Brazzaville, 19 March 2020 – More than 600 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 34 countries in Africa as of 19 March, compared with 147 cases one week ago. Although the region has seen a significant increase in confirmed cases recently, there are still fewer cases than in other parts of the world. “The rapid evolution of COVID-19 in Africa is deeply worrisome and a clear signal for action,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, World Health...
The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed ten new cases of COVID-19 in Abuja and Lagos. According to a statement signed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, there are three new cases in the Federal Capital Territory and seven new cases in Lagos State, bringing the total number of cases to 22. Two cases have been discharged. A breakdown of the cases of infected persons across the country shows that Lagos has 16...
A Nigerian gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, has commended the Federal Government for postponing the National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged: `Edo 2020’ over coronavirus pandemic. Ajuwwa-Opara made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday while reacting to the postponement of the event and other issues relating to athletics in Nigeria. The gold medalist, who is also an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Human Trafficking, Alagbon-Ikoyi...
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) says that travel agencies in Nigeria have suffered financial losses to the tune of about N180 billion since the outbreak of the dreaded coronavirus disease. The National President of the association, Mr Bankole Bernard, made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos on Friday. Bernard said the outbreak of the pandemic had grounded the global travel business in which Nigeria is key player. “It is disheartening...
The Plateau Government has suspended celebration of cultural festivals and anniversaries as part of measures to control the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The government, therefore, directed that not more than 50 persons should attend weddings and burials in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Danladi Atu, issued the directive at a news briefing on Friday in Jos. Atu said the measures were the resolutions reached at the end of an interactive session...
The Lagos State Government has confirmed four new cases of coronavirus in the State, bringing total cases in Lagos to eleven and the case in Ekiti State makes twelve confirmed cases in Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday afternoon by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a press briefing in Lagos. The four newly confirmed cases brings the total cases in Nigeria to 12 — eleven in Lagos and one in...
The increase in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has triggered fear and governments both at the federal and state levels are scrambling to implement measures that they hope would stop the spread of the disease. As of March 19, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria was 12. Lagos, the country’s commercial capital with over 20 million people has eleven cases while Ekiti, a state in the southwest has recorded one...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Africans to expect more cases of Covid-19 on the continent . This development came shortly after Nigeria recorded four new cases of the virus. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, while briefing on Covid-19 in Geneva on Thursday pleaded that the continent learns from how the spread of the virus has sped up elsewhere. Although the number of confirmed cases in Africa are currently low, there is still no...
The Federal Ministry of Education has order the closure of all primary, secondary and tertiary nationwide due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the country. According to the ministry, this is one of the measures to contain the spread of the virus. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sunny Echono, confirmed this. When asked for dates and the duration of the closure, Mr Echono said details would be sent out on Friday....
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China in December 2019, we have seen the virus spread to over 160 countries. Several countries have experienced large outbreaks, including China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Spain and France, with the US and UK seeing rapidly increasing numbers. But most countries in the world have reported very few to no cases of COVID-19. By Jeremy Rossman While it is likely that the virus has not yet reached and...
