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Obaseki briefs Buhari on strategies against COVID-19 in zoom meeting

May 27, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki briefing President Muhammadu Buhari, via a zoom meeting, on strategies being adopted by the state to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, political situation in Edo [Read more…]

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COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’ ― WHO

May 16, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization says. At a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland Monday, Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus had this to tell all nations. “We [Read more…]

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COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’ ― WHO

May 16, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization says. At a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland Monday, Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus had this to tell all nations. “We [Read more…]

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BREAKING: Delta discharges two COVID-19 cases

May 15, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Receives mobile testing laboratory By Festus Ahon TWO of the five active cases of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in Delta State, have been discharged from the isolation centre at the Federal [Read more…]

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BREAKING: Delta discharges two COVID-19 cases

May 15, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Receives mobile testing laboratory By Festus Ahon TWO of the five active cases of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in Delta State, have been discharged from the isolation centre at the Federal [Read more…]

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BREAKING: Delta discharges two COVID-19 cases

May 14, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Receives mobile testing laboratory By Festus Ahon TWO of the five active cases of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic in Delta State, have been discharged from the isolation centre at the Federal [Read more…]

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Top doctor who treated COVID-19 patients commits suicide in New York

April 16, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Dr Lorna Breen A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. Dr Lorna Breen, who was [Read more…]

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Top doctor who treated COVID-19 patients commits suicide in New York

April 15, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Dr Lorna Breen A top New York City doctor who was on the front line of the US fight against coronavirus has taken her own life. Dr Lorna Breen, who was [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Okowa partially relaxes lockdown in Delta effective April 30

April 2, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: …says inter state border lockdown still in force…make use of facemasks compulsory…to distribute one million facemasks…directs civil servants on level 12, above to resume work…says public, private school remained shut till [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Okowa partially relaxes lockdown in Delta effective April 30

April 1, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: …says inter state border lockdown still in force…make use of facemasks compulsory…to distribute one million facemasks…directs civil servants on level 12, above to resume work…says public, private school remained shut till [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Okowa partially relaxes lockdown in Delta effective April 30

April 1, 2022 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: …says inter state border lockdown still in force…make use of facemasks compulsory…to distribute one million facemasks…directs civil servants on level 12, above to resume work…says public, private school remained shut till [Read more…]

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Trump backtracks on scrapping of White House coronavirus task force

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to backtrack on plans announced the previous day to shut down the task force advising him on the coronavirus pandemic. The [Read more…]

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Pompeo has no evidence about virus lab leak ― China

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state China hit back Wednesday at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his claims that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, saying he [Read more…]

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Kenya floods have killed nearly 200 in past month ―Govt

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Kenya Flood Heavy rains in Kenya have caused floods and landslides that have left 194 dead and destroyed crops since the deluge began last month, complicating the fight against the coronavirus, [Read more…]

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We need right atmosphere to invite experts for COVID-19 source probe ― China

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Xi Jinping China will not invite international experts to investigate the source of COVID-19 until after securing the “final victory” against the virus, Beijing’s UN ambassador in Geneva said Wednesday. China’s [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Why we designated Enugu Medical Diagnostic facility as isolation – Ugwuanyi

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Governor Ugwuanyi Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, said that his administration designated and repurposed the facility at its state-of-the-art medical diagnostic centre in Enugu to enhance the state’s [Read more…]

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Enugu govt intercepts COVID-19 patient who escaped from Delta State Isolation centre to Enugu

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: File: COVID-19  …Returns case to Delta State Following the directive of His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, the state’s rapid response team on COVID-19 and the state’s security apparatus, [Read more…]

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Britain records Europe’s highest COVID-19 death toll

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Britain’s death toll linked to the novel coronavirus has risen to 29,427, the government said on Tuesday, meaning it has overtaken Italy in recording Europe’s highest total. The total includes only [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Six-year-old girl tested positive in Jigawa

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse A six-year-old girl, daughter of the index case in Kazaure Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has been tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by [Read more…]

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Coronavirus vaccine: No one is safe until we are safe ― Annie-Marie Trevelyan

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Annie-Marie Trevelyan. PHOTO: Forces,net By Anne-Marie Trevelyan Right now, the fast global spread of coronavirus means no one is safe from this pandemic until we are all safe. In both our [Read more…]

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Nigeria records 148 new cases of COVID-19, as total infections now 2950

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 148  new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2950. The NCDC also said that six new [Read more…]

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COVID-19 patients hit the streets in Gombe, protest ‘hunger in isolation’

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Some COVID-19 patients staged a protest at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe yesterday, destroying some equipment in their ward. The patients, who were under quarantine, were said to have complained [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Senate disowns Reps, re-titled Diseases Bill

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: …Gbajabiamila bows to pressure, says bill’ll go through public hearing; As House threatens to sue over $10m bribery allegation By Henry Umoru A re-titled Bill on Control of Infection Diseases Bill [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Anxiety in Jigawa, as 100 die mysteriously in 10 days

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: File: COVID-19 •Doctor dies, as 32 others test positive in Kano — NMA Chair•Says no PPE, no work•Inadequate manpower, our greatest challenge in Kano case —PTF boss•Gives details of actions so [Read more…]

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Buhari approves 5 accounts for COVID-19 donations

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts which form part of the existing Treasury Single Account (TSA) arrangement in five commercial banks. Mr [Read more…]

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UK scientist behind lockdown quits after breaking social distancing rules

