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  • BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu recovers from COVID-19, steps out of Isolation centre [VIDEO]

    BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu recovers from COVID-19, steps out of Isolation centre [VIDEO]

    Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has recovered from COVID-19 and eventually stepped out of isolation.

    This was announced on Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Gboyega Akosile via his Twitter handle.

    Akosile in his tweet shared a video of the governor outside the Marina House, waving in excitement as he steps out of isolation.

    The governor addressing journalists described his bout with the virus as moderate. He reiterated the need to observe the laid-out COVID-19 preventive measures and submit to a test as soon as symptoms appear.

    Sanwo-Olu advised all establishments to adopt a ‘no mask, no entry’ policy adding that he will bring the full weight of the law to bear on those found flouting COVID-19 rules.

    The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, had earlier on December 12 announced that the governor tested positive for the coronavirus.

     

  • Ortom’s wife recovers from COVID-19, leaves isolation centre

    Ortom’s wife recovers from COVID-19, leaves isolation centre

    Wife of the governor of Benue state, Mrs. Eunice Ortom has recovered from COVID-19 after spending 14 days in isolation.

    In a statement which she personally signed and made available to news men in Makurdi Tuesday, Mrs. Ortom noted that she had tested positive alongside her son and staff on July 3, 2020 and immediately went into isolation.

    According to her, after series of evaluation, she has been confirmed to have fully recovered and certified negative for COVID-19.

    She said,” I have been discharged from Isolation after treatment by medical experts.

    ” Am encouraging people to take preventive measures to be protected and stay safe by observing the COVID-19 protocols such as Wearing of face masks, constant washing of hands with soap and running water as well as maintaining social distancing.”

  • Kano Govt reacts to viral video on Sani Abacha Stadium isolation centre

    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 video clip on the project, dismissed the footage as a “mischievous attempt to misrepresent facts on the ongoing installation works at the isolation centre, donated by the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID).

    The project, which was initiated in April, was designed with a 500-bed capacity for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

    The three and a half minutes video clip, showed ongoing installation works at the isolation centre with artisans working inside one of the two temporary tents.

    It also showed beds and containers packed outside the tents, while a commentator alleged that the centre was not functional in spite of the hundreds of confirmed cases of the virus in the state.

    Garba, however, said that the video clip was an attempt to discredit the effort by the coalition in the fight against COVID-19.

    “Whoever is behind the filming does so to deliberately to distort the datum considering that even in the clip, it shows that the project is still ongoing, but calculatedly moves away from filming the exercise just to accomplish the task of garbling the fact.

    “The Sani Abacha Stadium Isolation Centre initially billed to accommodate 500 beds was later redesigned based on recommendation and standards set by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),” he said.

    Garba explained that while the project was reviewed and installation works continued, 218 of the 500 beds planned for the centre were deployed to other centres.

    He listed the centres to include Abubakar Imam Urology, 77 beds; Daula Isolation Centre, 10 beds and 213 beds moved to Karfi Sports Institute.

    The commissioner noted that 213 beds were retained at SAS Isolation Centre, bringing the total number of 500-bed capacity delivered by CACOVID in the state.

    Garba reiterated government commitment to ensure completion of the 213-bed capacity isolation centre at the stadium, in accordance with recommendation of the relevant health authorities.

    He urged members of the public to disregard the video clip, stressing that government would not be distracted from the big picture to serve the people.

    The Kano State Ministry of Health had confirmed 919 COVID-19 cases of which 747 were active cases, 134 discharged and 38 deaths as at May 25.

  • Ex-presidential spokesman, Okupe, wife contracts coronavirus, discharged after treatment

    Ex-Presidential aide, Dr Doyin Okupe and his wife, Aduralere, have been discharged from an isolation centre in Ogun State.

    They tested positive for coronavirus on April 23 and underwent treatment.

    Okupe was Special Assistant to Former President Obasanjo (Media & Publicity) and Senior Special Assistant to former President Jonathan (Public Affairs).

    They were discharged on Tuesday morning.

    Okupe, who stated these, on his twitter handle @doyinokupe, thanked Governor Dapo Abiodun and medical personnel at the centre for their recoveries.

    He tweeted: “On the 23rd of April my wife aduralere and I tested positive to covid19 virus. To the Glory of God we were discharged this morning after obtaining 2 negative reports.

    ‘’I thank Almighty God for His Mercies. I thank Gov Dapo Abiodun,d hon com of health dr Coker & staff of d centre.’’

