The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has put all airline operators, Air Navigation Service Providers and Aerodrome Operators on alert over the outbreak of Coronavirus.
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The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association has suspended the warning strike it embarked on over an attack on its female member.
The Plateau State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Nimkong Ndam, on Friday confirmed five cases of Lassa fever in the state.
Okundia made this known during a Lassa fever committee meeting, chaired by the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, and representative of the World Health Organization.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Abba Anwar, made available to newsmen in Kano, said only five cases of the disease were confirmed.
The Commissioner of Health, Dr. Salisu Kwayabura, confirmed the outbreak at a press conference on Thursday in Maiduguri.
Several members of the WHO Emergency Committee considered that it was too early to declare it PHEIC, given its restrictive and binary nature
The Edo State Government on Thursday said it recorded eight deaths out of a total of 175 cases of Lassa Fever since the current outbreak of the epidemic in the state.
The Kwara State Government on Thursday urged the people of the state to remain calm as enough measures have been taken to guide against spread of Lassa fever and other communicable diseases.
This is coming as the World Health Organisation on Wednesday convened an emergency meeting to determine whether it should be declared a Public Health Event of International Concern.
Dr. Ademuyiwa Eniayewun, the Permanent Secretary, Health Service Commission, made this known on Thursday in Lagos.
Members of the WHO Emergency Committee deliberated until late on Wednesday evening as they continue to study an outbreak of the new respiratory virus first identified in China, as cases continue to rise.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, denied the report in a statement on Thursday in Abeokuta.
Uchenna Orji, the Ebonyi Commissioner for Information and Orientation, gave the assurance in Abakaliki, while interacting with a team from the National Centre for Disease Control.
Dr. Raji Razaq, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this on Thursday during inspection visits to the ongoing construction of the Disease Isolation Centre at Sobi Specialist Hospital, Ilorin, in preparation against any epidemic outbreak.
The Enugu State Ministry of Health on Thursday said it had deployed protective equipment to protect health care workers in Enugu State Teaching Hospital, Parklane.
The State Government through a press statement by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illness ranging from common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
The first case of a novel (new) coronavirus (2019nCoV) strain was confirmed in China on the 7th of January 2020.
Its Corps Marshal, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (retd), disclosed this in a statement issued and signed by an official in the public affairs unit, Kehinde Adebayo
Akeredolu emphasised the need for traditional rulers to mobilise their subjects to desist from all causative factors of Lassa Fever in their environments