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 […]
Lagos tracks contacts of index case of Coronavirus
Commissioner says his symptoms are subsiding By Sola Ogundipe The Lagos state government has started tracing persons that might have had contact with the index case of the Coronavirusinfection in Nigeria in order to start the isolation and containment of exercise that will break the cycle of transmission of the disease. The State Commissioner for […]
Switzerland suspends all major events to combat coronavirus
The Swiss government on Friday said it was suspending all events in the country involving more than 1,000 participants until March 15 in a bid to stop new coronavirus contagion. “Large-scale events involving more than 1,000 people are to be banned. The ban comes into immediate effect and will apply at least until 15 March,” […]
Iran reports 8 new coronavirus deaths for total of 34
Iran on Friday reported eight new deaths from coronavirus, raising its toll to 34, as the number of infections jumped again in the Islamic republic, one of the worst-hit countries. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 143 cases had been detected over the past 24 hours, increasing the total of confirmed infections to 388. Among the […]
Two South Africans contaminated by coronavirus in Japan
Two South Africans were contaminated by the new coronavirus while serving as crew members aboard a cruise ship that was quarantined for three weeks in Japan, officials said Friday. The pair, the first South Africans confirmed to have the virus, are being cared for in Japan but they do not show symptoms of the illness […]
Hong Kong pets face coronavirus quarantine after dog tests positive
All pets of people in Hong Kong infected with the coronavirus will be quarantined, with one dog already in isolation, the city’s authorities said Friday. The move is the first reported case anywhere in the world of a government quarantining pets over the outbreak and was prompted by a positive test in the pet of […]
Pet dog quarantined in Hong Kong with low levels of coronavirus
A pet dog was quarantined at an animal centre in Hong Kong after it tested positive to low levels of the new coronavirus, officials said Friday, in the first of such case in the city. The canine, which belongs to a 60-year-old woman infected with the virus, has no “relevant symptoms”, the Agriculture, Fisheries and […]
Russia restricts Iran, South Korea travellers over coronavirus
Russia on Friday announced new restrictions on travel to Russia from Iran and South Korea, two countries hit hardest by the outbreak of the new coronavirus. In a statement, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced a temporary suspension of visas for Iranians travelling to Russia for education, employment, tourism and transit. A separate decree imposed restrictions […]
Germany quarantines 1,000 as coronavirus cases push past 50
Around 1,000 people were in quarantine in Germany’s most populous state Friday, as the number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Europe’s biggest economy rose above 50. The district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia said it had to take the step of keeping around 1,000 home as an infected couple had participated in carnival […]
Coronavirus spreads in three continents
As markets brace for global recession Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic of the disease and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession. Share prices were on track for the worst week since the global financial crisis in 2008 […]
Coronavirus: Nigerian universities on red alert
Following the discovery of the case of the fast growing Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, in Nigeria, some universities have been placed on red alert by their managements and government authorities respectively. Nigerians woke up to the news of the first recorded case early on Friday, following confirmation from the Lagos State Government. It was […]
US schools start planning for possible spread of coronavirus
Schools across the United States are cancelling trips abroad, preparing online lessons and even rethinking “perfect attendance” awards as they brace for the possibility that the new coronavirus could begin spreading in their communities. Districts have been rushing to update emergency plans this week after federal officials warned that the virus, which started in China, […]
Nigeria braces as coronavirus hits megacity Lagos
Nigeria’s economic hub Lagos confirmed a case of new coronavirus on Friday, stirring memories of the fears sparked six years ago when West Africa’s Ebola epidemic hit the chaotic megacity of 20 million. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said the first confirmed case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa was an Italian citizen who had returned […]
US health workers exposed to coronavirus without protective gear ―Reports
United States health employees were sent to interact with repatriated Americans quarantined for exposure to the novel coronavirus without wearing protective gear or receiving training, a whistleblower complaint cited by US media said Thursday. The filing, which was seen by the Washington Post and New York Times, was submitted by a senior official in the […]
