Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo on Friday inaugurated seven isolation centers in Imo as part of efforts to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. This came barely 24 hours after the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) urged Imo government to disclose its isolation centers and contact numbers for the general public to be aware. Uzodinma, also inaugurated security patrol vehicles to tackle security challenges in the state. The governor said Imo had no case so far of...

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe says the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has promised to set up a Conoravirus testing centre in the state. Balarabe made this known during a state broadcast on Friday, on activities of the state COVID-19 Task Force. She said that the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Baloni and her counterparts from other states met with NCDC officials last week where the commitment was reiterated. According...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FTCA), has designated the Asokoro District Hospital as a quarantine facility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The facility was designed for isolation of persons who had contacts with those infected with Coronavirus disease. To this end, the hospital on Saturday began to suspend its Out Patient Department (OPD) to protect visiting patients from exposure to COVID-19. A News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) correspondent who visited the hospital on...