The National Centre for Disease Control of Libya’s UN-backed government has announced the first COVID-19 recovery case in the country. “We officially announce the recovery of the first case of the new coronavirus after two samples tested negative at the laboratory,’’ Badr Addin Al-Najjar, Director of the centre, told a press conference. “Social separation and commitment to home quarantine are the first steps in reducing the spread of the virus,’’ he added. When asked about...
China’s medical supplies for 18 African countries have arrived in Accra, on Monday, and are scheduled to be delivered to the other 17 countries within a few days. The beneficiary African countries are Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Liberia. The others are Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Benin, Cape Verde, as well as Sao Tome and Principe.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care on Monday night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him, a Downing Street spokesman said. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London with “persistent symptoms” on Sunday night, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. The spokesman said the prime minister was moved on the advice of...
China has reported no coronavirus deaths over the past day, in a sign the worst of the outbreak is over for the country. There were also no new locally transmitted infections in the original epicenter of the disease, in Hubei province, and across mainland China, the National Health Commission said. Authorities reported 32 new coronavirus cases among citizens returning from abroad. The commission said that 30 new cases of asymptomatic infections were being monitored, with...
Wuhan, the Chinese metropolis at the origin of the current coronavirus pandemic, is due this week to lift the final restrictions after more than two and a half months of stringent lockdown. From midnight on Wednesday, (1600 GMT on Tuesday) traffic is set to return to normal. Flights are also due to resume, cars will be able to leave the city again and people can travel by train, on condition that they are healthy and...
Bolaji Amusan, National President, Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) on Monday said that Funke Akindele-Bello’s prosecution should be a great lesson for all and not only celebrities. Amusan told the News Agency of Nigeria that Akindele-Bello had been an outstanding actress, law-abiding, easy-going and hardworking. The association president said it was, however, unfortunate she had to face the wrath of the law, due to the violation of government directives. He...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has directed workers in the state’s civil service to resume work on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government had earlier directed workers to stay at home as part of measures to prevent possible spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state’s Head of Service, Alhaji Idris Tune, in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina, said workers would from Monday be...
Almost all Nigerian politicians have the badge of a public verdict against them. That is to the extent that it may be easier to convince a Nigerian that a month-old baby can walk than try convincing him that a politician is innocent; it is that bad. Successful politicians: those who have gone through the rigor of winning an election, are seen with complete distrust. Hence, it is a common saying that a Nigerian politician will...
The Adamawa state government, Monday said it will renovate the psychiatric section of the state Specialist Hospital in Yola to serve as isolation center for the treatment of suspected COVID-19 patients. The state commissioner for health, Professor Abdullahi Isa, who dropped the hint while addressing journalists, said the decision was in compliance with the federal government’s directive that each state must have at least a 30-bed facility for the treatment of COVID-19. “Following the directive...
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s prayer, “Patient Trust,” is really a blessing on the anxious and impatient — in other words, all of us in this moment in time. He encourages us to trust “in the slow work of God;” in our evolution and development. He reminds us that we cannot “be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow.” Many are anxious...
