Over 80 drone applications under review, training centre in pipeline — NCAA
Stories by Dickson Omobola Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has said it is in the process of approving a new aviation training facility for drone operators. NCAA’s Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Engineer Godwin Balang, said the agency has chosen to be methodical to ensure the facility met all operational benchmarks. Balang, who spoke at the […]
African health officials race to fill virus test gap
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million COVID-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its director, John Nkengasong, said Thursday. “There is a big gap on the continent on testing,” Nkengasong said at a weekly press conference at the African […]
COVID-19: Police arrest 33 suspects for various offences
By Peter Okutu Ebonyi State Police Command, yesterday, said it has arrested thirty-three (33) persons including minors who engaged in fraudulent practices, attempted abortion and violation of the social distancing measure put in place by the state government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah […]
Trump accuses NYC of padding its coronavirus death toll
President Trump on Wednesday questioned Mayor Bill de Blasio’s revised coronavirus death toll — a day after New York City revised how it tracks fatalities by adding more than 3,700 victims who died of apparent coronavirus symptoms and were never tested. “I see this morning where New York added 3,000 [sic] deaths because they died. […]
China says no plans to limit export of anti-virus supplies
China won’t restrict exports of medical goods needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said Thursday, amid global tension over scarce masks and ventilators. China, the biggest maker of surgical masks and other products, announced last week it would start inspecting exports to make sure they meet quality standards following Western complaints some […]
Russia may accept ventilators from US — Kremlin
Russia would accept a “kind offer” by U.S. President Donald Trump to ship ventilators to the country if it felt it needed them to treat people sick with the novel coronavirus, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russia, which has so far recorded 27,938 cases and 232 coronavirus-related deaths, shipped ventilators and protective gear this month […]
It’s unethical to reveal identity of COVID-19 patients ―Kwara commissioner
Kwara Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Razaq, says the government will not reveal the identity of any COVID-19 patient in the state. Speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday, Razaq explained that revealing the identity of a COVID-19 patient would be unethical. He advised residents of the state against spreading and listening to fake news […]
COVID-19: Kwara discharges 2 index cases, 5 family members
The two coronavirus index cases receiving treatment in Kwara have been discharged after recovering from the disease. Gov. Abdulrasaq Abdulrahaman made the announcement on Thursday at the Sobi Specialist Hospital Isolation Centre in Ilorin. The Kwara governor said five of the quarantined family members of the COVID-19 index cases who also tested negative had also […]
Coronavirus: Edo govt sets up screening facilities in 6 PHCs, 4 private hospitals in Benin
Services to be scaled up across 18 LGAs The Edo State Government has set up screening facilities in six Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) and four private hospitals in Benin City, as part of efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who disclosed […]
South African doctors design virus ‘box’ to protect healthcare workers
Eyes narrowed in focus behind her face shield, Jana Du Plessis, a South African doctor kept a steady hand as she inserted a tube down the throat of a dummy, working through the lid of a plexiglass box. Du Plessis, a doctor at Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke public hospital, practised moving around a newly-designed isolation device […]
Nnamdi Kanu alleges China recorded 20 million deaths from COVID-19
By Vincent Ujumadu, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Dennis Agbo, Chinonso Alozie, Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, alleged that China recorded 20 million unreported deaths to the coronavirus pandemic. He also alleged that what China is doing in Nigeria and Africa as a whole […]
