Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday the government would ask all elementary, junior high and high schools to close from March 2 until spring break, typically around the end of March.
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The International Olympic Committee is committed to the Tokyo Olympics going ahead on schedule this summer in spite of fears around the outbreak of the coronavirus, its president, Thomas Bach, says.
The Federal and Lagos States Governments have told Nigerians about their preparedness for the containment of Coronavirus since the confirmation of its presence in Lagos State in the early hours of Friday.
The case, which was confirmed on Thursday, is the first to be reported in Nigeria since the outbreak in China in January 2020
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has told the Federal Ministry of Health to buckle up in order to prevent Coronavirus from entering the country, lamenting that their best is not good enough.
Sequel to the various interventions of the Federal Government in the welfare of Nigerians in China since the outbreak of the dreaded Coronavirus, the Nigerians in Diaspora
Two people have died from the coronavirus so far in France – an elderly Chinese tourist and a 60-year-old French national
The decision serves as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
A Sao Paulo resident who recently travelled to Italy has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Brazil’s Health Ministry said in the first confirmed case in South America on Wednesday.
The affected Chinese, who returned seven weeks ago from China to Nigeria, has been isolated
At the same time, 409 new cases of infection were confirmed by China’s National Health Commission
On Monday afternoon, a notice on the provincial government website announced that non-residents in quarantined Wuhan would be permitted to leave for the first time since the city was closed off in January
The Federal Government has released N386 million to two health agencies to strengthen Coronavirus preparedness in the country.
Catholics in South-east Asia will have to do without one of their most recognisable traditions this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, a report said.
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has enjoined athletes, officials and visitors to Edo 2020 National Sports Festival not to entertain fear of contacting Coronavirus or Lassa fever during the festival.
China on Wednesday withdrew the press credentials for three Wall Street Journal reporters in the country in retaliation for an editorial in the newspaper deemed offensive by authorities.
Japan had 520 confirmed infections by Monday, including 454 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined off the port of Yokohama, the health ministry said, with one death from the virus
His death comes as more medical personnel on the front lines of China’s battle against Covid-19 are falling ill with the disease
According to figures released by the commission, a total of 79 new confirmed cases were reported on Tuesday outside Hubei, a 14th consecutive day drop since February 3
Japan’s Health Ministry said on Monday that 99 more people on a quarantined cruise ship in the port of Yokohama have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases on the vessel to 454.