Tag: COVID-19 Positive
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BREAKING: Veteran U.S. talk show host, Larry King dies weeks after testing COVID-19 positive
US talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87. The TV star was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in late December after testing positive for coronavirus. King, whose career spanned more than six decades, had Type 2 diabetes and had suffered from lung cancer, angina and heart attacks in recent…
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U.S. executes COVID-19 positive ex-drug trafficker
US federal authorities executed a former drug trafficker who had contracted Covid-19 late Thursday, and a final execution of Donald Trump’s administration was scheduled for Friday with just five days left of his presidency. Corey Johnson was part of a gang implicated in 10 murders in 1992 in the US state of Virginia. He was…
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Photo News: COVID-19 positive student writes WASSCE in hospital ward
A final year student of GSSS Gombe who tested POSITIVE for COVID-19 sat for West African Senior Secondary Examination (WASSCE) Mathematics paper on Monday. The boy was isolated on Sunday, the authorities allowed him to write his paper, in isolation on Monday. His invigilator was well protected to supervise him. His story was brought to…
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Family dares Kogi gov, confirms Kabba Chief Imam tested positive for COVID-19
The Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, is positive for COVID-19, his family has confirmed. Recall that the Kogi State Government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have been at loggerheads over COVID-19 cases in Kogi. While NCDC insisted two cases were confirmed, the Government insisted the state is coronavirus-free. But…
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How Rivers Govt hired quack doctors to declare my manager COVID-19 positive, demolished hotel owner cries out
The owner of Prodest Hotel demolished by Rivers State Government Promise Gogorobari has faulted the government’s declaration of his manager, Bariledum Azoroh has COVID-19 positive. Recall that the state government had in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, named Azoroh as one of the 27 new COVID-19 cases recorded in…
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Kaduna discharges 35 COVID-19 positive Almajirai after treatment
Not less than 35 of the Almajirai infected by Covid-19 in Kaduna State have been discharged. Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i who disclosed this on his Twitter handle said, Kaduna State now has 47 active Covid-19 cases following the treatment and discharge of the 35 almajirai. According to El-Rufai, “35 more patients, all of them almajirai…