By David Royal Nigeria has recorded  226 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 6401 . The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Tuesday. The centre said that one patient died of coronavirus-related complications in the country, bringing the total number of fatalities […]

India’s Health Ministry on Wednesday said that 140 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 5,611 positive cases were reported since Tuesday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 3,303 and total cases to 106,750. This is the highest one-day spike in COVID-19 cases so far in the country. “As on 8.00 a.m. […]

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says the agency will use every tool at its disposal to prepare, support and fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus said this at the closing of two-day virtual World Health Assembly in Geneva. In his speech posted on the WHO website, Ghebreyesus said some of the recommendations […]

They are infecting family members, Bauchi govt cries out By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi State government has lamented the refusal of two coronavirus positive cases to isolate themselves. Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, yesterday, said two COVID-19 positive people have declined to be isolated in the […]

By Chioma Obinna The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has delivered another pregnant woman diagnosed with COVID-19 of twins. The delivery brings the total number of babies delivered at the LUTH isolation centre to five while their mother becomes the fourth patient with COVID-19. The twins delivered through cesarean section weighed 3.2kg and 3.25kg. ALSO […]

*Gov. Diri Extends Presidential Directives For Two Weeks *Jonathan, Dickson, Ooni Of Ife Donate To State By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA – A medical doctor has tested positive for COVID-19 in Bayelsa State, bringing the number of active cases in the state to two. Governor Douye Diri announced the new confirmed case on Tuesday in Yenagoa […]

By David Royal Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have now reached 6,175, with 191 fatalities recorded in the country. This is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday night announced 216 new cases and nine new deaths. It said “On the 18th of May 2020, 216 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths […]

iSON customer care provider has stated that it has implemented “strict” COVID-19 pandemic measures following virus scare in its Ibadan centre. iSOn confirmed that some of its workers tested positive for COVID-19 in Ibadan and employees with suspected risks have undergone the necessary test and have been placed in isolation under the supervision of the […]

A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by scientists at China’s prestigious Peking University […]

President Donald Trump said he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects. Trump told reporters Monday he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc […]

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and to reconsider his country’s membership of the agency. Trump suspended U.S. contributions to the WHO last month, accusing it of promoting Chinese “disinformation” about the novel coronavirus […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala, Kano Kano state government has reviewed the two weeks extension of total lockdown imposed by the Presidential Taskforce on the state as a means of curbing the spread of COVID-19, giving a 4-hour window for residents on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 pm. This was revealed by the […]

South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has contracted coronavirus, his office confirmed on Monday, May 18. He is the vice-chairperson of the COVID-19 Task Force in the country. His wife Angelina Teny, who serves as defence minister, “a number of his office staff and bodyguards” also tested positive for the virus, the office further disclosed. […]

Another island nation, Seychelles, has attained virus-free status after the Health Ministry announced full recoveries as of Monday, May 18. The country becomes the third in recent times to achieve the feat behind Mauritius and Eritrea. The last cabinet meeting held on May 13 largely focused on COVID-19 containment efforts in the country as a […]

A TV channel in the UK owned by one of Nigeria’s most flamboyant evangelical pastors has been sanctioned by Ofcom, the broadcasting authority in London, BBC reports. According to BBC, the authority punished Chris Oyakhilome’s Loveworld Limited, which runs the Loveworld channel that can be viewed in the UK, “after a news programme and a […]