The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Coronavirus (COVID-19) is 10 times deadlier than swine flu which caused a global pandemic in 2009. WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this at a virtual news conference in Geneva on Monday. He said that the virus could spread more easily in crowded environments like nursing homes. “We know that early case-finding, testing, isolating caring for every case and tracing every contact is essential for stopping transmission. “We know...
President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted the nation of reported an alarming number of new infections of Coronavirus in communities across the country, through person-to-person contacts. The president made this known when he addressed the nation on the extension of restriction of movement in Lagos, Ogun, and FCT by additional 14 days to curb the spread of the deadly virus in the country. He said: “As a nation, we are on the right track to win...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged security agencies to continue to maintain utmost vigilance, firmness and restraint in enforcing the restriction orders across the country, while not neglecting statutory security responsibilities. The president had, on Monday in a broadcast, extended the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by another 14 days to curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. Buhari, however, noted...
The president said this in a nationwide broadcast to Nigerians. “With this in mind and having carefully considered the briefings and Report from the Presidential Task Force and the various options offered, it has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the FCT for another 14 days effective from 11:59 pm on Monday, 13th of April, 2020. I am therefore once again asking you all to work...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians in a televised broadcast at his office today, at 7.pm The presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. “President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation Monday, April 13, 2020, at 7 pm,” he said. “Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively...
Strong indications have emerged that Kano State government is considering the possibility of closing mosques and churches as reports say that the state first recorded Coronavirus index attended the last Juma’at prayer. The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Kano State on Friday. Sources say that the patient, former Ambassador have attended the Friday congregational prayers, and this development led the state government to consider closing places of worship. The patient attended Friday prayers...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Interior Minister Suleyman Solyu’s resignation in the wake of a much-criticised weekend curfew which caught millions of people by surprise. Erdogan does not support the resignation and Soylu remains in office, the Communications Ministry said late on Sunday. The interior minister stepped down Sunday after a botched start to the measure. Solyu tweeted that was taking full responsibility for the 48-hour curfew imposed on Friday in 31 cities....
China reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks on Monday, as the country tries to prevent a second wave of COVIS-19 infections. Authorities counted 108 new coronavirus infections over the past day, including 98 cases among travelers returning from abroad, according to the National Health Commission. This is the highest number of reported infections since March 6, when authorities counted 143 new cases. China is focusing its efforts on preventing...
Sen Ahmed Babba-Kaita has donated assorted food items to residents of Daura in Katsina State, as part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown order on the local government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the state government imposed a stay-at-home order, with effect from Saturday, April 11, after a medical doctor died of the Coronavirus pandemic in the area. Gov Aminu Masari, who announced the order on Friday in Katsina,...
A total lockdown has been imposed in Borno by the state government which shut its borders to non-essential movements in a bid to contain the influx of COVID-19. The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Maiduguri. Kadafur said that the order would take effect from Monday, April 13, by 6 a.m, adding that movement in and out of the state would be completely restricted. “The border...
