Point of contagion: Mass gatherings and the coronavirus
Congregations of a secretive South Korean sect, an assembly of French evangelists and major European football matches: as the new coronavirus radiated across the planet it seeded clusters of infections at mass gatherings that helped magnify its spread. With around half of humanity under lockdowns that have radically altered the contours of daily life, social […]
COVID-19: FG warns disease may spread further
THE Federal Government warned yesterday that coronavirus may spread further in the country. It also said all the resources gathered in the wake of the pandemic would be mobilised for direct development and delivery of critical infrastructure to states by the donors, adding that they would also be used for direct procurement and delivery of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE and other critical equipment by donors.
COVID-19: Where’re visiting Chinese doctors now? Gbajabiamila asks Health Minister
ABUJA — Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday asked Health Minister, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, the whereabouts of visiting Chinese medical personnel, saying their activities in the country must the oversighted by the parliament.
COVID-19: Lagos to commence door-to-door testing
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, disclosed that the state government will commence a door-to-door testing of residents of the state to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Oil price, dwindling IGR: We may review N1.168tn budget — Lagos govt
THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it will review the 2020 N1.168 trillion budget, following current economic challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Lagos AD governorship candidate, Owolabi Salis, empowers 120
High Chief Owolabi Salis, the 2019 governorship candidate of Alliance for Democracy, AD, in Lagos State, has given out money to 120 less-privileged people. “It is my little way of reducing their burden in this period of COVID-19 lockdown,” he told newsmen. Salis, a philanthropist, who currently resides in the United State, took to a […]
