The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday announced 49 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing Nigeria’s total infections to 542. In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC said 23 cases were identified in Lagos, 12 in the FCT, 10 in Kano, two in Ogun and one each in Oyo […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday announced four new deaths from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 51 fresh cases of the disease. The agency broke the news of highest toll confirmed in a single day in Nigeria via tweet on Friday night. There are currently 493 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, 159 […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 35 new COVID-19 cases and one new death. In a tweet on Thursday, the agency said while 19 cases were recorded in Lagos, the federal capital territory (FCT) confirmed nine fresh cases, while Kano recorded five and two in Oyo. Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) WHO had on Friday confirmed a new case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni in DRC, after 52 days of not recording a case in the country. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, disclosed […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday confirmed Thirty-four new cases of the coronavirus pandemic, taking Nigeria’s total infections to 407. According to the agency’s statement on Twitter, of the 34 cases, 18 were found in Lagos, 12 in Kano and two in Katsina while Delta, Niger recorded one each. A total of […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States has suspended funding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for mismanaging the COVID-19 Pandemic. President Donald Trump told journalists on Tuesday that the organisation “failed in its basic duty”. “Today I am directing my administration to halt funding while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization’s […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, made his his second nationwide broadcast on the efforts by the Federal Government to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, extending the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE […]
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Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of six more COVID-19 patients from its isolation Centre after they were declared free of the virus. Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this on this social media pages on Monday. According to the Governor, the discharged patients include one female and five males. With the discharge of the […]
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Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the confession by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on the nation’s health sector has confirmed the failure of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. According to the party, the SGF’s comments also served as a further vindication of its […]
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What could be worse than a pandemic overwhelming health care systems and causing global economic collapse? Florida knows the answer: a pandemic that rages into hurricane season, which is already on the horizon and causing the Sunshine State to dramatically update its storm preparations. “COVID is bad, a hurricane is bad. If you combine the […]
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