BREAKING: NYSC Shut Down Orientation Camp Over Coronavirus
The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of the ongoing National Youth Corps Service camps nationwide over coronavirus fears. The 2020 Batch A Stream One NYSC members arrived on camp on March 4 and are expected to leave on March 29. But the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Wednesday, said the NYSC members would be released...
NCDC Confirms 2 Cases Of New COVID-19 Virus, Omicron Variant In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. ABN TV reported that the Omicron variant, a new strain of the coronavirus disease, was reported by South Africa and first...
Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 10,000 Worldwide As Crisis Continues To Escalate In Coronavirus
The coronavirus death toll has topped 10,000 worldwide, doubling in one week, as the crisis continues to escalate in Europe. Almost half of all COVID-19 deaths have occurred in Europe, with Italy now having confirmed more victims than China. China, where the killer virus first emerged, accounts for a third of all victims, having battled the disease since December 2019. More than 245,000 cases of the...
Nigeria Records 350 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 11,516
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 350 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 11,516. The centre disclosed this on Thursday night via its verified Twitter handle. “350 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-102 Ogun-34 FCT-29 Borno-26 Kaduna-23 Rivers-21 Ebonyi-17 Kwara -16 Katsina-14 Edo-10 Delta-10 Kano-10 Bauchi-10 Bayelsa-9 Imo-8 Plateau-4 Ondo-3 Nasarawa-2...
Another COVID-19 Patient Discharged In Abia
Another Coronavirus, COVID-19, patient has been discharged in Abia state after testing negative for the virus. Dr. Azubuike K. Onyebuchi, the medical director of Federal Medical Center, Umuahia where the patient was discharged from, said in a statement made available to LIB by Sunny Emmanuel Irokansi, a Customer Care Officer of the facility, that the female patient whose result correlates positively with her...
COVID-19: Joe Biden Gives Trump Credit After Receiving Vaccine (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
President-elect Joe Biden received his COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware on Monday, posing for the cameras as a local nurse administrated the shot and giving credit to President Donald Trump's administration for its rollout of the cure. He thanked the medical staff and urged Americans to follow coronavirus restrictions during the holiday period, including wearing face masks and practicing social distancing. Biden,...
NCDC’s COVID-19 Testing Method Is Unrealistic – NMA
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the COVID-19 “smart testing” option used by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is unrealistic. In a statement signed on Friday by Francis Faduyile, the NMA president, and Olumuyiwa Odusote, the general secretary, the association said the testing method is unrealistic as it has not revealed the real incidence of COVID-19 in the...
EXCLUSIVE: COVID-19 Scare Hits Kubwa General Hospital Abuja, All Wards Shutdown
Fear has enveloped the general hospital Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja the FCT. ABN TV gathered that a consultant orthopedics unit in the hospital, whose identity we choose to conceal has tested positive for coronavirus as well as HOD pediatrics. The CMD, Muideen Lasisi however instead of ordering for their isolation in line with NCDC’s guideline has been managing the...
BREAKING: President of Cameroon’s Parliament Tests Positive For Covid-19
The President of the National Assembly of Cameroon Honorable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has tested positive for Coronavirus. He was reported to have left France and violated the health ministry’s quarantine guidelines. Details shortly…
Rep. Ogah Assures Advocacy To Attract Govt Support In Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis (Video)
The Chairman House Committee on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM), Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah says his committee will continue to push advocacy that will get government to take the lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Lepros, and Malaria by providing the needed funds to drive the process of ending these diseases by year 2030. Ogah, representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency...