  • JUST IN: Three Coronavirus patients flee isolation centres in Oyo, Bauchi

    Three Coronavirus patients have fled from Isolation Centres in Oyo and Bauchi States where they were receiving treatment.

    In Oyo State, two patients reportedly fled from the isolation centre and had not been seen while one unidentified person fled from the Bauchi Isolation Centre.

    In Oyo, Governor Seyi Makinde, in a tweet on Wednesday said two COVID-19 patients out of the 33 active cases being managed in isolation centre in Oyo state had absconded.

    “Of the 33 active cases being managed by the state, two have absconded, possibly to their permanent places of residence. This brings the number of active cases in Oyo State to 31,” he said.

    Makinde also said that the state had received more results from pending COVID-19 confirmation tests and that the result of one suspected case came back positive on Tuesday, saying that the person is based in Ibadan.

    “The results of five suspected cases came back positive on 04/05/2020. Four of these five cases are immigrants and the last person is an Oyo State resident.
    “The results of five suspected cases came back positive on 05/05/2020. Four of these five cases are travellers from the Northern part of Nigeria and the last one is an Oyo State resident.
    “Ten cases are self-isolating while twenty-one cases are being managed in the isolation centres in Oyo State; one at the University College Hospital, Ibadan and twenty in Olodo. Nineteen of these twenty cases at Olodo are asymptomatic and the last person has anosmia (loss of smell).
    “A total of 975 samples have so far, been collected and are being processed. Please call the Emergency Operations Centre on 08095394000 | 08095863000 | 08078288999 | 08078288800, if you find travellers from other states arriving in your neighbourhood,” he said.
    Meanwhile, in unidentified patient who tested positive for coronavirus in Bauchi state has fled from the state’s isolation centre.

    The State Deputy Governor, Sen. Baba Tela, who is the Chairman of the Taskforce Response Committee on Lassa Fever and Coronavirus confirmed the development to newsmen at the Government House, Bauchi on Wednesday.

    According to him, ”We had at least a case where a patient ran away though we have security personnel at virtually all isolation centres but they are also human, they have to protect themselves against further exposure to avoid more positive cases in the state.

    ”Once a patient is diagnosed he/she ought to follow the medication recommended by the doctor, no patient should run away from isolation centre.”

    He noted that manhunt has begun and urged members of the public to be vigilant.

  • COVID-19: Court orders Kano Govt to unseal rice factory shut ‘for being too close to isolation centre’

    A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Kano State Government to unseal a rice production factory – Tiamin Rice Limited – shut by the state for allegedly being too close to an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients.

    The state had also claimed that the fume being emitted from the rice mill was harmful to the COVID-19 patients.

    In a judgment on Monday, Justice Okon Abang, held that the closure of the factory, without a valid court order, violated the rights of the applicants and the exemption accorded food production companies by the government.

    The judgment was in a fundamental rights enforcement suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/448/2020 filed by Tiamin Multi-Services Global Ltd, Tiamin Rice Limited and Alhaji Aliyu Ali Ibrahim.

    Respondents in the suit were the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Commissioner of Police, Kano State; Government of Kano State and Nigeria

    The applicants, who claimed that their factory was located at about 26 kilometre away from the COVID-19 isolation centre, argued that the closure was a violation of their rights to own property and to go in and out of such a property.

    They stated that the rice factory is one of the food production companies permitted by government to continue production for the purpose of providing food for the people in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The applicants also claimed that their factory was creating job opportunities as well as alleviating the people’s hardship induced by the pandemic.

    In the judgement on Monday, Justice Abang noted that the respondent did not respond to the case even though they were duly served and afforded sufficient time.

    Abang held that the respondents were given ample opportunity to be heard, but failed to make appearance.

    The judge noted that the plaintiff has previously been given an exemption by the government to produce more food during the lockdown to Nigerians.

    He ordered the Kano State Government to unseal the applicants’ property and held that the sealing of the property, without proper court order, constitutes a violation of the the applicants’ fundamental human rights.

    Justice Abang restrain the Kano State Government from further interfering with the activities of the applicants.

    The judge awarded N300million damages against the respondents and order the Attorney General of Kano State to ensure that judgement is promptly complied with.

  • COVID-19: Lagos opens new isolation centre [Photo]

    COVID-19: Lagos opens new isolation centre [Photo]

    Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commissioned a 118- bed Isolation Centre at Gbagada General Hospital.

    He said the facility was revamped over the past two months to accommodate patients who have contracted coronavirus.

    Governor Sanwo-Olu also stated that facility has all the expectations of clinical care.

    Lagos is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria with 976 cases cases as at Thursday, April 30.

