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...
Abia Doctor Salutes Buhari Over Removal Of Import Duty On Medical Devices
As the country battles to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, a medical doctor with Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia State, Dr. C'fine Okorochukwu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for scrapping import duties on all medical consumables and devices. The doctor in a thank you message to the President made available to ABN TV said he had earlier raised concerns about high...
FG Instructs NAFDAC To Assess Herbal Cough Mixture As Potential Cure For COVID-19
The Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC to carry out necessary procedures for the assessment of a plant-based cough mixture to treat COVID-19 patients. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mashi Abdullahi, issued the directive in a memo with REF no. TCAM/077/I/65 addressed to the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola...
BREAKING: Ten Person Associated With Lagos State House, Test Positive For Coronavirus
Ten person said to have been associated with Lagos State House, Marina, have tested positive for coronavirus and are currently in isolation. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Thursday while giving an update on the situation of the pandemic in the state. According to him, the status of the 10 people was discovered just as the...
We Won’t Give Any Patient To Herbal Practitioners – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said that many traditional medicines that were being suggested by some herbal practitioners in the country as cures for COVID-19 had not been tested and might be toxic. The minister, who spoke amid criticism that the Federal Government was not looking inward in search of the COVID-19 cure, said the traditional cures by...
BREAKING: Kano Commissioner Who Was Sacked For Celebrating Abba Kyari’s Death Tests Positive For COVID-19
Kano State Ex-commissioner of Works and Infrastructural Development, Engr. Mu’azu Magaji sacked for celebrating the death of late Abba Kyari has also tested positive for coronavirus pandemic. Magaji confirmed this in a post on his Facebook timeline on Thursday morning adding that he has been a move to an isolation centre in the state for treatment. Also Read: Nigeria Records 195...
Nigeria Records 195 New Cases Of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 195 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country. This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,145, Tribune Online reports. The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle on Wednesday. it also said that 82 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos. “On the 6th...
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