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    Nigeria records 543 more coronavirus cases, total now 38,344

    Nigeria records 543 more coronavirus cases, total now 38,344

    Italy bans entry from 13 countries over COVID-19 fears

    Italy has banned travellers from 13 countries over the COVID-19 pandemic, stopping nations it views as high risk Coronavirus countries from entering the country.  The full list comprises Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, North Macedonia, Moldova, Oman, Panama and Peru. The ban affects anyone who has...

    Chile: Police train dogs to sniff out Coronavirus

    The Chilean Police are now training dogs to detect people that may be infected with Coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. Three golden retrievers and a labrador who are between the ages of four and five, are part of the program said to be a joint effort of the Chile’s national police, the...

    Russia announces it has completed human trials of new COVID-19 Vaccine

    Russian has announced it has completed the human trials of a new Coronavirus vaccine, adding that test patients used for the trials will be discharged soon and the vaccine could be available by August. Russia sponsored and permitted clinical trials of two potential Coronavirus vaccines. The first one was developed...

    Lagos discharges 56 more COVID-19 patients

    Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday announced the discharge of 56 more COVID-19 patients from its facilities. The patients including 12 females and 44 males, as well as nine foreign nationals, were discharged from the isolation facilities to reunite with the society. The patients, 25 from Gbagada; 5 from Agidingbi; 8...

    COVID-19 pandemic is ‘accelerating’ and ‘getting worse’ – WHO

    The World Health Organisation has warned that the Coronavirus pandemic is "accelerating and getting worse" as lockdown measures are being relaxed in several countries in the world. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, said the Covid-19 pandemic has still not reached its peak as he warned that coronavirus...

    Brazilian man becomes first person to be ‘cured’ of HIV with drugs alone

    A 35-year-old Brazilian man who went into long-term remission after being treated for less than a year with an intensified multi-drug cocktail of AIDS medicines, has raised hope of a potential breakthrough on Tuesday July 7.  The man who tested positive for HIV in 2012, was treated with a base of antiretroviral...

    Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announces he’s tested positive for Coronavirus

    Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has announced live on television that he has tested positive for Coronavirus but feels 'perfectly well' and has only mild symptoms. 'I'm well, normal. I even want to take a walk around here, but I can't due to medical recommendations,' Bolsonaro told a group of journalists on Tuesday,...

    Nigeria reports 575 new cases of COVID19 on July 6

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 575 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria on July 6, 2020. Below are the 575 new COVID19 cases as recorded by NCDC across twenty states: Lagos-123FCT-100Delta-58Edo-52Ogun-42Katsina-24Bayelsa-23Rivers-22Borno-19Plateau-18Ondo-18Oyo-17Kwara-15Osun-13Enugu-9Nasarawa-7Abia-6Cross River-5Kaduna-3Ekiti-1 Source: Ministry of Health website, Nigeria

    Our battle with COVID-19 not a sweet experience – Peter Okoye’s wife narrates

    Wife to Peter Okoye, Lola, has shared her experience with coronavirus. Lola Okoye in a video shared on her Instagram page on Wednesday said she went through so much pain while battling with COVID-19. Recall that her husband, Peter of the defunct Psquare had few days ago revealed that his entire...

    COVID-19: Edo discharges 80 more patients, clears 2,532 suspected cases, traces 2,794 others

    Nigeria records 15,839 new positive cases, 317 deaths in 30 days Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed that 80 more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have recovered and cleared to reunite with their families and the society after testing negative to the virus. In a statement, the governor said...

    EU authorizes use of Remdesivir to treat Coronavirus

    The European Union has approved the use of remdesivir to treat severe cases of Coronavirus.  The announcement was made on Friday July 3, days after the US effectively stockpiled the world’s entire supply of the antiviral medication. Its approval came after two major US studies showed that remdesivir can reduce the duration of hospital stay for COVID-19...

    My mother is still struggling to recover 15 weeks after surviving Coronavirus…

    Jason Njoku, the co-founder and CEO of iROKOtv took to Twitter to serve an update about his mother who survived Coronavirus earlier this year.  According British-Nigerian entrepreneur, his mother is still struggling to recover after surviving Coronavirus and leaving the hospital on March 21.  He tweeted;  My mum survived Covid19 leaving the hospital 21March. 15wks later...

