Amid growing concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic, the Oyo State Government has declared an emergency by ordering the immediate closure of schools and the inauguration of emergency operation centres, among other measures.
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Abayomi made this known on Friday in Lagos on the COVID-19 update
In its daily bulletin, the Italian Civil Protection Agency also reports that the total number of contagions is up by almost 15 per cent to 47,021
NCDC, in a tweet on Friday, noted that the World Health Organisation has not approved the use of Chloroquine for COVID-19 management.
The Nigerian Medical Association has directed all its members currently on strike to suspend their action as part of efforts to tackle Coronavirus in the country.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, made this known while speaking with journalists on Friday in Abeokuta.
The Jama’tu Nasril Islam has called for strict monitoring of Nigeria’s borders to stop infected foreign nationals from raising the number Coronavirus victims in the country.
As part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus (CONVID-19) in Ekiti State, the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has directed that all schools in the state be shut down until further notice.
Following the intervention of the House of Representatives through its House Committee on Health Services, authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Administration have withdrawn a circular mandating members of the FCTA chapter of the National Association of Resident Doctors to go back to work within 48 hours or consider themselves sacked.
The Niger State Government has on Friday earmarked N28.2 million to combat the spread of the Convid-19 (Coronavirus).
The Niger State Government has been hailed for scaling up the budgetary provisions from N80 million in 2017 to N210 million in 2020.
All tertiary institutions in Lagos State are to shut down with immediate effect. The order was pronounced on Friday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a live broadcast on the Coronavirus update in the State.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the staff confronted the criminals and called the police
A man working for a transport company has become the first patient in the West African country of Niger with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
At New York City’s first pop-up coronavirus testing site, a drive-thru facility in Staten Island, there is one basic rule – keep your car windows closed.
Saudi Arabia will suspend all domestic flights, buses, taxis and trains for 14 days to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered his state’s residents to stay at home, announcing an extraordinary action over roughly 40 million people in the country’s largest state.
For a second consecutive day, China has reported zero locally transmitted coronavirus infections, while the number of “imported” cases has risen to 39.
The State Department on Thursday told American citizens abroad to come back to the US or prepare to remain abroad for an “indefinite period” while urging against all international travel.
An Abuja-based physician, Dr. Mohammed Ahmed-Danfulani, has supported the call by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for American health officials to adopt chloroquine as a potent drug for treating coronavirus patients.