The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the death of a 45-year-old Nigerian man who returned from India following COVID19-related complications in Lagos State. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, THE DAILY VENDOR reports. Abayomi said, “No new case of
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Lagos State Government has announced another coronavirus death, bringing the total number of the virus related deaths in the state to seven. The Lagos Ministry of Health via its Twitter handle, @LSMOH, said, “One COVID-19 death was recorded. This brings to seven, the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Lagos State”. The Commissioner of Health
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The Lagos State government on Tuesday announced the discharge of eight coronavirus patients after making full recovery from the deadly virus. “8 more people; 2 females and 6 males have tested negative and fully recovered from #COVID19,” Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said in a statement. “They have been discharged to return to their families.”
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The Lagos State government has confirmed that a 56-year-old man has died of coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Tuesday. He said the patient had visited the United States. “A 56-year-old Nigerian who recently returned from the United States has died of coronavirus-related complications. This brings
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The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday announced the recovery and discharge of five COVID19 patients. The governor in a statement said “4 females, and 1 male have been discharged to reunite with their families and the society.” “With the newly discharged patients, we now have a total of 55 people that have been
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Saturday announced the death of another COVID-19 patient, making it the fourth COVID-19 related deaths recorded in the state. Abayomi, through his verified Twitter account, said that the patient died of COVID-19 related complications in a private hospital in Lagos. He, however, did not disclose
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The Lagos State Government has on Wednesday said one of the coronavirus patients taking treatment in its facility has died. The spokesman to the Lagos State governor Gboyega Akosile made a tweet quoting a statement by the state’s health ministry “We just recorded another #COVID19 related death in Lagos”. “Lagos State Ministry of Health says
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The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says a total lockdown is imminent if the cases of coronavirus continue to increase. Sanwo-Olu said this while giving an update on the situation of the pandemic in the state at the State House in Marina on Friday. Out of the 70 confirmed cases nationwide, Lagos accounts for 44, but
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Access Bank Plc has temporarily closed its Ligali Ayorinde branch in Victoria Island, Lagos State after a visitor tested positive for coronavirus. “We have confirmed that an individual who visited our Ligali Ayorinde branch on Monday 16th March 2020, has tested positive for coronavirus,” Access bank said in a statement on Monday. “He was symptom-free as
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Nigeria on Monday confirmed another three new cases of coronavirus, bringing the number of those who tested positive to the virus in the country to 39. This was disclosed by Lagos State Commissioner of Health Akin Abayomi. He said the three persons – a Ukrainian, and two UK-based Nigerians – are in Lagos.
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The Lagos State Government on Monday issued public transport guidelines to operators and passengers to curb further spread of the coronavirus in buses, cabs, motor parks and garages. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde said in a statement he signed that the measures were parts of
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Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased from 22 on Saturday to 31 on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its twitter handle on Sunday, said the cases included twenty two in Lagos State, four in the Federal Capital Territory, one in Oyo State and one in Ekiti State. The centre said the two in
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Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Sunday told civil servants on levels 1 to 12 in the state to stop going to work for the next two weeks as the state battles coronavirus. Affected workers constitute 70 per cent of the state’s workforce. But workers in emergency and essential services such as healthcare and fire services
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Lagos State Government Sunday said an American and a Briton were among three new persons who tested positive for coronavirus in the state. The 51-year-old Briton flew into Nigerian on March 8 aboard via BA75 flight. The American is a 65-year-old individual who arrived in the country six weeks ago. The Nigerian among the new
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Lagos State has on Sunday confirmed another three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19). The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Sunday morning. “On the 22nd of March 2020, three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 25 cases have been confirmed, two cases have been discharged and there has
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