The Lagos State government has reviewed some of the protocols being used to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the state. While addressing a press conference at the Government House in Lagos, Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on Thursday, June 4, 2020, that the government would be relaxing the measures in the coming days. He […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 350 new cases of the COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of Infections to 11,516. The NCDC disclosed this via its twitter handle late Thursday, June 5, 2020. The new cases were recorded as: Lagos-102Ogun-34FCT-29Borno-26Kaduna-23Rivers-21Ebonyi-17Kwara -16Katsina-14Edo-10Delta-10Kano-10Bauchi-10Bayelsa-9Imo-8Plateau-4Ondo-3Nasarawa-2 Gombe-1 Oyo-1 This takes the country’s total infections […]
Mexico recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths in a 24-hour period for the first time, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, the office of the health secretary announced. The daily death toll of 1,092 was more than double the 470 fatalities reported the day before. Health undersecretary Hugh Lopez-Gatell explained the stark jump by saying that […]
The United States recorded 919 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 107,099, according to the latest real-time tally reported by Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The country hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities has now confirmed nearly 1.85 […]
The President, Environment Health Officers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Branch, Sanitarian Abiodun Tijani has said the best way to prevent the spread of Coronavirus pandemic is to embrace cleanliness. He stated this in Ibadan while featuring on BCOS Radio Network Daily live Programme, ‘Ọ̀rọ̀ Tó Ń Lọ’. According to the Health Officer, personal hygiene […]
The Federal Government has announced that only five airports will be reopened when flight operations resume on Saturday, June 21, 2020. According to a circular by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), asides the five selected airports, all others are to remain closed for further assessment. The memo further revealed that Nigeria’s airspace remains closed […]
The 292 Saudi Arabia returnees have been discharged after 15 days in isolation, in a hotel in Abuja. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed that they all tested negative for the the COVID-19. They were discharged on Wednesday morning, June 3, 2020, as most of them are already on their way to Lagos.
Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease continued to rip through Latin America, while Italy — at one point the hardest-hit country — prepared to reopen its borders in time for the European summer. After chalking up devastating human losses in Europe, the virus has now taken a firm grip in […]
At least 20 journalists have died from the coronavirus outbreak in Peru, most of them infected while reporting on the pandemic, often with little protection, the country’s journalists’ union reported Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Peru is Latin America’s second worst-hit country after Brazil with more than 170,000 cases and 4,600 deaths. A member of the […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 241 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. According to NCDC records released on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Lagos reported the highest number with 142 new cases, followed by Oyo with 15 and the FCT with 13. Other States with new cases include Kano with 12; Edo, […]