By Bada Yusuf Amoo, Staff Writer The Federal Government on Tuesday said that it is ready to increase its support for Kano State to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the highly populated state. Dr. Olorunnibe Mamora, Minister for State for Health disclosed this in Abuja at a media briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said the FG is worried by the increasing number of the COVID-19 cases in Kano....
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a historic rescue package worth billions of dollars to help stabilise the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a speech to the nation late Tuesday, Ramaphosa said the government plans to spend 500 billion rand (27 billion U.S. dollars) to support the economy and the country’s 58 million people. That is about 10 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product. In South Africa, 58 people have died from...
The Dutch football season was effectively ended on Tuesday after the government extended a ban on major public events by three months, the Dutch football association (KNVB) said in a statement. The KNVB said it would not continue efforts to try to complete the 2019-20 campaign, but would first consult with European football’s governing body, UEFA, which has been pushing member countries to try to finish their seasons. Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte on Tuesday...
As more corporate organisations and individuals continue to donate toward boosting the response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Nestle Nigeria Plc has contributed items and cash worth N700 million to support the cause. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation includes nutritious food and beverage products worth N450 million expected to reach about 600,000 vulnerable people hit by the crisis. Mr. Mauricio Alarcon, the outfit’s Managing Director, in a statement in Lagos,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the February and March, withheld salaries of lecturers in federal universities who have not registered in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made this disclosure in a statement signed by his new media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu. Ngige said the president also directed the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, and the Accountant General of the...
Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann. The national regulatory body Swissmedic confirmed that it was in talks with scientists including Bachmann, who works at the Bern University Hospital. “The time schedule is extremely optimistic, but it is not totally far-fetched,” Swissmedic spokesman Lukas Jaggi told dpa this week. “Given the urgency of the coronavirus pandemic, we are talking about weeks, not...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 782. According to the NCDC, 59 cases were discovered in Lagos, 23 in FCT, 14 in Kano, six in Borno, four in Kastina , three in Ogun, while one each in Rivers and Bauchi. In its tweet late on Tuesday evening, the most recent data of...
The Bauchi State Government on Tuesday confirmed that another official of World Health Organisation (WHO) has tested positive of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total of active cases in the state to three. The Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi. NAN recalls that on April 2l, a WHO staff tested positive of COVID-19 in Bauchi. Mohammed said that the new index...
Clubs in Spain’s top two divisions have agreed to give an additional 200 million euros (176.4 million pounds) over the next four years to boost Spanish sports. The fund would also assist lower league football, the league’s organising body, La Liga, said in a statement on Tuesday. Since signing a collective broadcasting rights deal in 2015, La Liga had donated 1 percent of its revenue to Spain’s sports ministry. It has increased this to 2.5...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) ON COVID-19 has urged survivors of Coronavirus infection in the country to share their experiences to deepen awareness of the pandemic. The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, made the call in Abuja on Tuesday during the PTF daily briefing on COVID-19. Mamora said that Nigerians would be better informed about the disease if survivors would freely share their experiences with others. “It will reduce doubts about the virus....
