British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a Downing Street spokesman said, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. “The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers,” the spokesman said, referring to the prime minister’s country estate
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Three out of the 17 pilots and flight attendants who flew 14 Chinese medical doctors and medical supplies from China to Nigeria on Wednesday have boycotted the Lagos quarantine centre provided by the Lagos State Government. The crew, who flew Air Peace’s Boeing 777-200ER jumbo jet from China, landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
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The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, in line with the state’s policy of partial lockdown, has declared that only five persons will be allowed to participate in Easter Vigil and Day Masses/Services. Ayade who announced this in his Easter message yesterday said, “The Easter Vigil, day masses and services are allowed for five persons only
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In the light of the increasing spread and casualties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives have again called on the government to immediately put in place life insurance policy for their members across the country. This, they
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The report reaching THE DAILY VENDOR has it that Kano state has recorded its first case of the new coronavirus, the state commissioner of health Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa said this on Saturday. Tsanyawa, while confirming the news said the Government will soon address journalists on the development. Details soon…
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The United Nations (UN) system in Nigeria has donated three ambulances to the Lagos State Government as part of its support aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The UN Resident-Coordinator, Edward Kallon, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the “UN family stands in solidarity with the
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Chief Osita Chidoka, a former Minister of Aviation, has congratulated Nigerians for their efforts in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. Chidoka said this in his Easter message where he called on all Nigerians, both Christians and Muslims, to embrace and exhibit the love Christ exemplified for us through his sufferings and
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Report from Anambra state indicates that the state has recorded the COVID-19 case for the first time. This was contained in a statement released in a tweeter handle by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The agency has confirmed 17 new more cases as at about 9:30pm, making it a toll 305 cases while 58
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Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – More than 1.5 million cases – Officials have recorded 1,519,269 cases and 88,981 deaths across 192 countries and territories since the virus emerged in China in December, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT Thursday based on official sources. The United States is the
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By: Uche Ezeadigwe World Health Organisation is more concerned over the exponential growth of coronavirus cases in most countries in Africa. Reports from WHO shows that Coronavirus Cases has topped at 10,000 deaths against the 500 earlier reported in Africa. The virus was slow to spread across the continent initially, but the number of cases has
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The Kwara Government says it will exercise full sanction on the Professor who aided the treatment of the deceased Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin. Kwara Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq made this known in Ilorin on Tuesday Ilorin while briefing newsmen on the two confirmed cases in the state by the
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German airline, Lufthansa and Air France, on Thursday, evacuated about 637 more Europeans from Nigeria. The flights were operated through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Although closed for normal flight operations as part of measures to curtail further importation of COVID-19 into the country, evacuation flights are permitted by the Federal Government. While 238
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close aides have been placed under quarantine after a staffer within his office tested positive for COVID-19, a statement and Israeli media said. “Before the epidemiological investigation was completed and to dispel any doubts, the prime minister decided that he and his close staff would be in confinement
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Chief Osita Chidoka, a former Minister of Aviation has called on the Federal Government to shun the temptation of adopting advanced countries approach to curtailing the spread of corona virus without working out a buffer that would sustain the masses while in isolation. Chidoka also called on the Federal Government to dissolve the COVID-19 action
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Osun State Government on Saturday said it had received and kept in isolation some indigenes of the state that recently returned from the Ivory Coast. The travelers, said to be about 120, arrived in the state on Friday and moved to a government facility in Ejigbo where they would be observed for 14 days, as
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