Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi said 66,431 COVID-19 sample tests had been carried out since the inception of the pandemic. Abayomi made the disclosure on his Twitter account while giving update on the COVID-19 for Aug.5. He noted that 137 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the state out of a total of 930 COVID-19 tests conducted on the reported date. “The new cases bring the total number of confirmed #COVID19 infection...
World Bank has approved $114.28 million financing to help Nigeria prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 with specific focus on state-level responses. According to a statement from the bank on Friday, the amount includes $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and $14.28 million grant from the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility. It stated that the Federal Government would provide grants to thirty-six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 443 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 45,687. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The health agency noted that six more persons have died from the disease. According to it, till date, 45,687 cases have been confirmed, 32,637 cases have been discharged, and 936 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and...
The COVID-19 death toll worldwide has surpassed 700,000, reaching 701,754 as of Thursday, according to the latest number from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Globally, 18,575,326 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported to the WHO. The United States and Brazil remain the top two in both confirmed cases and deaths, with 4,728,239 cases and 156,050 deaths reported from the United States, and 2,801,921 cases and 95,819 deaths from Brazil. Following the top two in confirmed cases are...
Barely, four months after the closure of schools occasioned by the novel coronavirus, secondary schools in Adamawa state have now re-opened to allow SS 3 and Technical Studies (TEC3) students to prepare ahead of the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) scheduled to commence on August 17, 2020. The Federal Government had earlier directed that students in exit classes across the country be allowed to resume on August 4, 2020, for revision classes ahead...
Amid fear of coronavirus spread, the Nigeria Police says it has postponed its planned 8th Regular Course of the Nigeria Police Academy, POLAC, Wudil-Kano, selection examination till further notice. Reports say that the postponed selection examination was earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, Aug. 8 Already, some state police commands have since announced the postponement. The Police Command in Enugu State said this in a statement signed by its Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel...
About 95 per cent of students in the exit classes of the secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), resumed on Tuesday, in preparation for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Majority of the teachers and students said they were happy to resume after lockdown, which lasted for about five months, due to the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mrs Essien Enewan-Okon, Principal of Government Secondary School, Wuse Zone 3 in Abuja, said that 90 per...
There was a high turnout of students as schools resumed in Abuja following the Federal Government’s directive that schools should reopen for students in exit classes. Some students were seen at their schools on Tuesday observing the COVID-19 safety protocols stipulated by the Federal Government. Social distancing was observed in classrooms, hand wash points set at different locations in the schools and students were mandated to wear their face masks. The Minister of State for Education, Mr....
The deputy governor of Kwara State, Mr. Kayode Alabi, and his wife, Mrs. Abieyuwa Alabi, have tested positive for Coronavirus. The deputy governor who is also the chairman of the state’s Technical Committee on COVID-19 tested positive to the virus on Monday. A statement by a spokesperson for the committee, Rafiu Ajakaye, disclosed that Alabi and his wife underwent COVID-19 test after they showed slight symptoms of the virus and the tests were positive. The...
The Ogun State government has stepped down its order mandating SS3 boarding students in public and private schools to take COVID-19 and Malaria tests before being allowed to resume on August 4. The government had given students four days – July 31 to August 3 – to get tested at any of the three designated COVID-19 testing centres in the State or private laboratories approved by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The government...
