The Nigeria center for disease control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of ninty-one new cases of COVID-19. 91 new cases of COVID19 have been reported; 74 in Lagos 5 in Katsina 4 in Ogun 2 in Delta 2 in Edo 1 in Kwara 1 in Oyo 1 in FCT 1 in Adamawa As at 11:25…
Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, says the ministry has continuously turned down requests of several governors, since the closure of the airports and the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari as a result of the COVID-19 to fly out of the country. He made this revelation at the briefing by the Presidential Task Force…
An American doctor has revealed that ventilators are actually hurting coronavirus patients lungs based on the wrong usage by medical personnel across the world. Medics around the world have been using the breathing machines, which pump the lungs to send oxygen into the bodies, as a vital tool to keep critically ill patients alive. But…
Lagos state has transferred five of the 59 reported COVID-19 cases to Ogun state. Lagos Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesday. According to him, the total number of transferred cases is eight. The commissioner also announced the recovery of nine more coronavirus patients. Five of the recovered patients…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has recovered from coronavirus. He made this known through his Twitter handle on Wednesday. According to him, he has tested negative twice. He said, “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four weeks of observing a strict medical regime, I have now received the all-clear after two consecutive…
The Federal Government is set to expand the social register for palliative distribution by employing digital models including the use of Bank Verification Number (BVN). The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to questions at Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19. She noted that…
Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, on Tuesday, confirmed that a medical doctor contracted COVID-19 while treating the third case in the state. Yaya-Kolade said the doctor, who is now the fourth case in the state, was at present receiving treatment at the state Isolation Centre. The first two cases in the state…
Two Chinese doctors in Wuhan who were critically ill with Coronavirus woke up to find that their skin turned dark after the virus damaged their livers. Dr. Yi Fan and Dr. Hu Weifeng, both 42, were diagnosed with the novel Coronavirus while treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital in January. Their abnormal skin colour…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has disclosed that 17 hospitals in the state have been exposed to Coronavirus. Abayomi said the state Ministry of Health through one of its agencies Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFEMAA), is helping the hospitals decontaminate its facilities. Some of the hospitals have also been told to stop…
The mysterious death of a passenger at a checkpoint in Osun-Oyo boundary has caused panic and fear in many. PUNCH reports that the passenger died after coughing. Read their report below… Police operatives and some medical personnel at Osun/Oyo border on Sunday evening reportedly intercepted a car, said to have conveyed a sick man, who…