CORONAVIRUS IN LAGOS

Lagos State Government has quarantined 39 Nigerian evacuated from Ghana, it emerged on Sunday afternoon. The returnees have begun 14-day isolation supervised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the Badagry area of the…

A Nigerian Covid-19 survivor has shared the painful experience she went through while recovering from the disease. The woman who is a frontline health worker took to her social media page to narrate how her body fought the virus…

Three Nigerians recently evacuated from Dubai have tested positive for coronavirus, it emerged on Sunday morning. On May 6, 256 Nigerians were repatriated to Nigeria due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Professor Akin Abayomi,…

176 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Nigeria, bringing the total infections in the country to 5,621, it emerged on Saturday night. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the new cases in an official tweet,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the handover of a building forfeited by Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum, as an isolation centre. The anti-graft agency handed over the property…

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has revealed that a Nigerian returnee who recently died in an isolation facility in the state, was not coronavirus positive. This update comes two days after the Commissioner…

Lagos State Government has discharged 21 additional coronavirus patients from its isolation facilities after testing negative twice. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who made the announcement via Twitter on Sunday, said 4 of the discharged…

Four days after recording over 3,000 cases, Nigeria has now hit a new mark of over 4,000 infections following the confirmation of 239 new coronavirus cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Saturday…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 386 new coronavirus cases and 10 new deaths on Friday night. This was made known via the official Twitter handle of the centre, stating; 386 new cases of #COVID19;…

Lagos State Government has discharged an additional 42 coronavirus patients from its isolation facilities after testing negative twice for the virus. Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the…

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has on Friday revealed that many people who tested positive for coronavirus are running away from being taken to isolation centres for treatment. Abayomi said this is one of the reasons…

Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has said coronavirus cases in the state may spike up to 120,000 between July and August. He made the projection at a press conference on Friday, saying with the current…