Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Maiduguri Testing Centres To Be Ready This Week – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says By the end of this week, there will be four new molecular diagnostic laboratories for testing the COVID-19 in Kano, Kaduna, Jos and Maiduguri. The Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this on Monday in Abuja at the sixth joint national briefing of the Presidential Taskforce Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said: “We...
BREAKING: ‘No Change’ In Boris Johnson’s Condition, Remains In Intensive Care
Boris Johnson is still battling coronavirus in intensive care today with 'no change' in his condition overnight - amid a wave of support from across the nation. Mr. Johnson was moved to ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in central London and given oxygen after his health deteriorated sharply over just two hours, leaving doctors fearing he will need a ventilator. The 55-year-old...
BREAKING: Ikpeazu Orders Commencement Of Distribution Of Palliative Materials From Tuesday
As part of measures to cushion the effect of the lockdown in Abia State to curtail the spread of coronavirus, the state governor on Monday inspected some of the relief materials for distribution to less privileged individuals in the State with a directive that the Inter-ministerial Committee commences distribution in earnest on Tuesday. In a release signed and made available...
VIDEO: Americans Are All Praying For Boris Johnson, Says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump offered his support for Boris Johnson after the UK prime minister was taken into intensive care in London on Monday. 'I want to send best wishes to a very good friend of mine, and a friend to our nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson,' Trump said at his daily White House briefing. 'We are very saddened to hear that he was taken into intensive care this afternoon a little while...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 6 New COVID-19 Cases, 238 In Total
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday evening that two of the cases are Edo, two in Kwara, one in Rivers and one is FCT. Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT As at 09:30 pm 6th April there are 238...
BREAKING: Two New Suspected Cases In Abia Test Negative For COVID-19
The blood sample of a two-year-old girl who showed what appeared like symptoms of coronavirus and that of a 27-year-old lady sent to NCDC has finally emerged. The results in a statement signed and made available to ABN TV by Onyebuchi Ememanka, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu are negative. "Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has just received the results of two...
BREAKING: Ogun Records 2 New Cases Of Coronavirus
Ogun State has recorded two fresh cases of COVID-19. This brings the numbers of cases to six in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this at his Iperu residence, Ogun State while briefing reporters on Monday night, said the index cases have no travel history to countries with coronavirus pandemic or contacts with people with travel history. Abiodun said the...
COVID-19: Dead Bodies On The Street In Ecuador (PHOTOS)
Bodies are being left to rot on the side of the road as officials struggle to cope with coronavirus deaths in an Ecuadorian city. At least 150 corpses were left on the street or kept in the homes of grieving relatives in Guayaquil as the deadly bug ravages the horror-struck port city. The bodies were placed on the roadside in the desperate hope that...
Coronavirus Hit Boris Johnson Receives Oxygen Treatment In Hospital
Coronavirus-hit Boris Johnson is having checks in hospital today amid calls to hand over the reins of the UK's fight against the disease while he recovers. The PM was dramatically admitted to St Thomas's, near Downing Street, last night after doctors became concerned his symptoms have still not subsided 10 days after his positive test. Mr. Johnson is thought to have...
Tiger At New York’s Bronx Zoo Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York, has become the first of her kind to test positive for the coronavirus. The 4-year-old female Malayan tiger tested positive after developing a dry cough and is expected to recover, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo said in a news release. Samples from Nadia were taken and tested after the tiger...
