Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home, the US embassy said Saturday as dozens more cases of the new coronavirus were diagnosed on board. At least 285 people on the Diamond Princess have…
China virus toll hits 722, with first foreign victim
The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak soared to 722 on Saturday, including the first foreign victim, as Hong Kong imposed a mandatory quarantine on mainland arrivals to block the spread of an epidemic that has caused global panic. With…
Newborn among 28,000 coronavirus cases as death toll passes 550
The death toll from coronavirus has passed 550, it was confirmed on Wednesday, as Chinese media reported that a baby had been diagnosed with the virus just 30 hours after birth, the youngest case recorded so far. The disease claimed…
Coronavirus: Cameroonian student in China gets infected, first African
The first African known to have contracted the deadly coronavirus is a Cameroonian student in China. The university where he studies confirmed the situation in a statement. According to Yangtze University, the 21-year-old was being treated in hospital in southern…
*Okada ban: Newly deployed buses will ease pressure, says Lagos (Nation) *Quarantine yourselves, Lagos advises returnees from China (Punch)
Okada ban: Newly deployed buses will ease pressure, says Lagos (Nation) Lagos State Bus Services Ltd. (LBSL) on Monday deployed additional 65 buses on Lagos roads. Its Managing Director, Idowu Oguntona, who reporters on Monday afternoon at its office in…
Coronavirus: 60 Nigerians ‘trapped’ in Wuhan as death toll rises to 361
The Coronavirus infection has risen to 17,205 from 14,380 confirmed cases while 361 persons had died from the disease, which originated from Wuhan in China. About 21,558 individuals were also suspected of being infected with the virus in the Chinese…
Lagos hospital clears China returnee of Coronavirus (Nation)
The Lagos State government has debunked insinuations that the dreaded Coronavirus had found its way into the state. In a statement at the weekend, the government said: “The attention of Lagos State has been drawn to a story of a…
*Police begin enforcement of tricycle, okada ban in Lagos (Guardian) *Teenager disappears after leaving home for school clearance (Punch)
Police begin enforcement of tricycle, okada ban in Lagos (Guardian) Following the decision of the Lagos State government to restrict motorcycles and tricycles popularly known as Okada and Keke Marwa respectively from plying major highways and some roads in 15…
*I did not ask any policeman to search bags, phones on highways – Lagos CP (DailyTrust) *NCS Seme seizes tramadol, others valued at N20m (Nation)
I did not ask any policeman to search bags, phones on highways – Lagos CP (DailyTrust) The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned policemen serving in the state to desist from searching bags, phones and laptops of…
