On Sunday,the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 163 cases bringing the total number of infections in the country to 60,266. There has been no record of death to the virus in the past one week aside from Saturday when two deaths were reported to have taken the fatalities in the country to 1, 115.
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The Rivers state Government has placed N 100 m fine for violators of COVID – 19 burials protocols in the state . According to the state Commissioner for Health, Prof . Princewill Chike , on Saturday , the monetary sanction followed the state ’s executive council decision. Chike added that Local Government Council Chairmen across
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Three states in Nigeria with no record of COVID-19 patients currently on admission for the virus have been revealed on the website of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). As of Tuesday September 1, three states including; Kogi, Zamfara and Yobe States have no COVID-19 patient infected with the deadly disease on admission in
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A candidate of the West Africa Examination Council examination has reportedly contracted Coronavirus in Akwa Ibom state as confirmed by Governor Emmanuel Udom. Speaking on Monday August 24 during a media chat in Uyo, the Governor who did not reveal the name of the school said the affected student is asymptomatic. Udom further disclosed that
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Minister of Health in Madagascar, Ahmad Ahmad, has been fired by the country’s president as coronavirus spreads in the country. The sack came one month after Ahmad had some issues with the President for seeking external help for COVID-19. Coronavirus cases in Madagascar rose in July, regardless of official campaigns to promote a controversial herbal
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A total of 25 medical doctors have commenced training on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) on the fight against Covid-19 in Anambra state under the Nigerian Medical Association and sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The trainees, drawn from five zones of Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Aguata and Ihiala in the state,
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The Anambra state ministry of health has confirmed four new cases of Covid-19 in the state. According to a chart published by the ministry today, August 17, 2020, the number of cases confirmed in the state so far totalled 177. The chart also confirmed that 125 patients have been successfully treated by the state government
Read moreGovernor Willie Obiano of Anambra state said a total of 18 deaths have been recorded in the state while 125 persons have been successfully treated and discharged. The governor who disclosed this in a Special Broadcast on Covid-19, said 17 people are currently receiving treatment in their respective homes. He further revealed that a total
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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has flagged off the second phase of the distribution of various food items to the poor and vulnerable across the state, donated as palliative by the Coalition Against COVID-19 (COCAVID). Engineer Sule flagged off the distribution at a ceremony which held at the Government Warehouse, in Lafia, on Tuesday.
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An African group of professionals called African Professionals Renaissance Network, (APREN), based in Dakar, Senegal, choses governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state as the best performing governor in Nigeria, in the fight against COVID-19. In a letter sent to the governor dated Monday 3rd August, 2020, signed by the group’s Secretary General, Diouf Bakri
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Kwara State Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi and his wife Abieyuwa have contracted coronavirus . This was made known in a statement by the state ’ s Technical Committee on COVID – 19 spokesperson , Rafiu Ajakaye , on Tuesday ,The statement titled , ‘Kwara Dep Gov , wife test positive for COVID -19 ’, said
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The Lagos State Government on Saturday placed a little relief to it citizens by increasing the permissible capacity for public gatherings in the state from 20 to 50 persons. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this open to the public during an update on the management of COVID-19 in the state held at the Government House, Marina.
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Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has brought to the public how he is afraid of coronavirus (covid-19), which he stated that he is not ready to die. Because of the fear, he takes both his sanitiser and extra mask everywhere he goes to just as a precaution to prevent being infected with the virus and
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A total of 15 positive cases from the 152 samples sent for COVID-19 tests have been recorded in the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra state. The institution’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. Anthony Igwegbe dropped the hint after receiving the medical items including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and disposables by the professionals known
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Amidst the reality of community transmission of coronavirus in the country, the Bauchi State government has concluded arrangements to commence community testing for the vius in three Local Government Areas of Bauchi, Kirfi and Bogoro. The State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir identified the three local governments as Bauchi, Kirfi and Bogoro during the flagging
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