CORONAVIRUS IN LAGOS

Total Coronavirus cases has risen to 174 as Nigeria records 23 new confirmed cases on Wednesday night. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet posted at 8:00pm on its official Twitter account. The tweet…

The Chairman of Imo state Task Force on COVID-19, Professor Maurice Iwu, has assured that his team would soon develop vaccine for the treatment of coronavirus. He said if the result from testing of the vaccine already carried out was…

Even as all medical attention are on the rapid global spread of the novel coronavirus, health experts fear a drop in routine vaccinations could fuel other potentially deadlier outbreaks of diseases like measles.  With movement…

The Chairman of the Victims Support Fund (VSF), Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd)  Chairman of the Victims Support Fund (VSF), Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) has inaugurated a task force on COVID-19, mandated to provide palliative measures to…

Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) in Lagos has announced that non-paying customers within its franchise network will not be disconnected during the two-week stay-at-home period enforced by the government to curb the spread of…

David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has revealed that he has once again tested negative to Coronavirus after carrying out a second test. Davido revealed his new health status on Twitter, saying that; I did a second test for the…

Lagos State Commissioner for health, Akin Abayomi, has said most cases in the state are not severe as they are not in need of ventilators. He made this known at a briefing on March 31, stating that; Most of our patients are…

Nigeria has recorded four new confirmed cases; 3 in the FCT and 1 in Lagos state. The Centre for Disease Control in Nigeria reported this through its official Twitter page, stating that; Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in…

Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that by the end of the week, the agency would…

Alfa Sa’adu Alfa Sa’adu, a Nigerian doctor practicing in the United Kingdom, has died of the coronavirus. The 68-year-old man, who is a native of Kwara State, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Kwara state commissioner for chieftaincy…

Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi Mixed reactions have trailed the herbal medicine recommended by Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, as the cure for the deadly Coronavirus disease that has killed over 39,000 people worldwide. Ooni of Ife in a…

The world, even in the midst of the deadly and ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19) that has infected over 789,000 people and killed 38,101, has also seen the recovery of about 166,000. Lagos, which is the epicenter of the virus in Nigeria,…

With the trend that the novel Coronavirus also known as covid-19 has set in other countries, it is evident that the collective effort of governments, corporate bodies and individuals, is imperative to fight this invisible but deadly…

Nigeria has confirmed the second death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on March 30 at a press briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. This announcement is coming 7…

Lagos state government has on March 30 discharged five coronavirus patients from the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba. MDB earlier reported that the state government had announced that six of the patients had recovered and would be…