The death toll from the latest round of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 144, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Thursday, with a Case Fatality Rate of 16.8 per cent.
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 30-day ban on most travel from Europe set to take effect Friday at midnight, as the country experiences a surge in coronavirus cases.
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday announced that the COVID-19 outbreak could be viewed as a pandemic.
The National Youth Service Corps in Enugu State has strengthened measures in camp to check the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) during the ongoing orientation course.
The Oyo State Epidemiologist, Dr. Akinfemi Akinyode, says no fewer than 10 cases have been investigated and screened for coronavirus in the state since the outbreak of the disease in the country.
Abayomi during a media briefing on COVID-19 update on Wednesday in Lagos, said the two men were identified within 24 hours of going public with their names and had contacted the ministry
The Lagos State Government says it would on March 13, 2020 begin an eight-week massive deratization and fumigation of no fewer than 27 model colleges with hostel facilities, abattoirs and slaughter houses, agricultural produce markets as well as regular markets in the State.
UK earmarks £5bn emergency response fund for coronavirus
Finance Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would set aside £5 billion ($6.5 billion) to help Britain’s National Health Service and other public services tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
Four children from the same family and their teacher have been quarantined at the isolation centre of the Lagos State Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday received the management team of Lafarge Africa, who came on a “thank you” visit to the Lagos State Government for the brilliant effort in combating the spread of Coronavirus.
Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, says the Lassa fever index patient has been discharged from the isolation ward.
The Minister has gone into isolation
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted increase in temperatures across the entire country from Wednesday till Friday
The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, has urged residents of Lagos State to prepare for likely consequences of 240 days to 270 days rain with the 2020 rainfall predicted to begin in March 19 and end November 22.
Citing concerns over the coronavirus epidemic, the United Nations has restricted public access to its headquarters in New York.
Italy faced an unprecedented lockdown on Tuesday that left streets in the capital Rome and other cities deserted after the government extended a clampdown across the entire country in a bid to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of the coronavirus.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appealed to workers in the health sector to bear with the administration in their demands as it braces up for the challenges posed by coronavirus to the economy.
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos says no patient with Lassa fever or COVID-19 symptoms was admitted into its health facility.
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday alerted residents that the state will witness a near normal rainfall of between 240 to 270 days this year.
South Korea on Tuesday reported 131 new cases of the new coronavirus, which represents its lowest one-day increase of confirmed cases in two weeks.