Ogun State has launched Africa’s very first COVID-19 mobile laboratory. The lab which has the capacity to carry out up to 400 tests a day is contained in a 40ft container and has been set up within the grounds of...
A POTENTIAL coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University has kept monkeys immune from the deadly virus for a month. The promising results come after top Government experts warned a vaccine might be the only way out of the crisis. Last month...
The Nigeria center for disease control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of five new cases of COVID-1 NCDC made the announcement through its Twitter handle a few minutes ago. “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:2 in...
A 15-member medical team from China has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, The PUNCH reports. The team was flown on an aircraft operated by Air Peace. The medical personnel, who landed around 5:15 pm were received by...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, announced this on his Twitter handle on Wednesday. He tweeted: Lagos recorded another #COVID-19 related death: a 66-year-old Briton, who travelled from India via Dubai to Lagos on 17th of March,...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday night announced more new cases of coronavirus. “Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 13 in Lagos, 4 in FCT, 2 in Kaduna and 1 in Oyo State,” NCDC tweeted....
The Nigerian Government has confirmed the second death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday during the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He stressed...
As revealed on his twitter page this evening upon receiving his result. He is currently self-isolating and has appointed the former CMD of UCH Prof Alonge to chair the Oyo State task force for covid19 I just received my COVID-19...
The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for a pair of anti-malaria drugs as health officials work to combat the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) said...
The United States on Thursday overtook China and Italy in confirmed coronavirus cases with over 82,000 in all, a grim milestone reported by Johns Hopkins University researchers. As the U.S. surged up to 82,404 confirmed COVID-19 cases Thursday, it took...
8 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria, 7 in Lagos and 1 in Benue State. As of 04:00 pm 28th March, there are 89 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death. As at 04:00...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said the state may witness up to 39,000 cases of coronavirus. Abayomi at a briefing on Friday urged people to adhere to the social distancing advice of the state government...
NCDC has confirmed five fresh new cases of the COVID-19 virus in Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt at about 11:25pm on Wednesday night. Three cases were said to be returning travelers into Nigeria and two are close contact to a...
An Italian nurse killed herself after testing positive for coronavirus and fearing she had infected others, a nursing federation has revealed. Daniela Trezzi, 34, was working on the front line of the coronavirus crisis at a hospital in Lombardy, the...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has tested for coronavirus. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, disclosed this in a media statement made available on Tuesday. The governor earlier said he met and shook hands with...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus), following a test for the disease that was carried out yesterday on the president by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), THISDAY can report. The NCDC has...
