Category: Update on coronavirus

Professors Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa and Obafunke Denloye, the provost and deputy provost of the University of Ibadan’s College of Medicine, have tested positive for coronavirus. Prof. Olapade-Olaopa made this known in a statement released on Sunday. The Public Relations Officer of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Mr Toye Akinrinlola, confirmed this also. “I wish to inform you that the Deputy Provost and I tested positive for the COVID-19 following tests done on Friday. “Although we are both asymptomatic, we have gone into self-isolation for 14 days whilst our contacts are being observed…

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Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has declared curfew in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State. He said the restriction was to curb the community transmission of COVID-19 in the states where it is prevalent. Lagos is said to have the highest number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Nigeria followed by Abuja. He said this during a nationwide broadcast on Sunday. He said, “Based on the advice of the Federal Ministry of Health and the NCDC, I am directing the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an…

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  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has tested positive for coronavirus. He is in self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. He said, “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test. The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it is positive. “According to the protocols for managing Covid-19, I am in self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the NCDC for someone that is not showing symptoms. “I wish to appeal to…

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Amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria. This is part of a 274 million dollars (N103 billion) assistance package to no fewer than 63 countries affected by the disease, according to a statement by the Department of States on Friday. Nigeria’s share, the statement said, will go into funding of “risk communication, water and sanitation activities, infection prevention, and coordination’’. “This assistance joins more than 5.2 billion dollars (N1.9 trillion) in U.S.…

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Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday evening announced the donation of N50 million to States in Biafran land to fight Coronavirus pandemic. Mazi Kanu while making the announcement of the donation on Friday in a radio broadcast described it as contingency fund from IPOB’s coffers. He said that part of the fund would be used to ensure that some hospitals located at strategic centres in the Southeast zone are equipped to tackle the scourge. “We never knew that the virus is coming,…

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With 11 new recorded cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is now 81. The Nigeria Disease Control Centre made this known late on Friday. It said eight new cases were recorded in Lagos State, two in Enugu and one in Edo. “11 new cases of #COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria: Eight in Lagos State, two in Enugu and one in Edo. “As of 11:55pm on 27th of March, there are 81 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Three have been…

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Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has confirmed the index positive case of coronavirus in the state, declaring that the state government has commenced contact tracing of those she had contact with. Wike also announced that all markets in the state would remain closed from Saturday, March 28, 2020. The governor also directed that all civil servants from Grade Level 1-10 were to remain at home from Friday (today) till further notice. Speaking in a broadcast on Thursday, Wike said, “It is, however, unfortunate that despite all the preventive measures we…

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President Muhammadu Buhari , on Thursday night, issued some guidelines on the raging coronavirus pandemic and the efforts of his regime to combat it, including the approval of N10bn to be released to the Lagos State Government on request. He also said N5bn had been approved for release to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to procure facilities to support emergency responses. The President’s response came amidst mounting criticism that he had remained taciturn while the virus ravaged the country. His media aide, Mr Garba Shehu, in a statement, quoted…

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