Man Detained in Delta As American Lover Dies After Showing Symptoms Of COVID-19
A resident of Delta state is currently being detained over the death of a 67-year-old American who died after showing symptoms of COVID-19. The Nigerian was said to have invited her over to the country before the airports were shut in April. They had reportedly lodged at a hotel in Warri in Delta and later relocated to Orerokpe, still in Delta. But...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 248 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 4399
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday night confirmed Two-hundred-and-forty-eight (248) new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. This brings the figures of the pandemic to a total of 4399 in Nigeria. Also Read: Lagos Estimates 120,000 COVID-19 Cases By July See the details of the new cases below... https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1259615631135178753?s=20 Also Read: 47 Health Workers Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kano
47 Health Workers Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kano
The Kano state government says forty-seven (47) health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). Tijjani Husaain, coordinator of the state’s task force on COVID-19, disclosed this at a press conference in Kano, on Sunday. He said the infected health workers had contracted the disease the previous week, adding that no medical personnel got infected in the last few days. Also Read:...
BREAKING: Nigeria Records 386 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 3,912
Nigeria has recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,912. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Friday. The 386 new cases are the highest Nigeria has ever recorded in 24 hours since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. It...
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...
