CORONAVIRUS IN LAGOS

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has approved the release of 247 truckloads of relief items worth N3.250 billion and a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N2bn from its warehouses. This was revealed in a…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced sixteen new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina.  The centre made this known in a series of tweets on Tuesday night.…

Lagos state government has discharged another COVID-19 patient from its infectious disease isolation centre. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state made this known on Tuesday afternoon via his official Twitter account. The Governor …

Professor Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health in Lagos State has said COVID-19 clinical trials in Lagos will soon commence in the state.  Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, he said that they were partnering with stakeholders like the…

Lagos state commissioner of health, Akin Abayomi Lagos state commissioner of health, Akin Abayomi, has said local transmission of Coronavirus in the state is increasing. At a press briefing on Monday, Abayomi explained that as at week…

Six new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria, 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported this in a tweet on Monday evening, stating that there are currently 238…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has announced that two coronavirus patients have been discharged. Sanwo-Olu broke the news via his Twitter handle on Monday, saying; I have more great news for…

Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma has sent additional donations, including 500 ventilators to 54 African countries to help fight the coronavirus. Ma…

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has rejected the invitation of Chinese doctors into the country in the guise of offering assistance. It would be recalled that on April 4, Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said 18…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed eight new cases of Coronavirus in the country. According to a tweet from the centre on Sunday evening, there are 5 cases reported in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State. NCDC…

Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun state, during a news at a press briefing in Osogbo, the state capital, on Sunday. The index coronavirus patient in Osun state has been discharged alongside 110 Ivorian returnees. Gboyega…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos state has announced that five more Coronavirus patients have now been discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Lagos. He added that the patients comprise of two males and…

Health care workers at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos Commissioner for health in Lagos state, Akin Abayomi, has confirmed the death of a Coronavirus patient, it emerged on Sunday.  According to a tweet from the commissioner,…

A leading doctor has said UK doctors and nurses are being forced to share masks or hold their breath while treating coronavirus patients due to a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), Independent reports. Dr Rinesh Parmar, of the…

Bodies are moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 4, 2020 in New York. - New York state's coronavirus toll rose at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths…