* Says 66 contacts traced to index case have no symptoms BY Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Akwa Ibom state government has explained that six cases of COVID-19 have been returned negative and discharged from the state isolation centre at the Ibom Specialist hospital Uyo. Chairman of the State COVID-19 committee and Secretary to State Government (SSG) […]

Soni Daniel – Abuja As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, the British Government is to evacuate its citizens from Nigeria. The evacuate will begin on Saturday this week from both Abuja and Lagos airports, according to a statement from the British High Commission signed by a Senior Press and Public Affairs Officer, Chris Ogunmodede. […]

Millions of people in rural India will be allowed back to work next week despite a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the government said Wednesday, as it conceded the hardships of shutting its vital farming economy were too great. Restrictions on movement in the world’s second-most populous nation of 1.3 billion people — put in place in […]

By Sola Ogundipe Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas, NAPPSA, Inc has expressed concern over misinformation about the coronavirus disease, and the advertisement and sale of unproven and illegal coronavirus, COVID-19, prevention and treatment options. In a statement, NAPPSA President, Dr. Anthony Ikeme, and Secretary, Dr. Aloysius Ibe, NAPPSA said: “It […]

The Edo State Government has chided the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Branch, over false and misleading comments on the government’s efforts to check the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the state. In a letter addressed to the Chairman, NMA, Edo State Branch, Valentine Omoifo, the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., […]

By David Royal The Lagos State Government has announced the discharge of 16 more coronavirus patients on Wednesday evening. This is coming after nine persons were discharged on Tuesday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu while disclosing the news via his Twitter account, said the discharged patients include a Briton, Chinese and Polish citizens. “Good people of Lagos, […]

By Dapo Akinrefon A group, COVID TESTNIGERIA, has launched a free web application designed to help users diagnose symptoms of the COVID-19, and get advice on the next line of action in total compliance with the international guidelines, in the app. The virtual resources offer an online screening tool, information about the disease, and some […]

By Chioma Obinna A Nigerian medical practitioner, Dr. Chugbo Emeka, in private practice, on Wednesday morning, died of coronavirus-related complications after treating an infected patient in his hospital. The doctor, identified as Dr. Chugbo Emeka, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, was said to have been admitted at the hospital on Monday, […]

Flays agitation for total lockdown The Edo State Government has said that its decision to impose partial lockdown in the state in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was the best option given its peculiar socio-economic dynamics and the need to sustain a post-COVID-19 economy. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on […]

By Victor Young Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to include the nation’s pensioners among beneficiaries of relief materials being distributed to vulnerable Nigerians. The union said pensioners needed everything they can get to alleviate their suffering, as a result of coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic lockdown across the country. In a […]