World Health Assembly: WHO Says COVID-19 Risk Remains High

CoronavirusWorld NewsWorld Health Assembly: WHO Says COVID-19 Risk Remains High

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says the majority of the world’s population remain susceptible to coronavirus (COVID-19) as the risk remained high. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this at the ongoing World Health Assembly held in Geneva. This is the first time the assembly which is WHO’s main governing body, will convene virtually. Ghebreyesus, in a speech posted on WHO website, said more than four-and-a-half million cases of COVID-19 had been reported to WHO,...

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Senate receives Buhari’s Request for Confirmation of DG, Commissioners of SEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate receives Buhari’s Request for Confirmation of DG, Commissioners of SEC

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mr. Lamido Yuguda as new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Also to be screened and confirmed are three nominees as full-time Commissioners of the Commission. Buhari’s request was contained in a letter read at plenary on Tuesday by President of Senate. Sen. Ahmad Lawan. The letter reads: “Pursuant to Section 3 and 5(1) of the Investment and Securities...

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COVID-19: ICC Recommends Rule to Ban Use of Saliva on Balls

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsCOVID-19: ICC Recommends Rule to Ban Use of Saliva on Balls

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recommended rules to ban the use of saliva to shine cricket balls in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. A statement on ICC website on Tuesday said that the age-old trick of using saliva to shine a cricket ball could be a thing of the past when the sport resumed due to the recommendation by ICC executive committee. The committee, chaired by Anil Kumble, a former Indian spinner unanimously...

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COVID-19: NCDC provides Guidance for Businesses to Take Responsibility, Re-Open Safely

CoronavirusEconomyNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC provides Guidance for Businesses to Take Responsibility, Re-Open Safely

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says it will provide guidance for businesses to take responsibility and re-open safely, as it continues to work to stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General (DG), of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Monday, in Abuja. Iheakweazu said President Muhammadu Buhari, had expressed concerns over the re-opening of the economy when the PTF briefed him on the...

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Trump Threatens to Pull U.S. Funding to WHO Permanently

HealthWorld NewsTrump Threatens to Pull U.S. Funding to WHO Permanently

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter. In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organisation. Trump claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for the large number of...

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DAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records 216 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 6,175

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: Nigeria Records 216 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 6,175

PilotnewsMay 19, 2020

Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 6,175. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Monday. The centre said that nine patients died of coronavirus-related complications in the country, bringing the total number of fatalities to 191. The health agency explained that most fatalities recorded from COVID-19 were cases with other underlying illnesses known as co-morbidities. NCDC advised Nigerians to...

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UPDATE 2-Nigeria to Impose Precision Lockdown in Coronavirus Hotspots

ConservationNewsNigeriaUPDATE 2-Nigeria to Impose Precision Lockdown in Coronavirus Hotspots

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

ABUJA – Nigeria announced on Monday it would impose precisely targeted lockdown measures in areas that report rapid increases in cases of the coronavirus, while the phased reopening of the economy as a whole would go ahead more slowly than planned. The government extended a full lockdown in Kano state, the northern economic hub where authorities are investigating a spate of mysterious deaths. Kano has the second highest number of confirmed cases in the country...

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Germany’s Food And Hospitality Sector Slowly Reopens for Business

CoronavirusEuropeNewsGermany’s Food And Hospitality Sector Slowly Reopens for Business

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Restaurants and hotels across Germany have begun reopening, with Monday bringing more easing of restrictions for the hospitality industry across most of the country’s states. Hotels are fully open for business for domestic tourists in the cities of Hamburg and Bremen in the north, as well as the western regions of North Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate and the eastern states of Saxony and Thuringia. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, hotels opened on Monday...

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Taiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

HealthPoliticsWorld NewsTaiwan Protests Exclusion From World Health Assembly

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Taiwan is protesting its exclusion from the World Health Organisation’s annual two-day meeting which opened on Monday. Taiwan and dozens of friendly countries have urged the WHO to invite the island nation to the online meeting to discuss its containment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), which is seen as a success story. “It’s a loss for the WHO that the Taiwan model won’t be able to be shared at such an important meeting,’’ Health and...

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130 Test Positive For COVID-19 in Refugee Home in German town – Officials Say

CoronavirusEuropeNews130 Test Positive For COVID-19 in Refugee Home in German town – Officials Say

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

One hundred and thirty people have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at accommodation for asylum seekers in western Germany, officials said on Monday. A spokeswoman for the district government of Cologne said that the remaining 170 residents at the shelter in the town of St. Augustin, around 30km  south-east of Cologne, have been confirmed negative in tests. “As in all state accommodation facilities, the highest hygiene standards are being implemented,’’ she said. According...

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