As COVID-19 continues to spread in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, prayers will continue to take place at home, not in mosques, for Ramadan Muslims will only be permitted to pray at home in Saudi Arabia during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, the Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs announced on Monday. This will remain […]

Victor Ogunyinka “This is not a joke. It is a matter of life and death. Mosques in Makkah and Madina have been closed. The Pope celebrated Mass on an empty St. Peter’s Square. “The famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris held Easter Mass with less than 10 people. India, Italy and France are in complete […]

By Chioma Obinna With just over 5,000 Nigerians tested for COVID-19, the Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, has called on the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to urgently scale up laboratory testing across the country even as it urged the Federal government to institute proper incentives for frontline health workers in the fight […]

By David Royal President Muhammadu Buhari while making a nationwide broadcast on Monday said he has directed that the current social register of the palliative measures be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks. According to the president, no country can afford the full impact of a sustained […]

…recommends use of face masks …says 92% of contacts traced By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Government on Monday noted that some of its new laboratories in the country are currently underutilized. This is as the government also recommended the use of face masks by Nigerians in order to reduce their susceptibility to infection […]

By David Royal Lagos state has discharged six more coronavirus patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, after their full recovery and testing negative twice to the virus. The government said on Monday via Twitter that the patients include 1 female and 5 males. This brings the number of patients who have been managed and […]

…Discharges six more patients bringing to 61 total no of discharge By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government on Monday, confirmed two new cases of patients who tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 179 in the state. Also, six more patients, one female and five males who have fully recovered […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Monday that the coronavirus epidemic in the country was “not getting better,” according to comments carried by state media. Putin demanded that officials provide him with daily reports and forecasts about the situation. He said Russia’s military could become involved in further response measures, such as assistance by military […]

The Asian Development Bank said Monday it will roll out a massive $20 billion package to help developing member nations weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The fund represents the tripling of a package announced just a month ago, which the ADB decided to boost as the scale of the contagion’s impact has […]

The NHS hero nurses who saved Boris Johnson’s life and stood by his bedside when things could have gone ‘either way’ has been pictured this evening. The Prime Minister spent the last week in St Thomas’s Hospital – including three nights in intensive care – being treated for the virus. Shortly after he was discharged, […]