Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, Monday, said that the governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu, who tested positive for Covid-19 is ‘being managed by a competent team of medical practitioners with a view to nursing him back to good health’.

By David Royal Nigeria has recorded a total of 12,486 COVID-19 cases, of which 3,959 have been discharged and 354 fatalities recorded. The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Sunday that the country recorded 260 new cases of the COVID-19 and 12 deaths. It said “On the 7th of June 2020, 260 new […]

The coronavirus pandemic killed 691 people in the United States over the past 24 hours, the lowest number in a week, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed on Sunday. There have been a total of 110,482 deaths in the country and 1,938,842 cases, the Baltimore-based institutions’ real-time tracker reported at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Sunday). […]

The governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tested positive for coronavirus, Vanguard reports.

By Dayo Johnson – Akure There was a mild drama at the popular Oja Oba market, Akure, Ondo state, weekend, as a lady allegedly diagnosed with COVID-19 in Imo state was found selling second-hand wares popularly called Tokunbo. She was subsequently arrested by the state government task force on COVID-19. Speaking on the arrest, the […]

Three weeks after Israel reopened the doors to all of its schools, more and more are closing again amid a rise in coronavirus cases among pupils and teachers. With 347 pupils and teachers testing positive for the virus, 127 schools did not reopen on Sunday, the beginning of the workweek in Israel, according to an […]

Says Oredo, Ikpoba-Okha, Egor remain worst-hit With the continuous rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo State, the government has reiterated the need for residents to be cautious and observe precautionary measures against the spread of the virus. Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Patrick Okundia, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, […]

The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia surpassed 100,000 on Sunday, the health ministry said, amid a new surge in infections just weeks ahead of the start of the hajj. The total number of infections rose to 101,914 — the highest in the Gulf — while the death toll climbed to 712, the ministry […]

The World Health Organization is now advising everyone to wear face masks in public when they can’t practice social distancing, an about-face from its earlier guidance on stopping the spread of the coronavirus. WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the shift Friday, citing new evidence that showed face masks worn by healthy people could […]

China on Sunday issued a white paper on the country’s battle against COVID-19. The white paper, titled “Fighting COVID-19: China in Action,” was issued by the State Council Information Office. The Chinese government released the white paper to keep a record of the country’s efforts in its own fight against the virus, to share its […]

The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 389 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,233. NCDC announced this through its official Twitter handle and said that as of June 6, 389 new confirmed cases from 23 states and nine deaths were recorded in the country. […]

China has reported its first non-imported case of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in two weeks, an infected person on the island of Hainan off the southern coast. The National Health Commission said Sunday that there were also five imported cases in the previous 24-hour period, bringing the nation’s total case count to 83,036. China says […]

Senior Chinese officials, releasing a lengthy report on the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, defended their government’s actions and said that China provided information in a timely and transparent manner. National Health Commission Chairman Ma Xiaowei said Sunday that a recent news media report that the Chinese government didn’t initially share the genome sequence […]

The coronavirus pandemic caused 749 people’s death in the United States (US) in the past 24 hours, according to figures released Saturday by Johns Hopkins University. The latest deaths bring the total in the United States to 109,791, and there have been more than 1.9 million cases, according to a real-time tally maintained by the Baltimore-based […]

Despite measures in place to cushion the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday, said the virus has killed about three hundred and forty-two, (342) persons in the country.