We Are Ready To Contain Coronavirus – Abia Govt [PHOTOS]
Abia State government says it is 100 percent above many states of the federation in its readiness to contain the dreaded Corona virus scourge should it manifest in the State. Conducting journalists round the isolation centres located within Amachara Specialist Hospital, Umuahia, which is one of the three designated in the State, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Osuji,...
37 Italian Doctors Have Died Of Coronavirus
Coronavirus crisis has killed 37 doctors in Italy, while more than 6,000 medical workers have been infected, it emerged today. Three more doctors died of coronavirus yesterday, in Bergamo, Foggia and Naples, the Italian Federation of Medical Professionals said, bringing the total to 37. The head of an Italian research institute said today that 6,205 health workers had caught the disease...
BREAKING: 6 Lagos Coronavirus Patients Ready For Discharge
Six patients being treated for coronavirus have recovered in Lagos. Tunde Ajayi, the Special Assistant to Lagos state governor on health, made this known via Twitter on Thursday. According to him, the patients are set to be discharged soon. He wrote: “Six of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon. There is something Lagos is doing right. Lagos takes...
[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...
COVID-19: Abia CP Warns Against Undermining Govt Instructions, Releases Helplines
The Commissioner of Police Abia State Command, CP Ene Okon, has called on the people of the state to always abide by the instructions from the government of the state under the leadership of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and the police authorities as a measure to curtail the spread of COVID-19. This is contained in a release signed by the state...
First UK Prisoner Dies From COVID-19
An 84-year-old sex offender with underlying health conditions is the first prisoner in the UK to be killed by the coronavirus, reports suggest. The convict was one of the country's oldest inmates and died at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire three days ago. It is understood the deadly virus was only detected in the man, who has not been named after he died in...
BREAKING: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Jump To 51 As NCDC Confirms Five New Cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that cases of coronavirus in the country have hit 51. The NCDC on its website said, “On the 25th March 25, 2020, Six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was recorded in Nigeria. “Till date, 50 cases have been confirmed, two cases have been discharged and one death from COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria “Of...
Coronavirus: Obey Govt Guidelines, Speaker Tells Abians
Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, the Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, has urged all Abians and visitors to the State to strictly follow the guidelines established by the State Government in the fight against the rampaging Coronavirus. The Speaker said this on Wednesday in a statement made available to newsmen in Umuahia the Abia State capital. He emphasised that the...
Anthony Joshua Self-Isolating After News Prince Charles Has COVID-19
Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua, 30, is at home in self-isolation after the news that Prince Charles has contracted coronavirus, with the two meetings 16 days ago at Westminster Abbey. Joshua was in attendance at the Commonwealth Day service on 9 March alongside Prince Charles, 71, as well as The Queen, and a spokesman for the British boxer confirmed that he is “fit and well”...
Coronavirus: Chloroquine Not Approved – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has advised Nigerians against the use of chloroquine and its derivatives for the management of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. In a post on its official twitter handle, NCDC warned Nigerians against self-medication, stressing that the use of chloroquine is yet to be approved or validated. The tweet says, “Please remember that the use of...
