The Kwara State Ministry of Health has announced the discharge of the state’s two index COVID-19 cases after they tested negative twice consecutively. This was announce on Thursday, by the…
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Just in: Coronavirus outbreak will hit all 36 states in Nigeria – NCDC boss says
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has state that all 36 states in Nigeria are likely to record coronavirus cases. As of April…
Covid-19: Social distancing will continue till 2022 if no vaccine is quickly found – Scientists Predict
Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has projected that unless a Coronavirus vaccine becomes quickly available, the United States may have to continue stay-at-home orders and stadium, event center…
Lai Mohammed reacts to claims that a Chinese doctor has tested positive for Coronavirus
Following rumours that one of the Chinese doctors who arrived Nigeria to help in the fight against Coronavirus, has tested positive for the virus, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has spoken…
Melinda Gates donates $150M to WHO, slams Trump for stopping U.S funding
Melinda Gates has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Melinda described Trump’s move as dangerous…
Covid-19: Kenyan community forced to wear panties as face masks after being duped
Residents of Murang’a in Kenya have been forced into wearing female underwear cut out to look like a face masks after they were allegedly duped by unfaithful traders who sell…
Nigeria Records First death of a Doctor who died after treating a Covid-19 patient in Lagos
A Nigerian medical practitioner, Dr. Chugbo Emeka, on Wednesday morning, died of coronavirus-related complications after treating an infected patient in his private hospital. The Lagos chapter of the Nigeria Medical…
Confirmed Coronavirus cases hit two million around the world
The Coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than two million people globally. As of Wednesday afternoon April 15, there have been 2,024,675 cases of the disease and 128,972 deaths around…
Breaking: Nigeria records 34 new Coronavirus cases, toll jumps to 407
Nigeria now has a total number of 407 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announces 34 new cases. In its latest…
WHO, UN react to Trump’s decision to stop Funding WHO
U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was halting funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday and accused the world body of failing in its response to the coronavirus…
I haven’t been cleared of COVID-19 yet; Still Positive, Says Governor El Rufai
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday shared an update of his COVID-19 status, saying he is still battling with the dreaded virus. The governor made the disclosure during…
Just in: Lagos discharges 16 more COVID-19 patients who have made full recovery
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has announced the discharge of 16 patients more after they made full recovery and tested negative twice for Coronavirus. Babjide Sanwo-olu made this public on…
Abuja discharges 9 COVID-19 patients after they made full recovery
Nine patients at the COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) have been discharged, bringing to 20 the total number of people discharged so…
Breaking: Lagos records new Covid-19 death, Kano confirms 5 new cases
The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced the death of another COVID-19 related patient, barely 24 hours after the sixth death was recorded. While making the announcement on…
119 People with coronavirus symptoms discovered in Lagos house to house search
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has disclosed that not less than 119 people with coronavirus symptoms have discovered in the state following a house to house search. While…
10 Nigerians awaiting evacuation in the UK test positive for COVID-19
At least 10 Nigerians who registered for evacuation from the United Kingdom due to the Coronavirus pandemic, have tested positive for the novel virus. Recall that in a statement released…
Breaking: Nigeria confirms 11 new coronavirus cases after an hour, total now 373
Within an hour and few minutes after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 19 new cases, another 11 new cases have been recorded in Lagos state, swiftly bringing the…
Breaking: Nigeria records 19 New Coronavirus cases, total now 362
Nigeria has recorded 19 new coronavirus cases in four states and the FCT, bringing the total number confirmed cases in the country to 362. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
Breaking: Lagos discharges 8 more COVID-19 patients who have made full recovery
The Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the discharge of Eight more COVID-19 patients after they testing negative twice to coronavirus at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Sharing the…
Breaking: Another Coronavirus Death hits Lagos
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has announced the death of a 56-year-old Nigerian man who succumbed to the dreaded Coronavirus disease. According to the Commissioner who…
