BREAKING: Nigeria Records 561 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 25,694
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, announced that the country has recorded 561 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 25,694. The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday night. “561 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-200 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...
Switzerland Trains Sniffer Dogs For Detecting COVID-19
Researchers in Switzerland have launched a training trial to see if sniffer dogs can find out people infected with COVID-19, media reports said on Wednesday. Three dogs are being trained by researchers from Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) for four weeks by exposing to samples of sick and healthy people. The dogs will thereafter go through a sweat-sniffing test to see if...
Lockdown: Ikpeazu Releases 400 Cartons Of Spaghetti, 150 Cartons Of Tin Tomatoes, Others To Abians
As the distribution of palliatives in Abia State, part of measures to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on the people continues, the state government has approved the release of another food items across the 17 local government areas of the state. The food items released to each local government area include 400 cartons of Spaghetti, 150 cartons of Tin...
COVID-19: Ensure Transparent Use Of FG’s N1bn Intervention Fund, Abia Lawmaker Charges Ikpeazu
The member representing Bende North State constituency Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Chijoke Chukwu has urged the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to ensure judicious and transparent utilisation of the federal government’s intervention fund for COVID-19. This is even as he seeks to see a visible impact in his constituency and all parts of Abia through improvement of health...
FG Imposes New COVID-19 Restrictions, Shuts Down Nightclubs, Recreational Centres
The Federal Government has imposed new restrictions amid the rising cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in various parts of the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, who is the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, announced this on Monday at the briefing of the task force in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He explained that the directives were advisories issued to state...
Fears As Abia Records 54 Cases Of COVID-19, Nigeria’s Total Hits 15,181
The Abia state COVID-19 cases on Friday hit 54 after 97 new cases were recorded, ABN TV reports. The state a few days ago recorded about 67 cases which include the governor, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle on Friday night. The new cases per states are listed below: Lagos-229 FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1 As it stands now, 15,181 persons have...
COVID-19: Paris Set To Enter 2nd Lockdown
Paris is set to enter a strict second lockdown in attempt to slow the spike in coronavirus cases. Emmanuel Macron's government has ordered bars in Paris, along with Lyon and nine other cities on 'heightened alert', to close at 10pm from tonight. There is also a 10 person restriction at public gatherings with attendees at weddings and parties limited to 30. Gyms and other indoor...
COVID-19: Abia Records 48 Cases, Lagos 281 As Confirmed Cases Hit 19,147
Abia State has in the last 24 hours recorded 48 new cases of coronavirus while Lagos with the highest confirmed number recorded new 281 cases, ABN TV reports. According to NCDC, a total of 667 cases were confirmed across the country, bringing to the total of confirmed cases in the country to 19,147. Below is the breakdown 667 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-281 Abia-48 Oyo-45 FCT-38 Ogun-37 Enugu-31 Ondo-23 Plateau-21 Edo-19 Delta-18 Rivers-18 Bayelsa-17 Akwa...
COVID-19: We Won’t Force Anybody To Take Vaccine — Minister
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said COVID-19 vaccination will not be mandatory in Nigeria, adding that nobody will be forced to take any vaccine. Nigeria on Tuesday received nearly four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO. Appearing on Arise News to answer questions on the...
COVID-19: Trump Terminates Relationship With WHO
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is breaking off ties with the World Health Organization (WHO), ABN TV reports. “Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs,” Trump told reporters. https://twitter.com/JProskowGlobal/status/1266442475469758464?s=20 He...
