HealthUPDATE: Coronavirus in Nigeria: How the second case of COVID-19 was Discovered
Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 9, 2020
HealthNewsWorld News‘Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Ready for Emergency Use in April,’ Chinese Official
Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020
A health official in China says coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use next month. What could be a breakthrough to put an end to the disease — that has spread to over fifty-five countries, infecting 100,000 persons and leaving over 3000 people dead – is coming weeks after Chinese scientists revealed the sequence of the coronavirus. “According to our estimates, we are hopeful that in April some of the vaccines will enter clinical...
HealthWorld NewsHotel Used for Coronavirus Quarantine in China, Collapses, 70 People Trapped
Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 7, 2020
An eighty-room hotel in southeast China, used as a quarantine facility for persons exposed to coronavirus has collapsed, according to reports According to the Daily Maily, the Xinjia Hotel, located in Quanzhou City in Fujian province, collapsed on Saturday, around 7:30pm. The Ministry of Emergency Management, said at least 34 people had been rescued as at 10pm local time. Videos posted online show rescue officials combing through the wreckage. News report say the hotel was...
HealthNewsNigeriaNigeria to be Certified Polio-free by June 2020–Africa Regional Team
PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020
The African Regional Certification Centre on Thursday disclosed that Nigeria would soon be declared polio-free by June 2020. Mr Anad Dumba, the Team leader, African Regional Satisfaction Committee, stated this in Ilorin while conducting delegates round the Kwara Ministry of Health. Dumba stated that the delegates are in the state to deliberate on polio Eradication in North-Central Nigeria, adding that the team is preparing towards the certification. “We are here to ensure Kwara and Nigeria...
HealthNewsNigeriaHow Coronavirus Forced Me to Change My Birthday Programme – Obasanjo
PilotnewsMarch 6, 2020
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday disclosed that he was forced to make adjustments to his 83rd birthday programme because of the outbreak of the coronavirus which had spread across the world. Obasanjo made the disclosure in Abeokuta while speaking at a symposium organised to celebrate his 83rd birthday. He said that the birthday ceremony was originally scheduled to hold between Tuesday and Friday, adding that the programmes for Tuesday and Wednesday were put off because...
BusinessHealthWorldTwitter’s CEO Reconsidering Moving to Africa Due to Coronavirus
Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 6, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak has made Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to rethink his plans to spend up to six months in Africa, after he made the announcement in November 2019. Although he did not mention the country he would stay, there are speculations that it could be one of Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria or South Africa. Mr. Dorsey made this announcement during the Morgan Stanley conference in California that he would reconsider the idea, citing coronavirus outbreak. He...
HealthNewsNigeriaUpdate: Coronavirus in Nigeria: Health Ministry Looking for Two Passengers on the Same flight with the Italian Man
Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 6, 2020
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said he’s looking for two passengers who were on the same flight with the Italian man — who brought COVID-19 to Nigeria — and would release their identity if unable to locate them. According to Prof. Abayomi, during a press briefing on Thursday, of the people who boarded the plane with the Italian from Milan, only two persons were left to be identified and that...
One of the most pressing issues in the minds of people in Nigeria as far as Education in concerned today is that pertaining to the quality or standard of education. Qualitative education should lead to detectable gains in knowledge, skills and values. There are however several students/youth’s vices that seemed to be militating against the realization of the desired qualitative education in Nigerian tertiary institutions. For the purpose of this discuss/write up, some of these...
AfricaHealthOpinionWorld NewsCOVID-19 outbreak proves global business needs China
PilotnewsMarch 3, 2020
Nigeria’s effort to rapidly identify and contain the spread of the index case of COVID-19 may have been successful – with no new case as at March 2 – but as the disease spreads to over fifty countries, the global economy is panicking and some experts say this is not looking good for many countries, including Nigeria. It is a typical case of ‘when China sneezes, global business catches a cold.’ The wake of coronavirus...
HealthNigeriaCoronavirus: Anambra Assembly calls for Construction of Quarantine Facility to Check Disease Outbreaks
PilotnewsMarch 1, 2020
The Anambra House of Assembly has called on Gov. Willie Obiano to direct the state Ministry of Health to construct a quarantine facility to check the spread of viral diseases in an event of health emergency in the state. The House made the call in its resolution on Thursday, following a motion moved by Mr Lawrence Ezeudu (Dunukofia) under Matters of Urgent Public Importance. Ezeudu said it was important to have a quarantine facility in...