covid-19
Covid-19 Patients Cannot Infect Others After 11 days – New Study
Covid-19 patients can no longer be infectious, even while still positive, 11 days after contracting the virus, a new Singaporean study has found.
Singaporean infectious disease experts said they found that the virus “could not be isolated or cultured after … Continue Reading
Manager of Demolished Hotel in Rivers State Tests Positive for Covid-19
Rivers state recorded 27 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday with the manager of Prodest Hotel, one of the hotels demolished by the state government for violating the lockdown order, among the new cases.
Burundi Expels Top WHO Team In COVID-19 Crisis
by AFP
The foreign ministry, in a letter to WHO Africa headquarters and seen by AFP on Wednesday, said the UN agency’s representative in Burundi and his three colleagues “are declared persona non grata and as such, must leave the … Continue Reading
Covid-19: WHO meets African traditional medicine experts for cure
Officials of the World Health organization (WHO) met with 70 traditional medicine experts in Africa in a bid to develop a cure for Covid-19.
WHO African Region made this known via its Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The health organisation … Continue Reading
Covid-19: Wike Demolishes Two Hotels For Flouting Executive Orders
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of two hotels in Eleme Council for allegedly flouting the state Executive order.
The demolished hotels are the Prudent Hotel, Alode, in Eleme and Etemeteh hotel in Onne .
The … Continue Reading
Ghana records over 500 cases of Covid-19 at industrial facility
by Reuters
More than 500 workers at an industrial facility in Ghana have tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s health service said on Friday, as total cases jumped by nearly 30% in a single day.
The health service did … Continue Reading
Covid-19: Nigeria records 386 New cases in one day, highest since the outbreak
Nigeria recorded 386 new cases of covid-19 on Friday, the highest recorded in a single day since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the figures on its official Twitter handle Friday … Continue Reading
Full Text Of President Buhari’s Broadcast On COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation for the third time on the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and measures being taken to tackle it.
Read the full text of his address below:
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE … Continue Reading
Covid-19: UEFA to Pay Struggling Clubs $75.5m
by AFP
UEFA will immediately release almost 75.5 million dollars in benefit payments to clubs struggling financially during the coronavirus crisis, European football’s governing body announced on Thursday.
The money was originally put aside to be paid to clubs who … Continue Reading
Buhari Appointed to Lead ECOWAS Mission Against Covid-19
Nigeria’s president Buhari has been appointed to lead the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) mission against Covid-19 in the sub-region.
This decision was made during an online video conference of members of the organization, held Thursday, to deliberate … Continue Reading