HEALTH
[BREAKING] COVID-19: FG To Stop Inter-State Travels
Federal Government says it will stop interstate travels including railway. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who stated this at an ongoing press briefing in Abuja this afternoon said the government will also deploy firefighting equipment and personnel to fumigate markets, towns and cities. He insisted that with time running out, the government will not hesitate to enforce compliance...
BREAKING: Nigeria Confirms 35 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 442
Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 19 in Lagos 9 in FCT 5 in Kano 2 in Oyo As at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths #TakeResponsibility As at 10:20 pm 16th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT Lagos- 251 FCT- 67 Kano- 21 Osun-...
Aid Worker With Doctors Without Borders Dies Of COVID-19 In Borno
An aid worker employed by a humanitarian agency, Doctors Without Borders died in Borno State after contracting coronavirus, a spokesman for the organisation told Reuters on Sunday. The death of an aid worker in a part of Africa’s most populous country where camps house many of the roughly two million people displaced by the insurgency will prompt fears of the...
Go Back To Work And We’ll Withdraw Court Case Against You — FG Tells Doctors
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to withdraw the case it instituted against the striking Resident Doctors should they return to work. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, gave this indication to correspondents shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja at the weekend. But he reiterated the government’s position that the...
BREAKING: US Approves Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus
The United States has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Trump told reporters on Thursday: “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval...
Coronavirus: Ban Religious Gatherings, Reps Tells FG
The house of representatives has asked the federal government to ban all religious gatherings in the country to curb the spread of coronavirus. The green chamber made the request at Wednesday’s plenary session after deliberating on the pandemic. A prayer for the federal government to shut all schools for two weeks and to ban all foreign airlines from entering Nigeria was...
COVID-19: FG Hints At Second Nationwide Lockdown
Nigerian’s Covid-19 Presidential Task Force has called on citizens to adhere to the protocols to prevent another nationwide lockdown. The task force in a press briefing called on citizens to prevention a priority as the country is in a difficult situation with rises in Covid-19 cases. Chairman of the Taskforce Boss Mustapha has called on citizens to take responsibilities and balance...
COVID-19: Gov. Matawalle Lockdowns Zamfara
Zamfara State Government has shut down all government offices, Ministries and MDAs across the state. Findings by the nation revealed that Governor Bello Muhammad has been mostly indoors since he came back to the state last Thursday from a foreign trip after staying for a while in Abuja. The Governor attended the inspection of the proposed quarantined coronavirus centre at the...
Coronavirus Confirmed In Nigeria: See Six Ways To Protect Yourself And Your Family [IMPORTANT]
Following the confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the country, the Lagos State Government has outlined measures Nigerians should take to take care of their health and protect themselves and their families. While confirming the first case of COVID 19 in the state early Friday morning, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi advised Nigerians to...
Lassa Fever Kills 9 Die Of In Benue
No fewer than nine people have died of Lassa fever in Benue State in the past two months. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Sam Ngishe, disclosed this to journalists in a telephone chat on Thursday. This comes after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it has recorded 2,621 suspected Lassa fever cases and 84 deaths with a case fatality...
