Eight footballers from top-flight Mexican team Santos Laguna have tested positive for the coronavirus, the club said Wednesday, jeopardising attempts to restart the national league after two months of suspension. A decision on the possible resumption of the Mexican league, the Liga MX, had been expected by the end of the week, and the tests … Continue reading COVID-19: EIGHT FOOTBALLERS TEST POSITIVE IN MEXICO
At a time when countries have imposed and are easing lockdowns in the fight against COVID-19, Tanzanian president John Magufuli insists there will be no such thing as lockdown in the east African nation. During an address to a church congregation over the weekend, Magufuli stressed that when the neighbours are done with their lockdowns, they … Continue reading COVID-19: ‘GOD WILL HELP US,’ TANZANIA PRESIDENT ‘REJECTS’ LOCKDOWN
Prof Idowu Olayinka says there have been a lot of mistrust over the years as regards traditional herbal medicine. Speaking with newsmen at the end of its second meeting at the University premises, Rev. Idowu Ogedengbe, the Executive Assistant to Gov. Seyi Makinde, said that some of the herbal practitioners have samples and mixtures. We … Continue reading OYO GOVERNMENT PARTNER WITH HERBAL PRACTITIONERS TO FIND CORONAVIRUS CURE
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday said it would target testing two million people in the next three months. The NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 media briefing in Abuja, also said it cost between $18 and $20 to test a COVID-19 sample. According … Continue reading WE WANT TO TEST 2 MILLION NIGERIANS FOR COVID-19 WITHIN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS – NCDC
Mahmoud Jibril, who abandoned Muammar Gaddafi to become Libya’s rebel prime minister during the 2011 revolution, died on Sunday after contracting the novel coronavirus, an aide and his party said. Jibril was interim leader until the country held its first free elections in four decades in 2012, following the toppling of Gaddafi the year before. … Continue reading LIBYAN REVOLUTION PREMIER JIBRIL DIES FROM CORONAVIRUS
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 8 new coronavirus cases as at 9:30 pm today. “Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 5 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State As at 09:30 pm 5th April there are 232 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in … Continue reading COVID 19: NIGERIA CONFIRMS 8 NEW CASES, TOTAL NOW 232
In an 8,000 sq ft (743 sq m) facility in the western Indian city of Pune, a bunch of young engineers are racing against time to develop a low-cost ventilator that could save thousands of lives if the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms the country’s hospitals. They are being tested on artificial lungs, a prosthetic device that … Continue reading CORONAVIRUS: INDIAN ENGINEERS RACE TO BUILD LOW COST VENTILATORS
Gov Yahaya Bello has ordered the closure of all land and water entry points into Kogi State as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the state. The state Commissioner for information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo confirmed this in a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday. According to Fanwo, passengers of commercial vehicles … Continue reading COVID-19: Kogi closes all entry points, bans motorcycle operations
Olatoye Babatunde, a student in China, has reportedly volunteered to partake in ongoing efforts towards combating the coronavirus in the Asian country. Coronavirus has killed at least 2,224, infected a staggering 76,775 people, and spread to about 28 countries across the globe, ever since the zoonotic disease broke out in Wuhan. Babatunde, 24, was said … Continue reading NIGERIAN STUDENT WHO VOLUNTEERED TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS IN CHINA (PHOTOS)
Lagos State governor’s wife Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday launched a free surgical intervention programme for residents as part of activities to commemorate the 100 days in office of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration. The free health mission, which is being organised by the government, in partnership with a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation, … Continue reading Sanwo-Olu’s wife launches free surgeries for 150 residents
In its latest situation report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded in Burundi in 2019 — a figure roughly equal to half its entire population. Of those cases, a total of 1,801 died from the mosquito-born disease in Burundi between Jan. … Continue reading Malaria Kills Over 1,800 People in Burundi – United Nations
According to records, there are 5 million youth living with HIV. Young people’s risk of becoming newly infected with HIV is closely correlated with age of sexual debut. Abstinence from sexual intercourse and delayed initiation of sexual behaviour are among the central aims of HIV prevention efforts for young people. Decreasing the number of sexual … Continue reading Campaign for Youths Living with HIV
The World Health Organization took the rare step Wednesday of classifying an ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as a “public health emergency of international concern,” just days after a first case of the virus was confirmed in the major city of Goma on the border with Rwanda. The last time the global health body declared an … Continue reading WHO declares Ebola in Eastern Congo to be emergency of ‘international concern’
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