The Osun State government has launched a manhunt for six persons with confirmed infection of COVID-19 who escaped from an isolation center in Ejigbo on Friday night. The six persons belong to a cluster of COVID-19 cases who returned to their hometown, Ejigbo, from Ivory Coast last week and were quarantined by the state government….
Seun Kuti has shared his thoughts about the Nigerian system, which he said has pushed many graduates into taking up a career they never studied in the university. The singer stated that Coronavirus is a wakeup call, as Nigerians really need to start reassessing what value is in the world today. Seun Kuti wrote; When…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, said that Chinese doctors, nurses and medical experts would arrive in Nigeria in a few days to assist in the fight against COVID-19. The minister said this during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. Cases in Nigeria have reached 210 as…
Weeks after the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control approved the use of chloroquine for the clinical trial treatment of the coronavirus disease, states affected by the wide-spreading virus have yet to signify interest to embrace the initiative, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The Director General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, on Friday told Saturday…
The Lagos State Government has discharged four coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of discharged persons in the state to 23. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday. The state had earlier discharged 19 patients. Confirming the development, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos tweeted, “More great news from…
The federal government through Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says corpses of persons who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) cannot be claimed by their families for burial. He said such corpses would be handled by the ministry of health because they are contagious. He said this while speaking at a News Agency of…
Queen Elizabeth II will make a special broadcast this weekend to Britain and the Commonwealth on the coronavirus pandemic, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. “The televised address will be broadcast at 8 pm (1900 GMT) on Sunday 5th April 2020. The address was recorded at Windsor Castle,” a statement said. The queen, 93, has made…
There was a mild drama in Ilutitun, an agrarian community in Okitipupa Local Council of Ondo State, as youths in the community drove government officials, who were dispatched by the state to set up isolation centre, out of their town. The Guardian gathered that the state government had mapped out a mega primary school, a…
Residents of Omole Estate, Phase II, Lagos are now in perpetual fear following the death of a patient suspected to have died of Coronavirus. The report said the patient who presents with Coronavirus symptoms was rushed to the Primary Healthcare Centre in the area, and that there was no ambulance from the NCDC and the…
The donations to combat Coronavirus in Nigeria has hit N15bn as confirmed in a statement released by the Director of Corporate Communications at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Isaac Okorafor, on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The donations which came from individuals, banks and other corporate bodies were paid into an account set up at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…