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“Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test. The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it is positive. “According to the protocols for managing Covid-19, I am in self-isolation as required by the case management guidelines of the NCDC for a someone …

State by state list of numbers to call in case of suspected COVID-19 case

The United Kingdom is exploring flight options to evacuate its nationals willing to leave Nigeria The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, disclosed this on Friday.She said the decision was necessitated by “the rapidly changing situation in the region and recent airport closures” over the coronavirus pandemic. The …

Dana Air has offered its resources, aircraft and crew to assist the Federal Government’s efforts towards curbing the further spread of Covid-19 in the country. Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, Media and Communications Manager of Dana airlines made this known in a statement in Lagos on Friday. Ezenwa said in a letter …

The Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, has denied knowledge of the ‘six cases on a vessel in Lagos’ reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, as part of 14 new cases discovered on Thursday. The NCDC on Thursday reported 14 new cases of #COVID19 bringing the total of the …

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country has risen to 46, as two new cases were confirmed early Wednesday morning. The two new confirmed cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, were in Osun and Lagos states. For the first time since the outbreak …

The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria ACPN, has called on infected Nigerians to desist from indiscriminate consumption of chloroquine as a measure to cure dreaded Corona virus as suggested by US president, Donald Trump . n statement, ACPN, national chairman, Dr. Samuel Adekola stated: ” ….We find it necessary …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has tested negative for coronavirus, 24 hours after he went into self-isolation following fears he could have physically interacted with some persons who tested positive. In a tweet by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria on Political Matters the Vice President results …

The National Examinations Council(NECO) has announced the postponement of the 2020 common entrance examination into 104 Unity schools because of Covid -19. The Head, Information and Public Relations Division at NECO, Azeez Sani, made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The examination was scheduled to hold on …

There was confusion at the Aminu Kano Airport Tuesday morning when the pilot of an Air Peace flight from Lagos refused to open the plane doors,insisting that health officials boarded the plane alongside passengers and crew members before take off. He said this is to ensure custody of the first …