By Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has urged Nigerians to wear face masks as precautionary measures in curbing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, warning that wearing a face mask was more comfortable compared to being bedridden and on a ventilator. He said this […]

As part of measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and safeguard the wellbeing of Edo people, the state government has intensified Active Case Search (ACS) activities in Edo, testing over 9,626 residents and decontaminating homes and offices of about 2,167 confirmed cases in the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this […]

Keeping borders closed to halt the spread of COVID-19 is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging countries to adopt comprehensive strategies based on local knowledge of where the virus is spreading. Border closures and travel restrictions remain an important part of many countries’ strategy to combat the novel coronavirus. At the same time, […]

By Peter Duru The Chief of Staff to the Benue State Governor, Mr Terwase Orbunde, who three weeks ago tested positive for COVID-19 has been successfully treated and discharged from the isolation centre in Makurdi. Mr Orbunde who made his status known in a statement he personally signed yesterday in Makurdi which he titled “I’m […]

“This is because over 10,000 health workers tested positive for Covid-19 across Africa. 812 tested positive in Nigeria out of which 200 Nigerian health workers and 10 Nigerian doctors have so far been killed by the disease.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 555 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus exceeded 40,000 in five months. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, also recorded two deaths in the country in the last 24 hours. NCDC said 40,537 cases […]

By Ikenna Osuoha, News Agency of Nigeria There are clear evidences to prove that the global health emergency otherwise called COVID-19 has impacted negatively on world population. Typical of a pandemic, it has affected the population in all ramifications, especially with the increase in maternal mortality. Dr Eyitayo Oyetunji, the acting Chairman, National Population Commission […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria COVID-19 cases, on Sunday, hit a total of 40,532 cases with the latest report of 555 new confirmed cases in 18 states. According to the report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, out of the 40,532 cases, 17,374 have been discharged and 858 deaths have been recorded in 36 […]

The Edo State Government has urged residents to strictly adhere to set guidelines to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the death toll for the virus hits 77. Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, said the state recorded five more COVID-19-related deaths and 37 new […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 438 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 39,977. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It stated that regrettably 11 deaths were recorded in the country. According to it, 39,977 cases have been […]

The global number of coronavirus cases crossed 16 million on Sunday, more than half of them in the Americas and the Caribbean, according to an AFP tally from official sources at 0510 GMT. The 16,050,223 coronavirus cases include 645,184 fatalities with the United States the worst hit country, registering 4,178,021 infections and 146,460 dead. Latin […]

The National Hospital, Abuja, on Saturday, said that 10 coronavirus patients have so far died at its isolation centre. The hospital’s Spokesperson, Dr Tayo Hastrup, announced the figure when a non-profit organisation, the District Grand Lodge of Nigeria, came to donated face masks and hand sanitiser to the hospital in Abuja. He said that over […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying he believes “the vicious virus” may have entered the country, state media reported Sunday. If the person is officially declared a virus patient, he or […]

By Chioma Obinna Nigeria, on Saturday, recorded another 438 new COVID-19 cases, even as 11 persons lost their lives to the virus. According to report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the cases were recorded from 24 states. The 438 new cases are reported from 24 states— Lagos(123), Kaduna(50), Rivers(40), Edo(37), Adamawa(25), […]

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that the need to always wear a face mask in public has not been scientifically proven. Lopez Obrador’ comment is coming, one day after the country marked a new record in daily coronavirus cases. He said doctors had told him that “I do not need a face […]