Health

The Director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been on self-isolation for possible infection of the deadly coronavirus after his return from China. The NCDC said this in a statement issued…

Nigerian lawmakers have suspended their usual plenary sessions for the next two weeks over the coronavirus disease. The House of Representatives took the decision in a resolution taken as part of the prayers of a motion moved…

Pope Francis seen coughing into an handkerchief during Ash Wednesday service in the Vatican city Pope Francis has reportedly tested negative to coronavirus, some days after he cancelled all public engagements for being ill shortly after…

Pope Francis, who last week had postponed his official appointments to work from after due to a ‘mild ailment’, has tested negative for coronavirus. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said he had no immediate comment on the report. The…

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said serious health security has been put in place to prevent the spread of Coronavirus within the institution during its coming 51st convocation.…

Exterior of Lagos Airport Hotel Limited The Managing Director of Lagos Airport Hotel Limited, Mr Kayode Bakare, has  denied reports that the Italian who came into Nigeria infected with Coronavirus lodged at the hotel. Speaking at a…

Minister of Health, Ehanire Osagie Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has disclosed that the federal government is worried about the increased prices of face masks and sanitizers in the country. This is coming after Nigerians called on…

Doctor Bowale Abimbola, the Chief Medical Doctor at the Mainland General Hospital in Yaba, Lagos where Nigeria's first coronavirus patient is being treated has given the reason why he doesn’t wear mask around him. Over the weekend,…

The global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic has surpassed 3,000 on March 2 after dozens more died at its epicentre in China and cases soared around the world with a second fatality on United States soil. The virus has now…

Some Nigerian students in Wuhan, China have called on the Federal Government to evacuate them as cases of the novel coronavirus disease, also called COVID-19, keep rising in the city. The students said they were getting traumatized, having…

Lagos and Ogun state governments have identified at least 100 persons who had contact with the index case of Coronavirus disease in the country. This is coming the placement of first coronavirus patient in Nigeria in a quarantine…

Hong Kong’s agriculture, fisheries and conservation department has confirmed that a dog had tested positive to the deadly coronavirus disease. In a statement on February 28, a spokesperson of the department stated that dogs, cats and…

World Health Organisation, WHO, in Nigeria, has commended Nigerian Government’s efforts “to the timely response to the first case of Covid-19, Coronavirus, in the country." The Officer-in-Charge of World Health Organisation, WHO, in…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has warned suppliers and retailers of personal hygiene products like face masks, latex gloves, hand sanitizers and anti-bacterial wipes using the excuse of coronavirus case in Nigeria to increase…

Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi. Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has advised citizens to quarantine themselves if they observe symptoms of the virus. The forum said this on February 28…