The Federal Executive Council says Nigeria has obtained reagents needed for testing and detection of Coronavirus.
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The Football Association has written to Dele Alli to seek his observations about a social media post in which he appeared to joke about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
The World Health Organisation on Thursday said the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection has killed a Chinese physician, Dr. Li Wenliang, expressing sadness over the doctor’s death.
The Chinese Government on Monday reiterated its commitment to safeguarding the lives of Nigerians and other nationals living in that country.
The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, which has about 18,000 members, said 2,400 workers took part in the strike, despite calls by the government for medical workers not to.
A nearly eight per cent plunge on the Shanghai composite index was its biggest daily fall in more than four years.
The State government in a public advisory issued on Sunday through the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, noted that unsupervised self-quarantine for travelers is the first step in containing coronavirus in the State.
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his good wishes to President Xi Jinping and citizens of the People’s Republic of China as the country battles to overcome the outbreak of Coronavirus.
The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from coronavirus outside of China as the number of fatalities domestically topped 300.
Lawal Bapah, Minister, Public Communications, Nigerian Embassy in China, made this known in a statement made available on Saturday in Abuja.
The 26-year-old left the Spanish capital for the Chinese Super League in February 2018 in a double deal with teammate Nicolas Gaitan but has been actively seeking a return to European football over the last few months.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting of the inter-ministerial and multi sectoral committee on coronavirus held at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Friday.
The Chinese Football Association announced the indefinite postponement of the Super League season in an attempt to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Of those killed, 162 deaths occurred in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, while the virus is confirmed to have infected 7,736 people on the mainland.
Factories typically shut down during the Lunar New Year holidays, which have been extended to at least February 2 to curb the spread of the epidemic that has killed 170 in China and infected over 7,700 individuals.
India’s Government said in a statement: “The patient was a student of Wuhan University in China.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, the Director-General of the commission, Babatunde Irukera, said the shutdown of the supermarket was a cautious measure to protect the citizens.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Abuja on Wednesday.
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state’s Commissioner for Health, made this known on Wednesday in Lagos at a media briefing highlighting the state’s preparedness to prevent or contain the spread of Coronavirus to the country.