Tag: Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Airlines at MAKIA snub passenger travel history screening form
The Kano State government has said that airlines at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport were not issuing screening forms containing travel history of...
COVID-19 update: Over 3, 000 deaths recorded, more than 89,000 people...
UN releases US$15m to vulnerable countries
The coronavirus, first detected in China in December 2019 has
infected more than 89,000 people globally and caused over 3,000...
Lagos, Ogun states monitor 100 persons who had contact with Italian...
Lagos and Ogun states have tracked down no fewer than 100 persons who had contact with the 44-year old Italian who contracted the coronavirus...
Shave your beard, save yourself from coronavirus – CDC
The United States Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has warned that facial hair can interfere with face masks recommended for use against Coronavirus, otherwise...
Italian COVID-19 patient arrived in Nigeria aboard Turkish Airlines
FG directs NTA, VON, others to intensify sensitisation
Disease has pandemic
potential - WHO
The Italian national who tested positive for coronavirus
yesterday arrived in Lagos from Milan,...
Countries so far affected by coronavirus in Europe
With governments scrambling to contain a slew of new coronavirus cases across Europe, here is an overview of the countries affected, where people have...
COVID-19 kills over 2600, spreads to new countries
Austria, Croatia and Switzerland are latest additions
The coronavirus epidemic caused more death and disruption on Tuesday, spreading to new countries as a...
Magu denies ‘corruption causes COVID-19’ statement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied that its acting chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said coronavirus or COVID-19 which broke out in...
Nigeria’s Ihekweazu chairs global forum on coronavirus
The World Health Organisation has appointed the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu as one of the...
Coronavirus: Infected passengers evacuated on US flights
More than a dozen infected Americans from a coronavirus-riddled cruise ship off Japan flew on evacuation flights to the US with other passengers on...