The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed said he has authorized the use of chloroquine as a medication for the treatment of COVID-19. Mr. Mohammed, who was the COVID-19 index case in the state, said he was treated with “chloroquine and Zithromax.” The governor, who dropped the hint while providing an update on COVID-19 in the state, at the Government House, Bauchi, said he would take responsibility for any consequences of approving such drugs. Accordingly,...

A 42-year-old female Covid-19 patient, Hauwa Mohammed of Shehuri Area of Maiduguri alleged to be on the run has reported to the hospital and demanded an apology. The woman and a 22-year-old man, Abbas Hassan, were on Sunday said to be on the run by the Borno High Powered Committee on Convid-19. While the man was traced in Gwange Area of Maiduguri in a critical condition and taken to Isolation Centre, the woman later took...

The Bauchi State government said that 15 new cases of Coronavirus  (COVID-19) had been recorded, bringing the total to 29. Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, said that the results were sent in from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja in “just this evening”. “As I am speaking with you right now, the total number of confirmed new cases in the state is 15, and not 11...

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. Tambuwal who disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Muhammad Bello noted that all the three victims had a history of other diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state’s Chairman of the Taskforce Committee on COVID-19, Dr....

Fresh facts emerge that the ceased Kano State COVID-19 testing centre is set to resume its operations, this Tuesday just as newly reported cases hikes across the country. The Kano centre, domiciled at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, had ceased operations, following the exhaustion of testing kits and other logistics. However, while briefing by Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, assured that Kano...