    561 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

    561 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, June 30. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 200 new cases, Edo -119, Kaduna-52, FCT-52, Niger-32, Ogun-19, Ondo-16 ,Imo-14, Plateau-11, Abia-8, Oyo-8, Bayelsa-7, Katsina-6, Kano-5, Bauchi-3, Osun-3, Kebbi-3, Borno-2, Jigawa-1. Nigeria has now recorded  25,694...

    COVID-19: ”It was horrific”- Nigerian author, Ife Durosinmi-Etti who survived COVID-19, shares her story

    Nigerian Author/Sales and marketing expert, Ife Durosinmi Etti, has shared her story of how she survived the dreaded viral disease, COVID-19. In a post she shared on her Instagram page, Ife recounted how she started feeling sick and went to the hospital on June 1st. There she did a test and afterwards...

    Coronavirus: 144 years old man recovers in Ethiopia

    People over the age of 80 are considered to be among the most vulnerable if they catch the virus. An aged man of over a 100 years old has been reported to have recovered from Coronavirus in Ethiopia Aba Tilahun Woldemichael’s family says he is 114, which would make...

    COVID-19: Plateau mulls fresh lockdown as citizens violate safety protocols

    Following the increasing number of people infected with the COVID-19 disease in Plateau State and the continued flagrant disregard for safety protocols, the State government has threatened to return the State to the period of total lockdown to curb the rate of community infection in the State. The State...

    Buhari govt reveals major threat to fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria

    The Federal Government on Monday pointed out a major threat to the fight against Coronavirus in Nigeria. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, lamented that the inability of Nigerians to take responsibility in limiting the spread of COVID-19 posed a threat to the fight against the...

    No state in Nigeria is COVID-19 free – NCDC

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared that no state in the country is COVID-19 free. This was announced by NCDC’s Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday. Ihekweazu noted that a state can only talk about being Coronavirus free, when...

    Covid-19: How the Pandemic could Alter the Business Landscape for Good

    All businesses, corporations and enterprises had planned a robust policy for 2020, to start a new decade with bracing policies and decisions to scale up the business operations, increase sales and revenue; and shore up the profit base. But there comes the bombshell, the Coronavirus (COVID-19), an epidemic detected on November...

    COVID-19: It Is Not Safe To Reopen Schools, Viewing Centres – PTF

    The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it is not safe to reopen schools, television viewing centres and other areas of public interest. PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to him, some governors were...

    News 5million Nigerians are diabetic – Pharmacist

    About five million Nigerians are diabetic and another nine million have prediabetes, a pharmacist, Oluseyi Adenowo, said on Saturday in Awka. Mr Adenowo, also a diabetes advocate, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria to commemorate the ‘Diabetes Awareness Week 2020’. The Diabetes Awareness week...

    COVID-19: My isolation centre experience –

    When coronavirus (COVID-19), struck as an epidemic on December 31, 2019, it was a previously-unknown virus and mainly limited to China. It began to spread and became a global pandemic when countries, across the world started recording cases. Nigeria confirmed its first case of coronavirus disease on February 27th 2020 and...

    Buhari: COVID-19 had yet to reach its peak in West Africa

    The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, charged the ECOWAS Commission to come up with an economic recovery plan to help member-states to recover from the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19. Buhari also lamented that COVID-19 had yet to reach its peak in West Africa and warned...

    Malnutrition kills over 45% children under 5 in Nigeria

    Malnutrition is the cause of death of over 45% of children under the age of five, and this challenge is not just restricted to the poorest families. Six months have passed, the journey is finally over! You have managed to exclusively breastfeed your baby as recommended by all the health...

    Covid19 in Nigeria: 409 new cases, total 13,873, 382 deaths

    Covid19 in Nigeria: 409 new cases, total 13,873, 382 deaths The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released the update of Covid in Nigeria, saying that 409 new cases were recorded on Wednesday, making a total 13,873 cases with 382 deaths. See below the 409 new COVID19 cases confirmed by NCDC according...

    Anambra records 9 COVID-19 deaths, 53 positive cases

    Anambra State has recorded nine COVID-19 deaths, while 53 persons have tested positive for the virus. The State governor, Willie Obiano, who disclosed this on Wednesday during a broadcast, said that the data was pulled out of the 230 results released so far from the 302 persons tested. Governor Obiano also...