  • COVID-19: Buhari’s town, Daura gets fully-equipped Isolation Centre

    The National Lottery Trust Fund has built and handed over a fully-equipped Isolation Centre to the Katsina State Government as Nigeria battles the Coronavirus pandemic.

    The facility is located at the General Hospital, Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s native home town.

    Alhaji Bello Maigari, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, in a remark at the occasion, thanked the Katsina State government for the support that ensured the success of the project.

    He expressed optimism that the facility would be useful in the fight against the disease and improve health care standards in the Daura community and Katsina State.

    He assured Governor Aminu Masari that the people of Daura would continue to receive good health care services from the hospital with efforts intensified to make it a model.

    In his remarks, special duties minister George Akume said that the government was worried by the dangers caused by the virus “especially the destruction of human lives and national economy”.

    He urged people in leadership positions to wake up and start working actively and collaborate to contain the spread of the disease.

    Masari, in his remark, thanked the lottery fund for the project and expressed happiness that the state now had an additional medical facility.

    He, however, prayed that no one would be admitted into the facility.

  • COVID-19: Aliyu inspects another isolation centre in Abuja

    COVID-19: Aliyu inspects another isolation centre in Abuja

    As part of measures to tackle any emergency that might result from the COVID-19 pandemic, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has carried out an inspection of the National Centre for Women Development designated as one of the isolation centres for the treatment of asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 in the territory.

    The centre according to the minister has the capacity to accommodate over 160 bed spaces with catering services aimed at ensuring an efficient, effective and impactful response to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Aliyu, revealed that the FCT Administration has carried out decontamination of the entire premises of any infection disease, stressing that not just to guard against the COVID-19 ; but also insects and rodents.

    “We are here at the Maryam Babagida auditorium of the National Centre for Women Development to fumigate the environment completely, the entire building and the offices within to make sure that it is decontaminated of any infectious disease not only the COVID-19 ; but also insects and rodents especially now that the Women Centre has been designated as one of the isolation centres earmarked by the Federal Capital Territory.

    “As we speak to you, we have some isolated cases in the centre. This centre has a very large hall of about 100 beds capacity and we have about 60 suites. This gives you a total of 160 bed spaces. This tells you how much we can accommodate in case we have increase in the number of patients to be isolated.

    “We are not praying that there should be an expansion of this case, but should there be, we have a place to accommodate them and we are ready. The management of the centre is not only housing suspected cases, but they are caring for them in terms of catering services for all the asymptomatic patients,” Aliyu noted.

    On her part, the Director General of the centre, Barrister Mary Ekpere-Eta, assured the delegation that the management are prepared to receive any emergency case of the COVID-19 patient, stressing that besides the 160 bed spaces, the available classrooms could also be converted to isolation centre to accommodate more patients.

    According to her, “We are very prepared. Several committees ranging from the main SGF committee and his team visited us to access our preparedness and they have seen that we have the capacity to cope.

    “Apart from the 160 bed spaces that the honourable minister has told you earlier, we have other places line classrooms that could be converted for isolation cases that could take up to 300 beds. And again, in the area of catering we have two big industrial kitchens where we use as training to cater for other isolation centres that do not have such facility. We produced hand sanitazers for other centers. We are very prepared and ready to serve our fatherland. All the isolated cases are happy with us”.

    In a related development, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, also received 1,000 cartons of palliative items front Honeywell Nigeria Limited to support the administration’s efforts in reaching out to the vulnerable who are adversely affected by the sit-at-home presidential order.

    Each of the 1,000 cartons contain assorted items which include 1kg×2 of Semolina, 100g×2 of Noodles, 120g×2 of Noodles, 500g×2 of Spaghetti, 500×2 of Macaroni, 1kg×2 of Wheat meal and 70kg×3 of Noodles.

    While thanking the firm for the donation, the minister promised that all the palliative items would be distributed to the vulnerable in rural communities.

  • BREAKING: Six coronavirus patients escape from Osun isolation center

    BREAKING: Six coronavirus patients escape from Osun isolation center

    Six persons with confirmed infection of coronavirus have reportedly escaped from isolation center in Osun.

    According to Tribune Online, the coronavirus patients escaped from the center at Ejigbo local government area of Osun

    The six persons belong to a cluster of COVID-19 cases who returned to their hometown, Ejigbo, from Ivory Coast last week and were quarantined by the state government.

    Osun State government was, however, reported by Tribune to have launched a manhunt for the six persons.

    However, there is no official statement from the state government at the time of filing this report.

    More details later…