The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDSD) was established in 2019 as a special intervention ministry for humanitarian affairs, management of disasters and social interventions. It was created on August 21, 2019 with a mandate…
Coronavirus ‘will be with us for a long time’: WHO
COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic. WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some countries that…
James Dolan is coronavirus-free and already helping others
Jim Dolan, the 64-year-old CEO of the Garden, has clinically recovered from COVID-19, The Post has learned. An MSG spokesperson confirmed that Dolan, who tested positive the final week of March following exposure to an individual outside the company who…
*Abule-Ado explosion: Lagos pays N2.5m to victims’ families (Punch) *Emergency food market has achieved its goals – Lagos govt (Tribune)
Abule-Ado explosion: Lagos pays N2.5m to victims’ families (Punch) The Lagos State Government has commenced the payment of compensation to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the explosion that rocked the Shoba community in the…
It almost killed me – Austin doctor recovering from COVID-19
An Austin doctor said COVID-19 almost killed him, and now he’s warning others to take the disease seriously. Dr Scott Smith, an orthopedic surgeon at Texas Orthopedics, told KVUE he first began experiencing symptoms on March 20. “It was very…
Diego Cervero: the Spanish striker – and doctor – ready to fight Covid-19
Three days before the state of emergency was declared in Spain on 14 March, the doctor at the second division B club Barakaldo gathered the players together and told them all to go home and not leave again. “This will…
COVID-19: NFF, players send messages to Nigerians
The Nigeria Football Federation, Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr and some national team players have jointly sent a message to Nigerians urging them to obey the directives given by the World Health Organisation, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the…
COVID-19: Sahara Foundation, ThisDay increase isolation centre capacity to 300 beds, 8 ICU beds
The Sahara Foundation and ThisDay have confirmed that the capacity of Abuja’s COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre will increase to 300 beds with additional eight Intensive Care Unit (ICU) transit beds amid rising cases in Nigeria. More than 600 cases…
It almost killed me – COVID-19 survivor
An Ottawa man is recovering at home after a stay in the Intensive Care Unit with COVID-19. Forty-three-year-old Darren Campbell says he was placed on oxygen before being moved into the ICU at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. “It almost killed…
Number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 in France falls for fifth straight day
France on Sunday reported 395 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours as the number of new hospitalisations continued a slow decline. France – which has recorded close to 20,000 deaths as a result of the pandemic and has the fourth-highest…