Italy looks to Reopen Borders Next Month as Lockdown Measures Ease

CoronavirusEuropeNewsItaly looks to Reopen Borders Next Month as Lockdown Measures Ease

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte outlined a further loosening of movement restrictions on Saturday, including opening borders to travellers from Europe from next month to unwind one of the world’s most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. With shops, bars, and restaurants due to reopen from Monday, the government has also announced that people will no longer have to justify travel within their own region and will be able to meet friends as well as family. “People will...

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Brazilian State of Sao Paulo Records More COVID-19 Deaths Than China

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsBrazilian State of Sao Paulo Records More COVID-19 Deaths Than China

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has overtaken China when it comes to the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus. According to data released by Brazil’s health ministry on Saturday, there have been 4,688 coronavirus-related deaths in the country’s most populous state, which is home to more than 40 million people. Official figures from China, which has a population of more than a billion, show the country has had 4,637 deaths. In the country...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 176 New Cases, Total Infections Now 5621

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Nigeria Records 176 New Cases, Total Infections Now 5621

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 176 new cases of COVID-19 which brought the total number of infections in Nigeria to 5621. NCDC also said that five new patients have been confirmed dead in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 176. The 176 new cases were reported from 14 states:  Lagos (95), Oyo (31), FCT (11), Niger (8),Borno (8), Jigawa (6), Kaduna (4), Anambra (3), Edo (2), Rivers...

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COVID-19: Four-Month-Old Baby Tests Positive in Kaduna

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: Four-Month-Old Baby Tests Positive in Kaduna

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed that a four-month-old child was among the 20 new COVID-19  cases recorded in the state on Friday. A statement issued by the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said that the father of the infected child had a travel history to Kano. “The infant, who had been brought to hospital for respiratory issues, was tested in accordance with the updated guidelines which advise that persons presenting with...

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No Guidelines for Flights Resumption Yet – FAAN

CoronavirusNigeriaTravelNo Guidelines for Flights Resumption Yet – FAAN

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it is yet to release a post COVID-19 travel guidelines for air travellers. Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, said this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. She said: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement released by a certain Tayo Olu to the effect that the federal government, through FAAN has released a post-COVID-19 travel guideline for air travellers....

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COVID-19 PALLIATIVE: NUJ Enugu Rejects Palliative As Commissioner Meddles in the Sharing

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19 PALLIATIVE: NUJ Enugu Rejects Palliative As Commissioner Meddles in the Sharing

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)May 16, 2020

ENUGU – Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu State council members on Saturday rejected palliatives donated by the State Government to help cushion the effect of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. The bone of contention was the announcement by the Commissioner for Information Chidi Aroh that the palliative is shared amongst the alleged factions in the union. Aroh insisted the palliative be shared among NUJ members including the faction led by the suspended National Vice...

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Buhari Meets Guinea Bissau’s President Embalo

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaBuhari Meets Guinea Bissau’s President Embalo

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday met behind closed doors with Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Embalo was received at the official residence of the president by the Nigerian leader. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Embalo said he was on `routine visit’ to President Buhari, whom he described as his political father, for consultations and advice over...

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COVID-19: Unilag Produces Ambuvalent Ventilator

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaTechnologyCOVID-19: Unilag Produces Ambuvalent Ventilator

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

In a bid to further tackle the  Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a team of researchers in the University of Lagos (Unilag)  has produced an Ambuvalent  ventilator. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project, known as Unilag /LASRIC Ambuvalent, was sponsored by the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC). The team carried out a ‘demonstration of concept’ of the project to the institution’s management on Friday. The Team Lead, AbdulHakeem Amuda, an...

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Buhari receives Madagascan COVID-19 Herbal `Drug’, Says “I’ll Listen to Science’’

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaBuhari receives Madagascan COVID-19 Herbal `Drug’, Says “I’ll Listen to Science’’

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the president made this known at an audience with the visiting President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau. The presidential aide revealed that Guinea-Bissau’s...

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COVID-19 Fallout: Osinbajo Highlights FG’s Palliative for MSMEs

CoronavirusEconomyNewsNigeriaCOVID-19 Fallout: Osinbajo Highlights FG’s Palliative for MSMEs

PilotnewsMay 16, 2020

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government has set up palliatives to assist Micro Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) survive the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vice president said that the palliatives reflected the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s determination to support MSMEs and the priority the Federal Government placed on small businesses. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president performed the virtual launch of palliatives for MSMEs by the...

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