Tag: Coronavirus
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Watford player Adrian Mariappa contracts Coronavirus
Watford defender, Adrian Mariappa has confirmed contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Hornets confirmed on Tuesday that one player and two staff members were among six people in England’s top-flight that tested positive for Covid-19. Mariappa has now revealed that he has contracted the virus but is yet to figure out how he got it…
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Breaking: Deaths in Delta, other states hit 200 as NCDC confirms 284 new cases of Coronavirus
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday released 284 fresh cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, taking the overall total to 6,677. According to NCDC, Lagos recorded a spike again, with 199 new Coronavirus infections, just as Rivers has 26 fresh cases, Oyo, 19 cases, while FCT and Borno recorded eight new cases each.…
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Coronavirus kills 78-yr-old man in Delta
A 78 year-old man has died of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic in Warri, Delta State. His death becomes the sixth recorded COVID-19 death in the state. The state commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi Ononye, while confirming the death via a statement Wednesday, disclosed that the patient died at the Warri Central Hospital, where he was…
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Eight doctors test positive for Coronavirus in Zamafara
No fewer than eight doctors are confirmed to have tested positive to coronavirus disease in Zamfara, the state’s branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said. The NMA Vice-Chairman in the state, Dr Mannir Bature, made the disclosure during a chat with journalists in Gusau on Wednesday. He said: “Out of about 80 confirmed…
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How 78-year-old man died of COVID-19 in Delta State
The Delta Government says it has recorded the sixth death attributable to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. According to him, the latest death occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, May 20,…
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Another lockdown looming to defeat Covid-19, says Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said another is imminent if the country is to defeat the deadly Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). He stated this during a live broadcast to residents on the state broadcast stations on Wednesday. According to him, the astronomical increase in the number of confirmed cases in the country and particularly…
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Kano depicts many faces of coronavirus in Nigeria, By Godwin Etakibuebu
KANO STATE DEPICTS MANY FACES OF CORONAVIRUS IN NIGERIA In colourful Kano State, when Coronavirus came to town, it started with the deportation of Almajirais, from the State to many other Northern States, by the discretion of the almighty Executive Governor; a man who knows it all, and who can do it all. This did…
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Kogi doctors cry for help, says Gov. Bello sabotaging efforts to test Covid-19 suspects
Worried about their fate in the hands of untested Covid-19 suspects, the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Medical Center, Lokoja, Kogi State, has accused the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello of sabotaging efforts to test patients, who have COVID-19 symptoms in the state. President of the Association, Dr Nnanna Agwu, in a statement on Tuesday,…
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Lagos discharges nine more Coronavirus patients
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced the discharge of nine more Coronavirus patients after they tested negative for the virus twice. The governor disclosed that those discharged included two female and seven male. Sanwo-Olu said the patients were discharged from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital Isolation facility to reunite with the society. In…
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See standing of 34 states, FCT as NCDC announces new COVID-19 cases
Nigeria has announced 226 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic, with total confirmed Covid-19 infections now put at 6,401. Lagos led the pack with a huge 131 fresh cases, while Ogun came a distance second with 25 and Plateau, with 15 cases. In the figures released by the 226 new cases of #COVID19; 131-Lagos…