Tag: Coronavirus
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Ex-Presidential aide speaks to FG on COVID-19 after recovering from infection
One month after recovering from the dreadful Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), former presidential aide, Dr Doyin Okupe has said the government needs to treat health workers better and employ more hands and temporary staff to reach out and manage patients on self isolation and in special outpatient clinics. Okupe, who himself and his wife were discharged…
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Mexico surpasses France in coronavirus death toll
Mexico reported 523 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, pushing its tally to 30,366, overtaking France to become the fifth-highest in the world. The health ministry also reported 6,914 new infections and a total of 252,165 confirmed cases. Deputy Health Minister Hugo Gatell reiterated that the actual number of infected was probably significantly higher. “We knew…
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JUST IN: Ikpeazu beats coronavirus weeks after testing positive
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has recovered from coronavirus. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the governor’s sample submitted on June 4th, 2020 had returned positive and he immediately went into isolation. However, on Saturday, the state’s Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, said the governor’s samples submitted on Thursday returned negative on Friday. He wrote, “To…
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BREAKING: Another popular pastor dies of COVID-19 in Delta
Pastor (Dr.) Richmond Leigh, the Senior Pastor and Founder of Richmond Sisan Leigh Ministries, also known as Father’s House Bible Church, is dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pastor Leigh was said to have died at an undisclosed hospital in Warri on Friday after contracting the dreadful Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Recall that Pastor Wilson Okotie, Senior Pastor,…
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UCTH confirms 5 COVID-19 positive cases in Calabar
The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has confirmed five positive cases of COVID-19 in the state. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme, made this known in an internal memo pasted on all the notice boards in the hospital on Friday in Calabar. “The management of UCTH wishes to inform her…
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Ex-US presidential candidate contracts COVID-19 after attending Trump’s rally
Former US Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has contracted COVID-19, two weeks after attending Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cain has now been hospitalised in Atlanta, after developing symptoms. According to a statement on his Twitter page, Cain “spent the past night in the hospital and as of today, Thursday, July 2, he is…
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Again, ASUU kicks against re-opening of schools
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, implored the Federal Government to reconsider its decision on the proposed reopening of schools nationwide. The union expressed this concern amidst the increasing cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic across the country. Dr Dipo Akomolafe, the ASUU Chairman, of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and…
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Havana lifts quarantine as Cuba recovers from pandemic
The Cuban Government said that quarantine measures in the capital Cuba would be lifted and the rest of the country would move the second phase of reopening as the coronavirus outbreak wanes. Phase one of reopening will see public transport, services and trade gradually resuming, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said in televised comments. Citizens will…
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BREAKING: Okowa, wife test positive for Coronavirus
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife, Edith on Wednesday tested positive to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The development is sequel to tests conducted on them after a few days of self-isolation, which they went into on Friday after one of their daughters tested positive to the virus. The two heads of the First Family…
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COVID-19 spreads to 21 LGAs in Delta State
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has conducted a total of 2546 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests in Delta State as the virus spreads to 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Delta has achieved 98% contact tracing success from the 912 confirmed cases of the 2546 COVID-19 test conducted. According…