COVID-19: NCDC Announces 150 New Infections in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 150 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that as Nigeria continued with its fight against COVID-19, it has conducted about 620,758 tests since the first confirmed case was announced in the country. The public health agency also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours in...

COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 3 Additional Deaths, 113 New Infections in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),  has confirmed 113 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with three additional coronavirus-related deaths in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Tuesday. The public health agency said that the new infections bring the nation’s total number of infections to 62,224. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the data released by the agency shows that 345 new patient...

Lagos Announces Full Reopening of Markets

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the full reopening of markets in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed. The statement, which was made available to journalists by the Sanwo-Olu’s Senior Special Assistance on New Media, Gawat Jubril, stated that both the food and non-food markets can now open every day of the week....

Living in Port Harcourt: I Will Keep on Wearing Face Mask After COVID

The Coronavirus that was unleashed on the peoples of the world at the beginning of the year has, as at October 22, 2020, infected 41,104,946 people and killed 1,128,325 according to World Health Organization (WHO) data. In the ten months or so since its ferocious rampage, COVID-19 has undoubtedly re-configured the world’s social dynamics, demystified perceived invincibility of superpowers and humbled arrogant world leaders. The arsenals of the world’s mightiest militaries were rendered useless as...

13 People in Police Custody Flee After Positive Virus Tests in Philippine

Thirteen people in the Philippines escaped from police custody after testing positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, police said. They crawled through a small hole they carved out of a concrete wall in the police station in the Manila suburban city of Caloocan before dawn. Security camera footage showed the suspects escaping around 1 a.m (1700GMT), said Caloocan City Police Chief Dario Menor. “They had taken rapid tests and were supposed to undergo a confirmatory...

COVID-19: NCDC Reports 37 New Infections in Nigeria

Thirty-seven new Coronavirus infections have been reported across Nigeria with no COVID-19-related deaths in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official website on Wednesday. The NCDC, however, said that 183 patients were discharged after testing negative to the virus across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the new update, the tally of infected people in the country...

NCDC Tasks Adamawa LG Chairmen On Adherence To COVID-19 Protocols

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has tasked the 21 local government chairmen of Adamawa State to ensure strict compliance to COVID-19 protocols across the state. Dr. Farhat Mohammed, the NCDC focal person in the state, made the appeal during a one-day sensitization parley with the 21 chairmen of local governments in the state organized by the state ministry of health and funded by UNICEF. “There is heightened fear of community transmission despite the...

33 Health Workers Contracted Coronavirus in Adamawa – Official

No fewer than 33 healthcare workers were  confirmed infected with the coronavirus, while one died of the disease in Adamawa. Dr Abraham Tizhe,  the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Adamawa Branch, dropped  the figure at the opening of the 2020 Physicians’ Week in Yola. Tizhe said that the record covered the period when the disease broke out in the state in April 22, 2020 till date. He said that the celebration of the Week...

COVID-19 Protocols: Education Commissioner Expresses Worry Over Non-Compliance

The Adamawa State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Wilbina Jackson has expressed dismay over non-compliance to COVID-19 protocols by some schools in the state, second week after resumption. Jackson while on visitation to schools for monitoring the level of compliance to safe guard the lives of students, expressed dismay over non-compliance to NCDC safety measures by some schools. “Despite series of meetings with stakeholders in the education sector, educating them on the...

Nigeria Winning COVID-19 War, PTF Declares

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says the nation is winning the war against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the taskforce. Mustapha, however, said that the PTF had adopted an approach of “cautious optimism” and shall encourage Nigerians to do the same in view of the...

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