A woman has shared her terrifying experience of coronavirus in an effort to get more people to take lockdown measures seriously. Linda, who is in her 40s, was admitted to Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport on Saturday after complaining of…
‘Not concluding this season’s Bundesliga will be a disaster’
RB Leipzig CEO, Oliver Mintzlaff, believes it will be an “absolute disaster” if this season’s Bundesliga is not completed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany has started easing lockdown measures implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19, however, large gatherings…
35 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nigeria, bringing total to 442
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 35 new COVID-19 cases in the country. “Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 19 in Lagos, nine in FCT, five in Kano and two in Oyo,”…
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s son dies of coronavirus in UK
Menegian, son of the late environmental activist and writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of coronavirus in Britain, The PUNCH reports. He died on Monday after being hospitalised following COVID-19 complications. Noo Saro-Wiwa, sister of the deceased, made this known on…
COVID-19: El-Rufa’i says still in Isolation, not been discharged
Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has debunked insinuations that he was free of the covid-19 infection. The governor, on his twitter handle, said he had not been cleared of Covid-19. Some residents along Kawo Road near the old…
Doctor treating COVID-19 patient dies in Lagos
A 51-year-old medical doctor on Wednesday died of COVID-19 after contracting the virus from a patient he had treated. The doctor, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, was rushed to the facility on Monday after attempting to manage…
Samples: Lagos creates 20 centres, FCT combs residents’ houses
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said 20 centres would be created in Lagos State for collection of samples from people suspected to have contracted COVID-19. The NCDC Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this at a press…
COVID-19 chaos: Nigerians who clamoured for FIFA ban won’t repeat such mistake -Patrick Pascal
Following the suspension of all football related activities in Nigeria due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent losses being suffered by stakeholders in the sector, the chairman of Bauchi State Football Association, Patrick Pascal has said those who once clamoured…
Trump cuts US funding to WHO
US funding to the World Health Organization is being halted by President Donald Trump, who blames it for creating “a 20-fold increase” in COVID-19 cases worldwide. The U.N. health agency, according to Trump, made a “disastrous decision” to oppose his…
World ‘certainly not seeing peak’ of Covid-19 yet, says WHO
The number of new cases of COVID-19 is easing in some parts of Europe, including Italy and Spain, but outbreaks are still growing in Britain and Turkey, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “The overall world outbreak, 90…