Breaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

CoronavirusHealthNewsBreaking News: Lagos Health Commissioner Contracts COVID-19

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for COVID-19, the state government disclosed on Monday. Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, the Commissioner for Information in Lagos, said that Mr. Abayomi would continue to discharge his duties while isolating at home. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has tested positive for the virus,” Mr. Omotosho said....

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CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBreaking: Bishop Mamza, Adamawa CAN Chair Tests Positive Of COVID-19, Goes on Self Isolation

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese and also the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza has tested positive of Covid19. A press release from the Bishop office Sunday afternoon indicates that he is tested positive of the coronavirus after showing symptoms of the virus and run a test which medically tested positive. Bishop Dami Mamza said he has already gone on self-isolation, and called on people not to panic...

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COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 601 New Infections in Nigeria

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Confirms 601 New Infections in Nigeria

PilotnewsAugust 23, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 601 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 51,905. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It said that one death was recorded in the country. The NCDC noted that till date, 51,905 cases had been confirmed, 38,767 discharged and 997 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The health...

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COVID-19: Adamawa State Government to Seal Off School That Breach The Protocols

CoronavirusEducationNewsCOVID-19: Adamawa State Government to Seal Off School That Breach The Protocols

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 22, 2020

Adamawa state government will seal off any private school that fails to comply with the COVID-19 protocols for exiting students currently writing their final examinations. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development in the state, Mrs. Wilbina Jackson stated this when she visited some schools in Yola North and Yola South local governments to ensure total compliance with the preventive measures as exiting students write their final examinations. Some of the schools visited include Aliyu...

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COVID-19: NCDC Launches Digital Platform for Speedy Delivery of Test Results

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: NCDC Launches Digital Platform for Speedy Delivery of Test Results

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched a digital platform to ensure speedy delivery of COVID-19 results in the Federal Capital Territory. Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head of Department, Surveillance and Epidemiology Department, NCDC, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Ilori said that the platform, called Surveillance Outbreak Response Management Analysis System (SORMAS), would be used to communicate directly to individuals through SMS alert. She noted that...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Working With WHO, Others on Vaccines, Treatment

CoronavirusNewsCOVID-19: Nigeria Working With WHO, Others on Vaccines, Treatment

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The Federal Government says the nation is working with the World Health Organisation (WHO), GAVI, and others on therapeutics and vaccines against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 59th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Ehanire said that Nigeria had as of August, 19, 2020, crossed the 50,000 landmark and recorded 50,488 COVID-19 cases, this was out...

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National Stadium Shop Owners Plead With President Buhari on Eviction Notice

BusinessCoronavirusNewsNigeriaNational Stadium Shop Owners Plead With President Buhari on Eviction Notice

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Some shop owners at the National Stadium, Lagos, on Thursday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, to reconsider the seven days eviction notice issued to them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister had on Aug. 17 issued seven days eviction notice to business owners operating at the stadium to give room for the plan renovation of the sport facility. Speaking with journalists in...

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NFF Management, Staff to Undergo COVID-19 Tests

CoronavirusSportsNFF Management, Staff to Undergo COVID-19 Tests

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

Management and other officials of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will undergo coronavirus tests at the federation’s secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the federation’s General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, announced this on Wednesday. According to Olajire, Sanusi said the test would take place at the federation’s Sunday Dankaro House secretariat, located within the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Complex in Abuja. “Sanusi, while...

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German Institute Says Coronavirus Vaccinations Could Start in Early 2021

CoronavirusNewsGerman Institute Says Coronavirus Vaccinations Could Start in Early 2021

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

The head of Germany’s vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands and wreaked havoc on the global economy. More than half a dozen drugmakers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials, each with tens of thousands of participants, and several expect to know if their COVID-19 vaccines work and are safe by the end of this...

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DAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 410 New COVID-19 Cases as Infections Hit 49,895

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATE: NCDC Announces 410 New COVID-19 Cases as Infections Hit 49,895

PilotnewsAugust 19, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 410 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,895. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, said four deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, has continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country. The agency said...

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