Tag: quarantine
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TNG Probe: Why Nigerians want proposed Bill on quarantine killed
Trending in the social media is a petition calling on Nigerians to sign a petition against a Bill proposed by the House of Representatives to repeal the Quarantine Act of 2004. The House last Wednesday had moved to repeal the 16 years old law to accommodate the reality of modern day. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) in its…
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German Chancellor, Merkel in quarantine over Coronavirus
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor has gone into self-isolation after a doctor who administered a vaccine on her tested positive for coronavirus. Merkel’s spokesman said the German chancellor, who is 65, was informed about the doctor’s test shortly after holding a news conference Sunday announcing new measures to curb the spread of the virus, AP reports.…
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Cristiano Ronaldo in quarantine as teammate tests positive
Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly in quarantine in his Madeira, Portugal home after his Juventus team-mate Daniele Rugani tested positive for coronavirus. Italian defender Daniele Rugani tested positive to the virus making him the second professional footballer to get infected in Germany after Hannover 96 defender Timo Hubers was diagnosed. Rugani wrote on Twitter: ‘You will…
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Lagos quarantines four children, two others for Coronavirus
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said four children of the same family and their teacher who came from the United States have been quarantined for Coronavirus. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi at a news conference in Alausa, Lagos on Wednesday disclosed that another man from the United Kingdom was also quarantined. Abayomi disclosed…
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Coronavirus: Dozens trapped as quarantine hotel collapses
About 70 people have been trapped after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed. About 35 people have been pulled from the rubble of the five-storey Xinjia Hotel, officials say. Videos posted online show emergency workers combing through the building’s wreckage in the southern province of…