COVID-19: El-Rufai approves release of 72 convicts
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the release of 72 convicts from the Kaduna and Kafanchan Correctional Centres as part of the government’s efforts to check the spread of COVID-19. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Aisha Dikko, who announced the release of the inmates on Tuesday, said 69 of the […]
Increase testing for COVID-19 now, Health Writers urge NCDC
By Chioma Obinna With just over 5,000 Nigerians tested for COVID-19, the Health Writers Association of Nigeria, HEWAN, has called on the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, to urgently scale up laboratory testing across the country even as it urged the Federal government to institute proper incentives for frontline health workers in the fight […]
COVID-19: NARD Southwest Caucus laments patients’ unwillingness to disclose history
Says 19 of their members are under quarantine By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, South West Caucus has decried the increasing reports of information hoarding and denial of symptoms by patients and their relatives, disclosing that not less than 19 of their members are currently under quarantine due to exposure to […]
South Korea reports more recovered Coronavirus patients testing positive
South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again, although officials suggested they would soon look at easing strict recommendations aimed at preventing new outbreaks. South Korea reported only 25 new cases overall on Monday, but the rise in “reactivated” patients has raised concerns […]
Nigerians shake off coronavirus lockdown boredom with group exercise
Vehicles in Abuja are mostly gone. In their place: hundreds of people doing group workouts with little concern for a disease that has so far killed 10 and infected 300 in Nigeria. “Since the lockdown, we are just at home doing nothing, no work, no food, nothing, nothing, so we decided to come and exercise […]
No fee charged on COVID-19 loan application — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the bank does not charge any fee on the COVID-19 loan application as claimed in false reports circulated on social media. The CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Okorafor explained that procedures for accessing the N50 billion […]
