Tag: Coronavirus
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Cross River is last man standing as Kogi officially records two coronavirus cases
Nigeria, on Wednesday announced 389 new Coronavirus cases, the highest the nation has recorded in a single day since the pandemic struck in February. The nation now has total confirmed Coronavirus cases of 8,733, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday. Lagos contributed to the soaring figures recorded, as the state…
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Education Minister speaks on reopening of schools
Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education, says the Federal Ministry of Education will not take any risk over reopening of schools in the face of COVID-19. Nwajiuba said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the schools would not reopen until…
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Kenyan government under fire over quarantine centres
Kenya’s government is facing growing criticism over quarantine centres it set up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, with witnesses saying some are squalid and expose residents to the risk of contracting COVID-19. Since mid-March, the government has enforced a mandatory 14-day quarantine period for anyone who flies into the country,or has direct contact…
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COVID-19 Lockdown caused more deaths than save lives – Nobel Laureate Prize Winner
The Coronavirus lockdown could have caused more deaths than it saved, a Nobel Laureate scientist has claimed. Michael Levitt, a Stanford University professor, who correctly predicted the initial scale of the pandemic, suggested the decision to keep people indoors was motivated by ‘panic’ rather than the best science. Levitt also said the modeling that caused…
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Kaduna Govt extends lockdown by 2 weeks, offers 3-day window period
The Kaduna State Government has extended its Quarantine Orders meant to tame the spread of Covid-19 by two weeks, with adjustments to permit the easing of restrictions in certain sectors. Deputy Governor of the state Hadiza Balarabe made the announcement in a state broadcast on Twitter. According to Mrs Balarabe, “….The revised regulations are intended…
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Kano Govt reacts to viral video on Sani Abacha Stadium isolation centre
Kano State Government on Tuesday said the delay in the early completion of the Sani Abacha Stadium (SAS) Isolation Centre was necessitated by the review of the project initial plan. Malam Muhammad Garba, the state Commissioner of Information, made the clarification in a statement in Kano. Garba, who was reacting to a viral social media…
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No COVID-19 related death in Benue since outbreak – Commissioner
The Commissioner for Health in Benue, Dr Sunday Ongbabo, says the state has not recorded any death related to COVID-19 since its outbreak. Ongbabo said this on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi. The commissioner who is also the Secretary, State Action Committee against COVID-19 , attributed the successful story to the proactive…
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WHO releases updated figures of Africa’s COVID-19 burden
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday reported that coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa as at May 26, had risen to over 115, 000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “There are over 115,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with…
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BREAKING: Delta, Anambra agree to free traffic on Niger Bridge with strict conditions [VIDEO]
Delta and Anambra State Governments have agreed to free traffic on the Niger bridge, which was closed to enforce the ban on inter-State movement in order to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the State Governments reached the agreement on Monday, with condition that guidelines laid down to contain the…