Georgia on Saturday declared a nationwide state of emergency over the novel coronavirus pandemic, allowing the government to regulate prices for food and medicines if needed. “The situation is grave and is expected to worsen,” President Salome Zurabishvili said in a televised address to the nation, saying the state of emergency is effective immediately and […]

A plane from China carrying 500,000 masks to help Greece combat the coronavirus outbreak landed at Athens International Airport on Saturday. Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias was among those at the airport to receive the load which was donated by the Chinese public electricity company State Grid and Greek electricity supplier Admie, in which the Chinese […]

Mauritius has recorded its first death from coronavirus, the health minister said Saturday, just the third in sub-Saharan Africa, as the archipelago nation imposed a lockdown to contain the outbreak. “There have been 14 confirmed cases so far, one of which died on Thursday evening,” Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal said, without providing details about the […]

An Italian index case of COVID-19 in Nigeria has been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital,Yaba in Lagos having tested negative to the virus. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, in a tweet on Friday night, disclosed the recovery of the Italian patient. “As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos, I am glad to inform […]

By Dayo Johnson ONDO state government has said that the result of the suspected case for Coronavirus in the state came out negative. The health Commissioner Dr Wahab Adegbenro who said this in Akure, therefore, declared that “the State is still maintaining a corona virus-free status. Fear had gripped the people of the state midweek […]

  By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, said his government has completed the arrangement to have a specialist hospital to tackle covid-19 virus among other diseases. Uzodinma, disclosed this in Owerri, in his state broadcast to Imo people, adding that it was part of his strategies to battle the virus, at […]

By Ikechukwu Odu In compliance with the order issued by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, which asked universities to close for one month, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, has ordered the students to vacate the campuses on or before the 23rd of March, 2020. […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Saturday ordered for a total shut down of all schools in Imo state. The governor, gave this order in Owerri,  through his state broadcast to the people of the state, in line with the preventive measures against the spread of covid-19 virus. Uzodinma also […]

By Nasiru Suleiman, Sokoto Sokoto state government has described as mere rumour the story of a suspected case of COVID 19 in the state. The state Commissioner for health, Dr. Mohammed Ali Iname dispelled the rumour while addressing newsmen in Sokoto. He said ” the state ministry of health is constantly monitoring the situation in […]

A group in Sokoto State, Unity Forum has organized a special prayer session invoking the Divine intervention over prevention and curtailing the spread of CONVID 19. Group leaders, Alhaji Bello Shatiman-Durbawa and Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, said the prayer sessions were part of group’s efforts to sensitize residents and supplicate to Almighty to stop Coronavirus, insecurity, […]

By David Royal The Italian man who brought the deadly COVID-19 to Nigeria has been discharged after testing negative for the virus. You would recall that the Italian had tested positive for the disease on February 28. The man flew into Nigeria from Milan, Italy, on February 24. He had reportedly lodged at a hotel close […]

*Wants Land Borders Opened, Interstate Travels Banned By Tordue Salem, Abuja A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Chukwuma Umeoji, has called on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, to set inmates of correctional centres across the country free, and convert prisons to quarantine centres for patients who have tested positive for the Corona […]

Politicians, community leaders, and business leaders: What should you do and when? By Tomas Pueyo With everything that’s happening about the Coronavirus, it might be very hard to make a decision of what to do today. Should you wait for more information? Do something today? What? Here’s what I’m going to cover in this article, […]

Foreign tourists in Morocco scrambled to leave Friday after the country announced further movement restrictions as part of a state of emergency to combat the spread of coronavirus. The state of emergency — declared on Thursday — tightened domestic travel restrictions imposed earlier this week by introducing a requirement to secure an official document to […]

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka Anambra State government yesterday ordered the indefinite closure of all schools in the state over the coronavirus pandemic ravaging many parts of the world. This came as the state government commended the federal government for placing a ban on travel to 13 countries most affected by the virus until further notice. […]