France’s cumulative death toll from coronavirus infection rose by 73 or 0.3 per cent to 28,530 on Tuesday. This is a similar rate of increase as the day before despite health authorities having resumed taking into account nursing home data after a four-day interruption. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the number of fatalities was up 83 in hospitals, to 18,195. But the death toll in nursing homes has been revised to 10,335, 10...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated additional two laboratories, bringing the total number of its laboratories to 28. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that the agency was pleased with the activation of the two laboratories for inclusion in its molecular laboratory network. Ihekweazu said that the two laboratories were located at Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory in Ogun and the Sahel Centre for Molecular...
The Primate, Church of Nigeria, Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has called on the Federal Government to systematically lift the ban on religious and socio-economic activities currently under lockdown as a result of COVID-19. Ndukuba told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, that easing the lockdown on religious activities would provide spiritual dimension to the ongoing fight against the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). According to him, continuous lockdown on economic activities can increase the negative impact on the...
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Tuesday published recommendations on returning to basketball in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations, which were published in the English, French and Spanish languages, are titled “Return to Basketball – Restart Guidelines for National Federations’’. A basketball-specific “Risk Assessment Tool’’ has also been produced in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FIBA is the world governing body for...
Prof. Ademola Tayo, the Vice-Chancellor of Babcock University says the institution has put together a team of researchers to find treatment for the raging coronavirus pandemic. The Vice-Chancellor disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday by Mr Joshua Suleiman, the Director of Marketing and Communication of the university to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to the vice-chancellor, the team has submitted research proposals on COVID-19 to relevant government institutions for sponsorship and is...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday rose to 244 in Oyo State as four persons tested positive for the disease, the latest figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. According to the figures released on Monday night, the four cases in Oyo were among the new 229 recorded in 15 states. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that residents of the state are jittery over the daily increase in the...
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has told the people of the state to expect more positive cases of COVID-19 in the state. He said this during his special state broadcast to the state on Monday as Anambra recorded its ninth positive case. According to Obiano, the rise in the COVID-19 cases in the state would be a result of the aggressive contact tracing by the COVID-19 Committee, in which he is the head. He...
The South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday warned that the country’s COVID-19 cases are going to get much worse as he announced that the lockdown measure is to be eased. According to the President, a third of the country’s more than 22,000 cases had been recorded in the last week. He added that the current lockdown in the country could not be sustained. From June 1, more restrictions would be lifted, he announced. Ramaphosa’s statement...
Africa has so far been spared the worst impact of the coronavirus, but World Health Organisation (WHO) is worried the continent could face a “silent epidemic” if its leaders fail to prioritise testing for it. “My first point for Africa, my first concern, is that a lack of testing is leading to a silent epidemic in Africa. “So, we must continue to push leaders to prioritise testing,” WHO Special Envoy Samba Sow, told a news...
The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) has produced locally-made ventilators as its contribution to national efforts towards fighting the novel coronavirus disease. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal (AM) Sadique Abubakar, announced this during Eid-el-Fitri lunch with troops of the Air Component of “Operation Lafiya Dole” at the Airforce Base in Maiduguri on Monday. Abubakar said that the locally-made ventilator was a product of research development programme by the Nigerian Airforce in partnership with Ahmadu...
