warning on COVID-19
Failure to apply the established public health and social measures could cause alarming surges in the number of COVID-19 cases…
Breaking: Explosion of COVID-19 cases in Lagos, NCDC warns Nigerians
On Wednesday, Lagos detected 4,035 cases, out of which 2,536 cases were unreported between 13 December and 19 December.
JUST IN: Lagos says Moderna COVID-19 vaccine unavailable
Lagos State said it is in touch with NPHCDA to ensure availability of adequate doses of Mordena Vaccine at vaccination…
Nigeria, Lagos break daily COVID-19 records, worst report since 2020
According to NCDC figures, Lagos broke its daily record, topping the chart with 1,552 cases, up from 844 cases on…
Yuletide: Sanwo-Olu cautions Lagosians on COVID-19, security
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday has called on Lagosians to be on alert against another wave of…
500 percent jump in Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases, Lagos still worst hit
NCDC disclosed that Nigeria has recorded a 500% increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past two…
I am going through rough times: COVID-hit Nadal says
Nadal had been away from tennis since August, because of injury. He made a return last week in the Mubadala…
Netherlands shuts down today till 14 January 2022
All non-essential shops and services, including restaurants, hairdressers, museums and gyms will be closed from Sunday until Jan. 14.
Rivers leads Lagos in COVID-19 cases: NCDC
Lagos reported 183 cases, a big fall compared to the 906 reported on Friday.
COVID-19 outbreak disrupts Blinken’s Asia tour
On Wednesday, the State Department disclosed that a member of the press corps accompanying the top U.S. diplomat on the…