BREAKING: Coronavirus Kills 25-Year-Old Male Patient In Lagos
Lagos State government on Thursday that a 25year-old male patient has died of the deadly Coronavirus, bringing the total number of those that have succumbed to the pandemic in the state to 20. ABN TV reports that the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on his twitter handle, saying the state, unfortunately, lost the man who, at...
16 Kano Almajiris Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Kaduna
Kaduna State Government following the report of new cases of COVID-19 accredited to the state by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night, has confirmed that sixteen out of the seventeen reported cases are Almajiri’s from Kano State, ABN TV learnt. The cases were confirmed in a tweet on Thursday morning by Governor Nasir El-Rufai on his...
Nigeria Records 196 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Rises To 1,728
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, said Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 1,728. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said of the 196 new cases, 87-Lagos, 24-Kano, 18-Gombe, 17-Kaduna 16-FCT, 10-Katsina, 8-Sokoto, 7-Edo, 6-Borno, 1-Yobe, 1-Ebonyi, 1-Adamawa. Also Read: High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising – NCDC https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1255632635277254660?s=20
Nurse, Mother Test Positive For COVID-19 In Lagos
A nurse and her mother have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Imokun, Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State. According to a source, the nurse who works at a private hospital and her mother tested positive on Sunday after exhibiting symptoms of the virus. The source said both mother and daughter were not residents in the town, noting that they...
BREAKING: Ebonyi Confirms 2nd Coronavirus Case
Ebonyi State has confirmed a second case of coronavirus. The 27- year-old patient was intercepted at Ishieke in Ebonyi Local government Area with his seven- month- old pregnant wife and a maid when coming into Ebonyi from Delta State in a bus. Commissioner for Health stated this in Abakaliki the State Capital. Also Read: Ebonyi Govt Orders Officials To Cane Violators Of...
NCDC Urged To Step Up Testing, Establish More COVID-19 Testing Centres
A rights and advocacy group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Inter-society, has called on the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to step up testing capacity, as that will unravel hidden cases of COVID-19 in the country. The group in a letter it wrote to the Director-General of the centre, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, called on...
NCDC Confirms 195 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 1532
Nigeria has recorded 195 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1532, ABN TV reports. According to the latest update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 80 new cases were recorded in Lagos while 38 new cases were recorded in Kano. Also Read: High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising –...
High COVID-19 Cases In Kano Not Surprising – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says it remains focused on the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The agency said on Monday in Abuja that it would increase testing for the virus across the country as a strategy to succeed. Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the reassurance at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task...
COVID-19 Patient Delivers Baby At LUTH
A COVID-19 patient has been delivered of a baby at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos State. ABN TV reports that LUTH made this know in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday afternoon, saying the mother and child are well and alive. “A team of LUTH Drs, anesthetists & nurses delivered a woman with Covid19 of a...
BREAKING: Bola Tinubu’s Personal Aides Test Positive For COVID-19
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, one of his aides had tested positive for COVID-19 after his late Chief Security Officer, Alhaji Lateef Raheem, died from COVID-19 complications. He explained that another aide, who also tested positive after the death of Raheem, had been isolated in accordance with the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease...
