COVID-19: AfDB Approves $27.33m for AU’s Response Initiative

AfricaCoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: AfDB Approves $27.33m for AU’s Response Initiative

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2020

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 27.33 million dollars in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to mobilise a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the AfDB, the approval is made by the organisation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday. The approval followed a meeting of the extended Bureau of the Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s private sector on April 22 April. The meeting was...

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COVID-19: NCDC Discharges 218 Patients in 24 Hours, Records 155 New Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Discharges 218 Patients in 24 Hours, Records 155 New Infections

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 218 Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have recovered from the infection across the country in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The health agency said that this brought the total number of successfully treated cases in the country to 43,231. It said that there were 155 new COVID-19 infections reported in 16 states with the total number...

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Ogun Govt Reopens Schools, Reduces Opening Time to Three Hours

CoronavirusEducationNewsOgun Govt Reopens Schools, Reduces Opening Time to Three Hours

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)September 7, 2020

As schools in Ogun State reopen, the government has said that students will receive lessons for a maximum of three hours daily. The new directive which staggers opening time affects all students in primary and secondary schools excluding those in Technical and Vocational schools, Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, stated in a press release. Pupils in primary 1 to 3 will attend school from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., while...

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NCDC Confirms 162 New COVID-19 Infections, Push Total to 54,905

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Confirms 162 New COVID-19 Infections, Push Total to 54,905

PilotnewsSeptember 6, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 162 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) in the country, bringing the confirmed cases to 54,905. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria continued its week of recording less than 200 new cases of COVID-19 per day with Saturday’s 162 new confirmed cases. The agency said that three deaths were...

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCoronavirus: Bishop Mamza Discharges, Says COVID-19 Over Exaggerated In Nigeria

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)September 6, 2020

Barely two weeks after he was infected by the novel Coronavirus, the chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Adamawa State chapter, Most Rev Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza has recovered and discharged from isolation. The CAN chairman who is also a Catholic Church Bishop laments that the coronavirus disease ” is overly exaggerated,” noting that such over-exaggeration has led patients to go through unnecessary fear and psychological tension that usually result in deaths. Mamza who made...

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COVID-19: Sample Collection Performance by States Decline in August

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Sample Collection Performance by States Decline in August

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says sample collection for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country declined in August. A report data made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday night by NCDC, showed a decline in sample collection for six states from May to August. The report indicated that all states analysed showed a significant decline in sample collection in August, with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) having the least...

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DAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 4 Deaths, 216 Fresh COVID-19 Infections

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 4 Deaths, 216 Fresh COVID-19 Infections

PilotnewsSeptember 3, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four deaths and 216 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total infections in the country to 54, 463. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3 had continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. It disclosed that the new infections were recorded in...

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U.S. Begins Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine Nov. 1

CoronavirusNewsUnited StatesU.S. Begins Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine Nov. 1

PilotnewsSeptember 2, 2020

The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked the nation’s state governors to be ready for COVID-19 vaccine distribution by Nov. 1. The urgent request is contained in an Aug. 27 letter sent to the governors by the CDC Director, Dr. Robert Redfield, according to local media reports. Among other things, Redfield wants the states to “do everything in their power’’ to remove obstacles that would prevent vaccine distribution sites from opening...

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Global Coronavirus Cases Top 25 million – Johns Hopkins Tally

CoronavirusWorld NewsGlobal Coronavirus Cases Top 25 million – Johns Hopkins Tally

PilotnewsAugust 31, 2020

The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has topped 25 million, according to data compiled by U.S. researchers. In the United States, which has the highest case tally of any country, infection numbers are nearing six million, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University updated on Sunday night. Brazil has the second-highest number of cases, at almost 3.9 million, followed by India, which has recorded more than 3.5 million. The U.S. has the highest number...

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NCDC Reports 138 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 53,865

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNCDC Reports 138 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 53,865

PilotnewsAugust 31, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 138 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 53,865. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 138 fresh cases were the lowest COVID-19 number in months in the country. Till date, 53,865 cases have been confirmed with 41,513 cases discharged and 1,013 deaths recorded in 36 states and...

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