Lagos Estimates 120,000 COVID-19 Cases By July
Lagos State’s Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi that the estimated number of COVID-19 cases in Lagos may rise to 120,000 by July. He said the July projection is based on the government model following the reported cases recorded in one day. On Thursday (yesterday) COVID-19 cases in Lagos surged by 183, a record for the state as Nigeria witnessed its...
Nine-Year-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 – Enugu Govt
The Enugu State government has confirmed a new positive case of coronavirus (COVID-19) involving a nine-year-old child in the state. In a statement on Friday, the Commissioner for Health in Enugu, Obi Ikechukwu, revealed that the case involved a nine-year-old child. He explained that the patient had contact with the fourth case reported in the state. “Thus, the total number of positive...
We Have Tested About 22,000 Persons For COVID-19 – Ihekweazu
Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says about 22,000 persons have been tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria. As of Wednesday evening, the country recorded 3,145 confirmed cases of the disease, out of which 534 patients have been discharged, while 103 persons have died. Speaking at the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday, the...
COVID-19 Patient Dies Inside Commercial Vehicle In Niger
Niger State was thrown into confusion when one of the passengers, a COVID-19 patient that violated the interstate travel ban, died in a commercial vehicle in Badeggi, Katcha LGA. It was learnt that a commercial bus with registration number, JJJ 349 XN, was travelling from Lagos to a northern state through the Bida- Badeggi-Lambata high way when the vehicle broke...
Lagos Commissioner Did Not Test Positive For Coronavirus ― Ministry of Health
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has said that its Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi, has not tested positive to COVID-19 disease as widely speculated. Director of Public Affairs of the Ministry, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, in a statement on Friday, said the commissioner is hale and hearty and in good health. He stated that: “The attention of the Lagos State Ministry of Health...
Sperm Containing Coronavirus Raises Risk Of Spread Via Sex ― Study
Chinese researchers who tested sperm of men infected with COVID-19 found that a minority of them had the new coronavirus in their semen, opening up a small chance the disease could be transmitted sexually, scientists said on Thursday. According to Reuters, a study by doctors at China’s Shangqiu Municipal Hospital of 38 men hospitalised with the disease found that six...
Nigeria Records 381 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 3526
Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 3526. The latest update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that Lagos state recorded 183 new cases while Kano recorded 55. Also Read: Senate Asks FG To Suspend 5G Network Deployment See the rest of the states that recorded...
Queen Of Pop, Madonna Tests Positive For COVID-19
Madonna said Thursday she has recovered from the COVID-19 disease, which forced her to pull out of a string of concerts in Paris in February and March. The "Queen of Pop" said she had tested positive for antibodies which may mean she had Covid-19 -- though at the time she said she didn't realise she had it. "I am not currently sick," she...
BREAKING: Lagos Confirms 2 Coronavirus Deaths
Two more patients have died of Coronavirus (COVID-19) related complications in Lagos State. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Thursday, via his twitter handle. Also Read: Lagos Records Fresh Coronavirus Deaths The commissioner tweeted, “82 new cases of #COVID-19 infections were confirmed in Lagos”. “The total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in Lagos is now 1,324″. “Round...
ECOWAS Denies Endorsing Any Herbal Medicine For COVID-19
The ECOWAS Commission has dismissed reports that its health institution, West Africa Health Organisation had ordered medicine developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research, Madagascar, for COVID-19 treatment. The regional body said it was aware that several claims of COVID-19 cures had been made in different parts of the world but added that it could endorse products that have...
