Category: Update on coronavirus

UK to evacuate citizens from Nigeria, others over coronavirus

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The UK Government has pledged up to £75 million to bring stranded UK citizens back home giving priority to citizens on short-term visits outside the UK and those with underlying health conditions. Some countries including France, Israel and the US have started evacuating their nationals from Nigeria. According to World Health Organisation statistics as of 11pm on Monday, March 30, the UK had 19,526 confirmed cases and 1,228 deaths while Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases topped 131 with two deaths. Some infected Nigerians have travel history to the UK including the Chief…

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Coronavirus: NAFDAC orders manufacturing of chloroquine for clinical trial

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has ordered the manufacturing of Chloroquine for emergency stock for possible clinical trial treatment of coronavirus in the country. Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement yesterday, said the directive was sequel to claims in some quarters that “Chloroquine, an old antimalarial is being re-purposed for the clinical trial treatment of coronavirus 2019-nCoV.“ The statement read:  “In a very recent publication, chloroquine was reported in a press briefing by the State Council of China, indicating…

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Oyo governor tests positive for coronavirus

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Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor, has tested positive for coronavirus. He made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday. “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is positive. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate,” he said. The governor, who urged residents to comply with directives aimed at curbing coronavirus in the state, said his deputy, Prof Temitope Alonge, would take over as the head of Oyo COVID-19 Task Force. “I have designated Prof. Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College, Ibadan, as the…

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Ogun governor says lockdown to commence Friday

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Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said the lockdown of the state has been shifted to Friday. Abiodun said the state government made a request to the President Muhammadu Buhari, to shift the lockdown which was supposed to take place on Monday night to Friday, April 3, 2020, and has been granted. He said the request was to prepare for the lockdown by providing food for the people. The governor said the lockdown would now take place on Friday and would be total except those on essential services. Share on: WhatsApp

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Nigeria records second coronavirus death

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Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death as cases in the country increased to 111. This was confirmed by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday. Ehanire stated that the fatality was recorded during the weekend. He said, “As of today, the 30th of March, 2020, we have recorded 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Of which 68 are in Lagos, 21 in the FCT, seven in Oyo, three in Ogun, two in Bauchi, two in Edo, two in Osun, two in Enugu, and one each in…

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Senators to earn half pay till Nigeria is free of coronavirus 

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Senators on Monday pledged that they would sustain the donation of their half salaries to the Federal Government until the nation is totally free of the pandemic. The senators on Monday agreed to donate half of their March 2020 salaries to the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria. The red chamber, in a statement by its acting spokesperson, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, added that the federal lawmakers would continue the gesture beyond March. Part of the statement read,  “After due consultations following a keen review of the national efforts to contain the…

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Coronavirus: Israeli PM, Netanyahu, aides, under quarantine

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After a staffer within his office tested positive for COVID-19, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close aides have been placed under quarantine, a statement 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 until (tests) were completed,” said a statement from Netanyahu’s office. The statement did not mention the positive test of a staffer, but multiple Israeli media outlets have reported the case. Share on: WhatsApp

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COVID-19: Prince Charles out of isolation

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Prince Charles, the eldest son and heir of Queen Elizabeth II, is no longer in quarantine after showing mild coronavirus symptoms, his office said on Monday. “Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation,” it said in a statement. The 71-year-old prince, whose age put him among the most-risk category for the disease, is said to be in good health and abiding by government health guidelines. Royal officials announced last Wednesday that Charles was in self-isolation at the…

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Israel evacuates 274 citizens from Nigeria

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274 Israelis have been evacuated from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) to Tel-Aviv, Israel. Mr Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace, made this known on Sunday in a statement in Lagos. Onyema said the flight, which transported 65 passengers from Lagos and proceeded to Abuja to transport another 209, was operated by Air Peace Boeing 777-300 with registration number 5N-BWI. He described the flight as historical, saying, “it is the first time Nigeria and Israel would have a direct…

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COVID-19: Pastor arrested in Abuja for holding Sunday service

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A pastor has been arrested in the Federal Capital Territory today (Sunday), for flouting the ban on gatherings as part of measures to prevent the community transmission of COVID-19. The FCTA Enforcement Team arrested the General Overseer of Jesus Reign Family Church, Apo, Pastor U Uden, shortly after the service on Sunday. It stated that despite the presence of the team, Uden continued the service while the team waited till the end of the service to avoid confrontation. In a video released by the FCTA, the Chairman of the team,…

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