The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced two deaths from complications of COVID-19 and 20 fresh cases in the country. In an announcement on his twitter handle late Friday evening, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC also confirmed that Ondo State has recorded its first case of the virus. A breakdown of […]
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The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described Nigeria’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic as remarkable and impressive. Speaking during a virtual news briefing in New York on Friday, Guterres singled out Nigeria as one of few developing countries that have “shown a remarkable capacity to respond. “I have to say that some of these […]
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The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has called on Nigerians to work together and prove the world wrong on COVID-19. The SGF, who is the chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, said Nigeria is seen as one of the countries that would be crushed by the virus. At […]
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The president of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Aliyu Sokomba, has disclosed that one of the members of the association treating COVID-19 patients has tested positive for the disease. According to a report by the PUNCH, Sokomba, who spoke at a Channels Television programme on Thursday, said the doctor was working at Irrua […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 23 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total cases in Nigeria to 174. In a tweet via its handle on Wednesday evening, the agency gave a breakdown as nine in Lagos, seven in the federal capital territory (FCT), five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and […]
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The worldwide number of officially confirmed fatalities from the novel coronavirus has risen to 41,072, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources as of 1900 GMT on Tuesday. More than 828,240 declared cases have been registered in 186 countries and territories since the pandemic broke out in China in December. Of these […]
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The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University. There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university said, more than the 3,309 reported officially in […]
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Some 4, 218 medical personnel drawn from private, state and federal government medical centres, have been recruited for training as part of efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus in Edo state. The state deputy governor and chairman, Edo State Response Committee on COVID-19, Comrade Philip Shaibu, disclosed this on Monday in Benin, while giving […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has signed the Covid-19 Regulations 2020 to declare Covid-19 as a “dangerous infectious disease”. As revealed in a statement by his media office, Buhari signed the regulations “in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004), and […]
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The Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, has revealed that there is herbal cure for the novel Coronavirus. He said the cure for the pandemic is natural elements from nature. The Ooni noted that the herbs have roots in the holy books. In a statement posted on his Twitter on Monday, he recalled that a divine […]
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