Pharmacists Tell FG To Consider Poor Electricity, Storage Facilities Before Purchasing COVID-19 Vaccines

CoronavirusInfrastructureNewsNigeriaPharmacists Tell FG To Consider Poor Electricity, Storage Facilities Before Purchasing COVID-19 Vaccines

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 15, 2021

The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has cautioned the Federal Government to consider Nigeria’s poor electricity situation and storage facilities before procuring the COVID-19 vaccines. The pharmacist said this in an interview with a Nigerian print media on Thursday. In his opinion, it is best for the country to buy vaccines suitable for its existing storage facilities. Last week, the Federal Government was reported to be expecting 100,000 doses of...

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NEWS ANALYSIS: COVID-19 pandemic Opportunity to Upgrade Nigeria’s Public Health Infrastructure—Osinbajo

CoronavirusHealthInfrastructureNewsNigeriaNEWS ANALYSIS: COVID-19 pandemic Opportunity to Upgrade Nigeria’s Public Health Infrastructure—Osinbajo

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to improve on public health infrastructure in Nigeria. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice-president held a virtual meeting with top government officials and some Nigerian scientists working on public health dimensions of the pandemic. The vice-president said the pandemic also offered a platform for the training of required experts, adding that governments should be doing more in...

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LASU Shuts Hostels As 3 Students Test Positive for COVID-19

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeriaLASU Shuts Hostels As 3 Students Test Positive for COVID-19

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Three students of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Ikeja, have tested positive for COVID-19, compelling closure of all hostels in the college. Mr. Ademola Adekoya, Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Lagos State University (LASU), made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.  Adekoya said that roommates and associates of the three students would be tested for the virus. “The college has already isolated the three students and...

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Disregard Misinformation On Lockdown, FG Advises Nigerians

CoronavirusNigeriaDisregard Misinformation On Lockdown, FG Advises Nigerians

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

The Federal Government on Thursday urged Nigerians to disregard the news circulating on social media that it was contemplating another lockdown. Mr. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), also Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, made clarification in a statement signed by Mr. Willie Bassey, Director Information in his office. Mustapha also advised Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government to contain the spread of the virus by adhering...

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FG to Give N20,000 Cash Grant to 160,000 Poor, Vulnerable Rural Women — Minister

CoronavirusEconomyNewsNigeriaFG to Give N20,000 Cash Grant to 160,000 Poor, Vulnerable Rural Women — Minister

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, made the disclosure at the launch of the grant, on Wednesday, in Katsina, where 6,800 rural women would benefit. “We are targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women in Nigeria for the...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1,398 New Infections, Active Cases Now 20,062

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria Records 1,398 New Infections, Active Cases Now 20,062

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Nigeria recorded 1,398 new cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) as active cases being managed across isolation and treatment centres in the country rose to 20,062. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Wednesday. The centre also confirmed nine new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the nation’s death toll to 1,382. It stated that 1,398 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours across the country, bringing number of confirmed cases...

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WHO Team Arrives in Wuhan in Search of Novel Coronavirus Origins

ChinaCoronavirusWHO Team Arrives in Wuhan in Search of Novel Coronavirus Origins

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

An international team of experts tasked with studying the origin of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, officials confirmed on Thursday. Their arrival was delayed after a protracted tug-of-war about the trip. Upon arrival, the researchers were tested for the coronavirus and asked to go into quarantine for two weeks. The experts will work with Chinese scientists to investigate whether the virus can be traced back to its...

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COVID-19: Anambra Records 89 New Coronavirus Cases

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Anambra Records 89 New Coronavirus Cases

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2021

Mr. C-Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Anambra, has urged the citizens of the state to shield themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic following its second wave in Nigeria. Adinuba made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Awka. He said the state had recorded 89 new confirmed cases of the virus in its second wave, which had brought a total of 169 confirmed cases across...

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AfricaCoronavirusNewsSouth Africa Shut Down Land Borders to Curb the Spread of COVID-19

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 13, 2021

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Monday, extended the recently imposed COVID-19 restrictions and shut the land border as the country grappled with an unprecedented surge of the increased cases of the new strain of coronavirus. South Africa, which is African most industrialized economy and the worst hit of the coronavirus has gone back into partial lockdown last month to curtail flaring infection. The country has banned the sales of alcohol to ease...

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20 Doctors Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kwara State

CoronavirusNewsNigeria20 Doctors Test Positive For Coronavirus In Kwara State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 13, 2021

The President of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Badmus Habeeb said at least 20 doctors have been infected with COVID-19 at the Hospital. Habeeb, in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin said that members of the association were battling with the pandemic based on available resources. “About 20 of our members have been infected with the virus in the past two to three weeks....

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