Burkina Faso and Cameroon have recorded five new cases of COVID-19, Health Ministry said on Tuesday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Burkina Faso to 20, the Minister of Health, Claudine Lougue, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Ministry of Health received, on Monday, new results from the laboratory examinations of suspected…
At least 37 patients thought to be suffering from COVID-19, the illness brought on by the novel coronavirus, on Tuesday fled from a hospital in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, a Health Ministry spokesperson said. According to the ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar, the people in question are in isolation due to the virus. They escaped from…
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the third case of the novel Coronavirus, COVID19, in Nigeria. This was announced on the official Twitter page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The tweet reads; “The Honourable Minister @Fmohnigeria has announced the 3rd case of #COVID19 in Nigeria “The case is a Nigerian who returned…
Idris Elba has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19, the illness associated with the new coronavirus. The English actor made the announcement on Monday, saying that he felt okay and he hasn’t felt any symptoms so far. Elba says he decided to get tested for the virus after he learned that he came…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State House. The meeting, which started at about 3pm, was believed to have been called as a prelude to the scheduled National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party, which is expected to hold on Tuesday…
The United States’ White House has announced the result of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus test – According to the White House physician Sean Conley, Trump’s came back negative, so he does not have the virus Conley said Trump agreed to take the test on Friday, March 13 after deep discussion. – Trump announced he had…
Ten patients who tested positive for the coronavirus have died, bringing the death toll in the UK to 21, NHS England said. A number of the patients, who were over 60, had underlying health conditions, NHS England said. The 10 patients were being cared for by nine trusts including Buckinghamshire, Sandwell & West Birmingham, Wolverhampton,…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said all 179 people in isolation in Ogun and Lagos States, who had contact with the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria, have been released. Abayomi, at a briefing on Friday, said 179 contacts were traced to the Italian, adding that since they had exceeded…
Ethiopia has confirmed its first case of coronavirus as disclosed by the country’s public health institute on Friday, March 13. The index case of coronavirus in the country is said to be a 48-year-old Japanese man who arrived in Ethiopia from Burkina Faso last week. Liya Kebede, Ethiopia’s health minister said at a press briefing; “We confirm that…
Police in Barcelona has issued an alert to aged ‘vulnerable’ people after two women and a man dressed in medical lab coats posed as ‘coronavirus’ doctors and went to an aged person’s house with intent to steal but pretended they were there to carry out medical checks. The resident called police after suspecting they…