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Professor Neil Ferguson A top scientist who advised British leaders on coronavirus lockdown measures said on Tuesday he had resigned from a key government panel after admitting to breaking the country’s [Read more…]

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Students in China’s virus centre Wuhan return to school

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Wuhan students Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. Senior school students in [Read more…]

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COVID-19: 34 doctors in Kano test positive, one dies

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi [Read more…]

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Timeline of foreign nationals’ evacuation from Nigeria since COVID-19 pandemic

May 6, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: This is a timeline of how foreign nationals are being evacuated from Nigeria since the COVID-19 pandemic re-arranged global realities and human priorities. On Friday, February 28, the Minister of Health, [Read more…]

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BREAKING: Nigeria records 148 new cases of COVID-19, total now 2,950

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: run-away COVID-19 patient The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 148 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2,950. NCDC announced [Read more…]

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COVID-19 patients protest poor quarantine conditions in Gombe

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Some COVID-19 patients staged a protest at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe on Tuesday, destroying some equipment in their ward. The patients, who were in quarantine, were said to have [Read more…]

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We need Nigeria-made ventilators, PPE, others — NSE Chairman

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: By Elizabeth Osayande The Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, Apapa branch, Engr. Sunny Ejeje, has called for the support of massive production of locally-made ventilators, sanitisers and Personal Protective Equipment, [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Police arrest 58 for not wearing face mask in Lagos, 121 over curfew

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: By Evelyn Usman Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested 58 persons for not wearing face masks and 121 others for violating the curfew imposed by the Federal Government. The [Read more…]

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UK COVID-19 death toll now highest in Europe, second-highest in the world

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Boris Johnson The UK’s true coronavirus (COVID-19) death toll is the highest in Europe and the second-highest in the world, according to new figures which suggest it is just under 40,000. New data shows 29,710 people [Read more…]

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COVID-19: We’ve reached 440,000 households with Emergency Food Response palliatives — Lagos govt 

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, disclosed that it had reached 440,000 Lagos households with its COVID-19 Emergency Food [Read more…]

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Over 75,000 persons screened as Edo govt reiterates call for social distancing

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Ongoing screening at Oko Primary Healthcare Centre, in Benin City. As part of ramped up efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Edo State, the government has intensified screening and [Read more…]

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COVID-19: With restructuring, we won’t be in this mess— Clark, Adebanjo, Nwodo, Pogu

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Chief Edwin Clark By Dapo Akinrefon The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, said on Tuesday that Nigeria would not be in the current mess caused by the coronavirus pandemic [Read more…]

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Trump confirms expert Fauci will testify before Senate on virus

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

US President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a event about protecting seniors, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2022, in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday [Read more…]

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Lagos records another 1 COVID-19 related death, rises to 31

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Tuesday, announced another one COVID-19 related death, increasing the number of deaths in the state to 31. The ministry disclosed this through its Twitter [Read more…]

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COVID-19: Three discharged in Kano

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano State Government says it has discharged 3 COVID-19 patients after testing negative twice to the pandemic. The Coordinator of the Technical Response Team on COVID-19, [Read more…]

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Coronavirus: Tanzania lab officials suspended as president questions data

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Magufuli Tanzania’s government on Monday suspended the director and a senior official of the national laboratory responsible for coronavirus testing after President John Magufuli denounced irregularities at the facility. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu ordered the [Read more…]

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Global coronavirus death toll tops 250,000, says Johns Hopkins varsity

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 250,000 on Friday – increasing by over 100,000 deaths since April 17 – according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The [Read more…]

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Six killed as plane carrying medical supplies crashes in Somalia

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Six people, including two pilots, were killed when a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in south-western Somalia on Monday, authorities said. “The cause of the accident is not yet known,” government [Read more…]

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Madagascar starts COVID-Organics clinical trials, factory to be built

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: COVID Organics Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina has announced that clinical trials will start today (May 4) with COVID-Organics. A factory will also be built within a month to boost its production. [Read more…]

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Ease of lockdown in Lagos, FCT: FG mulls another lockdown

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

…PTF expresses concern over poor observation…We may have a spike in COVID-19 cases, NMA warns…Gains made by the lockdown may be compromised —AMLSN….As Lagos, Ogun, Abuja witness partial compliance By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Evelyn Usman, Chioma [Read more…]

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Doctor who treated first US COVID patient fears second wave

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The doctor who treated the first COVID-19 patient in the United States said Monday he fears a second outbreak of the disease when lockdown measures are lifted. George Díaz’s first patient, [Read more…]

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Nigeria records 245 new cases of COVID-19, as total infections now 2802

May 5, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday recorded 245 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2802. The NCDC also said that [Read more…]

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BREAKING: COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rise to 2,802

May 4, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: “245 new cases of #COVID19; 76-Lagos 37-Katsina 32-Jigawa 23-Kano 19-FCT 18-Borno 10-Edo 9-Bauchi 6-Adamawa 5-Oyo 5-Ogun 1-Ekiti 1-Osun 1-Benue 1-Niger 1-Zamfara 2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 417 Deaths: [Read more…]

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Lockdown ease: Residents worried at poor social distancing in Lagos

May 4, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: Oyingbo market woman failed to observe social distance. PHOTO: Gabriel Olawale Some residents of Abule Egba and Agege in Lagos State, on Monday, expressed worry at non-compliance of many Lagos residents [Read more…]

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COVID-19: WHO supports scientifically proven traditional medicine

May 4, 2020 Dane Kane

Kindly Share This Story: The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomes innovations around the world, including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office [Read more…]

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