DAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Announces 575 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Hits 31,323

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaDAILY UPDATES: Nigeria Announces 575 New Cases of COVID-19, Total Hits 31,323

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

Nigeria announced 575 new COVID-19 cases in the country within 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 31,323 according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). NCDC said via its official twitter handle that as at Friday, July 10, a total of 20 deaths caused by the coronavirus were recorded in the country. The centre said that no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that till...

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FCTA Health Secretary Tests Positive for COVID-19

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaFCTA Health Secretary Tests Positive for COVID-19

PilotnewsJuly 10, 2020

The Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretariat of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Mohammed Kawu has tested positive for COVID-19. Kawu made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the Asokoro District Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment, on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, his journey to the isolation center began 12 days ago when he started experiencing feverish conditions. “The feverish condition prompted me to go for COVID-19 test which...

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WHO Announces Independent Evaluation of Global COVID-19 Response

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO Announces Independent Evaluation of Global COVID-19 Response

PilotnewsJuly 10, 2020

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,  the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced the initiation of an Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghebreyesus announced this at a news conference at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the decision to initiate IPPR was reached at the historic 73rd World Health Assembly in May. Member states adopted a...

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Afenifere Kicks Against School Closure, Demand Dismissal Of Minister Of Education

CoronavirusEducationNewsAfenifere Kicks Against School Closure, Demand Dismissal Of Minister Of Education

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 10, 2020

Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political organisation has kicked against the Federal Government’s decision to leave schools on lockdown until further notice. The group condemned the decision, demanding the dismissal of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu for planning to ground education for a year as the country battles coronavirus. The Secretary-General of the association, Bashorun Sehinde Arogbofa, who spoke in Akure, argued for the reopening of schools. He urged the Federal Government to allow pupils to...

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COVID-19: Nigeria, Africa to Expand Testing Capacity With Homemade Diagnostic Kit

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria, Africa to Expand Testing Capacity With Homemade Diagnostic Kit

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Nigeria’s efforts at developing solution to the challenge of non-availability and high cost of coronavirus diagnostic kits have finally paid off with the development of RNASwift Extraction kit. This was disclosed by Prof. Alex Akpa, Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency(NABDA), on Thursday during a news briefing held at the conference room of Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja. He said the RNASwift test kit would not only revolutionalise Africa’s PCR-Based COVID-19 testing, but...

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400 Frontline Health Workers Infected with COVID-19

CoronavirusNews400 Frontline Health Workers Infected with COVID-19

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 9, 2020

The National Chairman of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), Josiah Biobelemoye, has said that over 400 COVID-19 frontline workers have been infected with COVID-19. Biobelemoye disclosed this while distributing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to its state councils on Thursday, according to the Nation. “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, over 400 members of JOHESU have been infected by coronavirus, we also need to support our own members who are working and sacrificing their lives for...

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Africa Records 30% Increase in COVID-19 Cases– WHO

AfricaCoronavirusNewsAfrica Records 30% Increase in COVID-19 Cases– WHO

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there has been 30 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the African Region in the past week. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in COVID-19 Situation Report posted on its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. In external situation report number 19 issued on July 8, it stated that COVID-19 outbreak continued to grow in the WHO African...

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Nigeria Students Can’t Participate in WAEC Next Month – FG

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeria Students Can’t Participate in WAEC Next Month – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 9, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that Nigerian students will not participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled between August 4 and September 5. The Nigerian government said this as it put on hold its earlier decision to reopen federal schools. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu told State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari The Minister of State for...

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DAILY UPDATES: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Hits 30,249 with 460 Wednesday

CoronavirusNewsDAILY UPDATES: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Hits 30,249 with 460 Wednesday

PilotnewsJuly 9, 2020

Nigeria COVID-19 cases jumped to 30,249 cases as the country recorded 460 new cases on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on its official twitter handle. The NCDC said that as at July 8 new confirmed cases was 460 with 15 deaths recorded, while no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. According to it, a total of 30,249 cases have been confirmed, 12,373 cases discharged and 684...

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WHO to Begin Study on Origin of COVID-19

CoronavirusWorld NewsWHO to Begin Study on Origin of COVID-19

PilotnewsJuly 8, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says its experts will travel to China to work together with their Chinese counterparts to prepare scientific plans for identifying the zoonotic source of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said the experts would develop the scope and Term of Reference (TOR) for a WHO-led international mission. “Identifying the origin of emerging viral disease has proven complex in past epidemics in different countries. “A well-planned...

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