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Nigeria announces 216 new coronavirus cases, toll jumps to 6,175
Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases have soared above 6,000, with the release of 216 fresh cases on Monday by the Nigerian Centre for…
Plateau announces first COVID-19 death
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state has announced the first COVID-19 death in the state.
During a media briefing on the…
Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases totals 5,959 as 338 new infections are…
Nigeria has been hit with 338 new cases of Coronavirus, with Lagos and Kano recording spikes in infections.
In the figures…
Photo: Again, Buhari meets Presidential Task Force on COVID-19
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on the next line of…
Disinfecting streets, open spaces won’t kill coronavirus – WHO warns
The World Health Organisation has declared that spraying disinfectant on streets and open spaces does not eliminate coronavirus…
24 truck drivers test positive for COVID-19
A total of 24 cross-border cargo truck drivers on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda.
It takes the total number…
Sierra Leone appoints Nigerian as head of COVID-19 task force
Sierra Leone has appointed Nigeria’s Dr. Laoluwa Adejayan as head of its Covid-19 task force after adjudging him the best foreign…
Ex-Kaduna Commissioner, lawmaker Bitiyong dies while waiting for doctors
Dr. Yakubu Bitiyong, a former Commissioner and member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly is dead.
Bitiyong who represented…
33-year-old COVID-19 patient delivers baby boy at Lagos Isolation Centre
A 33-year-old Coronavirus patient has delivered a baby boy at Gbagada General Hospital Isolation Centre, Lagos, Southwest…
WHO speaks on Coronavirus transmission through surface contact
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has not been proven if people can catch the novel coronavirus by touching surfaces…