Lagos To Admit Only Severe Cases Of Coronavirus At Isolation Centres
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has announced that they will now be concentrating on people with severe cases and isolating them while mild cases will be managed at home. ABN TV reports that the health commissioner said the decision became necessary as they've exceeded the containment phase and now at the active community transmission stage. He added that...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 284 New Cases Of Coronavirus, Total Now 6677
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, has announced 284 more new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), making the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria rise to 6677. The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday night. “284 new cases of #COVID19; 199-Lagos, 26-Rivers, 19-Oyo, 8-FCT, 8-Borno, 7-Plateau, 6-Jigawa, 5-Kano, 2-Abia, 1-Ekiti,1-Delta, 1-Kwara,1-Taraba,” NCDC tweeted. “6677 cases of...
Coronavirus: Non-medical Masks Now Recommended For Canadians, Says Officials
As many provinces across Canada begin to loosen public health restrictions and gradually open their economies, federal public health officials are now officially recommending that people wear non-medical masks in situations where physical distancing isn’t possible. After initially advising against wearing non-medical masks, federal health officials said in April that people who don’t have symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by...
Lagos Doctors Begin Indefinite Sit-At-Home Strike To Protest Police Harassment
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed members to embark on a Sit-at-Home strike to protest alleged harassment of its member at the frontline of Covid-19 by security operatives. The group accused the Police in Lagos of Harassment of its members through conflicting directives on the status of essential workers. In a press statement, the association...
UN Chief Antonio Guterres Praises Africa’s Efforts To Stem COVID-19
United Nations, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the developed world could learn lessons from the preventative measures taken by many African countries to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “COVID-19 has made much slower progress (in Africa) than the predictions that were made at the beginning” of the crisis, Guterres said in an interview with RFL radio in...
COVID-19 Home Treatment Killing Many Top Nigerians – Osagie Ehanire
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government, FG was disturbed that COVID-19 deaths came from many educated, well-to-do Nigerians who chose home-based care and were only rushed to hospitals after sudden complications. Dr Osagie Ehanire, who stated this during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, advised everyone who...
Prepare For The Worst On COVID-19, FG Tells Nigerians
The Federal Government has told Nigerians to prepare for the worst in the COVID-19 battle. It however said it was doing everything within its powers to curtail spread of the virus. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, stated this on Tuesday during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He urged health workers and Nigerians to do their best to...
First COVID-19 Vaccine Tested On Humans Yields Positive Results
The first COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on humans has produced positive initial results. Moderna, the biotechnology company leading the effort, made the announcement on Monday. Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, said this was based on the results of an initial clinical trial involving eight humans, who were given two doses of the vaccine mRNA-1273 back at the start of March. ...
Woman Who Smuggled Husband’s Corpse From Lagos Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Enugu
The Enugu state government has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in the state. The State’s Commissioner for Health, Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu who lamented over the continuous violation of the interstate travel ban, said the new cases include a widow from Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of the State who smuggled her late husband’s corpse into Enugu State from Lagos for...
Reps Question Health Minister On Whereabouts Of Chinese Doctors
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have questioned the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, demanding full details of the activities and whereabouts of the Chinese doctors. The lawmakers at their plenary on Tuesday said they are not satisfied with the statement of the Minister that the Chinese doctors are not guests of the Federal Ministry of Health but that...
