Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 with 436 new infections. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet Sunday night. The total number of confirmed cases so far is 20,244, 6,879 people who recovered have…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases inch towards 20,000
Nigeria has reported close to 20,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus just as the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the pandemic is accelerating. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced Friday night that the record for…
*LASUTH loses 54-year-old nurse to COVID-19 (Punch) *Miracle-seeking Ghanaian woman disappears from Lagos hotel (Vanguard)
LASUTH loses 54-year-old nurse to COVID-19 (Punch) The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja has lost a nurse, Mrs Adenike Bakare, to COVID-19, The PUNCH has learnt. Bakare, who was an Assistant Director, Nursing Services, according to a source, died…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases increase by 389 to 8,733
Nigeria now has 389 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, bringing the new tally across the country to 8,733. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed the new cases via its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov explaining that Lagos…
“Covid-19: Africa got this one right” – WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic has reached a milestone in Africa, with more than 100,000 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. It noted that the virus has now spread to every country in the continent since the first case…
OraQuick ups self-test with new HIV Test Kit
A cure for HIV/AIDS may still be out of sight but, as has been stated over the years, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome disease is no longer a death sentence. These days also, people the world over are…
Coronavirus patients ‘are not testing positive twice – they’re just expelling dead lung cells’
Recovered coronavirus patients who later test positive are not getting reinfected, the World Health Organisation has said. They are actually still expelling dead lung cells rather than contracting a new infection, officials told AFP. It comes after South Korean officials…
Obi applauds Okonjo-Iweala on WHO appointment
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her recent appointment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a Special Envoy for WHO’s…
*Lockdown: 39 strippers, clubbers, 581 others arrested in Lagos (Punch) *COVID-19: Lagos govt impounds 20 vehicles for violation of lockdown order (Tribune)
Lockdown: 39 strippers, clubbers, 581 others arrested in Lagos (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested and charged 620 persons, including 39 strippers and revellers at a nightclub, for violating the lockdown directive to curb the spread…
Nigeria records eight new COVID-19 cases
Nigeria has recorded eight new Coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 89. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via a press release. The statement said: “Eight new cases of COVID-19 have been reported…
