Three out of the returnees evacuated from the United Arab Emirates have tested positive to Coronavirus. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi revealed in a tweet. “3 of the returnees recently evacuated from Dubai have tested positive for #COVID19 infection following #COVID19 test conducted on them,” he said. Noting that, the infected persons have been taken to the care centre for treatment protocols, he urged citizens residing in the state to self-quarantine and...
The Coordinator in charge of all the isolation and treatment centres in Oyo state, Professor Temitope Alonge has revealed how patients who tested positive to the coronavirus are been treated at the various isolation centres in the state. He revealed this while discharging eleven patients from the State Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan on Friday Alonge, a former Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan stated that the medical and healthcare workers only seek...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 control has cautioned citizens against the sharing of face masks. Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, raised the concern during the daily media briefing by the PTF in Abuja. He also described the refusal by some Nigerians to observe physical distancing as worrisome. He noted that besides the fact that some people share face masks among themselves, some others go about picking thrashed disposable masks...
The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola on Monday, urged the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopening schools. According to him, “only the Almighty God Himself can determine when the current coronavirus pandemic will be eradicated globally,” In a statement, the ABUAD founder stated that schools nationwide were suddenly closed down by the government on March 23 when some pupils...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps Agency Law (amendment) 2019 bill. The bill which made provision for the creation of am Amotekun corps into Law was amended on Monday. However, Section 20 (1) of the bill which subjects the appointment of the Lagos Amotekun Corps Commander to the confirmation of the House was retained. This is in accordance with the practice and procedures of the House that...
On March 29, President Mohammed Buhari ordered the cessation of movement in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun state to contain the spread of Covid-19. With the figures from International financial and monetary organizations that show Nigeria as the world poverty capital, one can conclude that Nigeria cannot stand the test of the lockdown as the country’s economy faces headwinds from the deepening oil price. In less than a week, other states felt the necessity as Ogun...
Lagos state has discharge 60 COVID-19 patients from the Infectious Disease Center in Yaba, Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki Isolation facilities to reunite with the society. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor disclosed this in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday. According to him, out of the 60 discharged patients, 40 are males and 20 females, all Nigerians. He added that 31 of them were from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 19 from the Ibeju-Lekki Isolation...
Confusion rocked Kwadon community in Gombe State on Tuesday as COVID-19 patients at an isolation centre in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area stormed a federal highway to protest poor treatment. According to PREMIUM TIMES, about 20 patients forced their way out of the facility and took over the federal highway linking Gombe State with biuneigbouring Borno State. The patients decried poor treatment noting that their conditions had worsened and they prefer to get outside for...
Jigawa state on it recorded casualty to COVID-19. The case is a pregnant woman in the Zareku ward, Miga local government. The pregnant woman is among the five confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state early last week. She died at the isolation center in Duste, the state capital. A member of the state task force who confirmed this to newsmen said the woman bled to death as a result of miscarriage she had at the...
The leader of the Presidential Task Force Committee on coronavirus, Nasiru Sani Gwarzo has disclosed that the novel Coronavirus is responsible for the mass deaths in Kano. He has cautioned residents of the state against actions that might expose them to the virus. Gwarzo disclosed this while addressing the pressmen in the state on Sunday after the ceremony of donation of mobile testing laboratory facilities by Alhaji Aliko Dangote to the Kano State Government. “Let...
