Enugu Doctors Embark On Strike Amid Coronavirus Panic
Amidst panic over the detection of coronavirus in the country, resident doctors of the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital on Saturday embarked on a five-day warning strike to press home their demand for an enhanced pay package. Many residents of Enugu have criticized the timing of the strike at this time of national emergency. The leadership of the resident doctors declined...
Italian-Nigerian Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus
King Paul Akpan Udoh, Italian-Nigerian player, has become the first footballer to be infected with coronavirus . King Paul currently plies his trade with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side. The Pianese forward was diagnosed of the disease on February 27, and he has been quarantined. The 22-year-old started his career with Reggiana before moving to Juventus in 2011 where he was...
Coronavirus can spread through telephone, tables, desks — WHO Warns
World Health Organization, WHO, has called for the promotion of regular and thorough hand-washing hygiene saying coronavirus (COVID-19) can be contacted when someone infected coughs or exhales. The global health body said that people can contract the virus if droplets of infected fluid fell on nearby surfaces and objects such as desks, tables or telephones. “People could catch COVID-19 by touching...
Italian-Nigerian Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus
King Paul Akpan Udoh, Italian-Nigerian player, has become the first footballer to be infected with coronavirus . King Paul currently plies his trade with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side. The Pianese forward was diagnosed of the disease on February 27, and he has been quarantined. The 22-year-old started his career with Reggiana before moving to Juventus in 2011 where he was...
Coronavirus: Italian patient arrived via Turkish Airlines, says Lagos commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said the Italian citizen who was tested positive for Coronavirus, on Thursday, in Lagos came into the state from Milan, Italy en route Istanbul on Turkish Airlines on Monday and did not exhibit any symptom of the disease. Abayomi during a briefing on Friday said the patient slept over at a hotel...
Coronavirus: Facebook To Partner With Nigeria To Combat Fake News – Lai Mohammed
The social networking site, Facebook, has pledged to partner with Federal Government to check the spread of fake news and disinformation in the wake of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who announced this at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday, said it’s obvious that the purveyors of fake...
Coronavirus: Italian patient arrived via Turkish Airlines, says Lagos commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said the Italian citizen who was tested positive for Coronavirus, on Thursday, in Lagos came into the state from Milan, Italy en route Istanbul on Turkish Airlines on Monday and did not exhibit any symptom of the disease. Abayomi during a briefing on Friday said the patient slept over at a hotel...
Coronavirus: Facebook To Partner With Nigeria To Combat Fake News – Lai Mohammed
The social networking site, Facebook, has pledged to partner with Federal Government to check the spread of fake news and disinformation in the wake of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who announced this at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday, said it’s obvious that the purveyors of fake...
Coronavirus: Lagos govt begins search for infected Italian contacts
The Lagos State State Government has begun a search for all the contacts of the Italian who brought coronavirus to Nigeria. This was contained in a press statement by the Ministry of Health in Lagos State on Friday. The statement signed by the Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, expressed concern that the disease might be severe in those that...
BREAKING: Tension As Italian Infected With Coronavirus Visits Ogun
The Italian confirmed to have been infected with Coronavirus had also visited Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State this week. But residents and visitors to the state have no reason to panic, the Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker said on Friday morning. Coker disclosed that the Italian visited a giant manufacturing company (name withheld) in Ewekoro community, adding...
