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United States Continues To Lead Global Response To COVID-19

COVID-19
New foreign assistance funding commitments continue to bolster the unparalleled global leadership of the United States in response to COVID-19. The US Government has allocated $20.5 billion to benefit theRead More

Demand For Oxygen By Coronavirus Patients Has Increased – Lagos Commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for health, Prof Akin Abayomi
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said there was an increase in the demand for oxygen by COVID-19 patients. As a result of this, he said theRead More

We’ve Spent N1bn On COVID-19 – Emmanuel

Governor Udom Emmanuel inspecting Akwa Ibom isolation centre
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, said his administration has spent no fewer than N1bn on the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Speaking at aRead More

Coronavirus: Jack Ma’s Third Medical Supplies Arrive In Africa

Medical supplies from Jack Ma Foundation arrive Lagos.
The third batch of medical supplies donated by Jack Ma Foundation to African Union Member States to assist their response to the coronavirus pandemic has arrived on the continent. EthiopianRead More

Chinese Doctors’ Flight: How 3 Airline Crew Members “disappeared” From Lagos Quarantine Centre

Coronavirus isolation centre workers
Three out of the 17 pilots and flight attendants who flew 14 Chinese medical doctors and medical supplies from China to Nigeria on Wednesday have boycotted the Lagos quarantine centreRead More

Coronavirus: FG Begs US Billionaire For Ventilators On Twitter

Ventilators
The Federal Government has come under attack for going on social media to plead with United States billionaire, Elon Musk, for ventilators to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Musk, who isRead More

Coronavirus: We Don’t Know How Long This Will Last – FG

The Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha
The Federal Government on Monday said it did not know how long the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would last in the country. The Secretary to the Federal Government, BossRead More

27 Confirmed Cases Of Lassa Fever Recorded In Kogi

Lassa Fever Outbreak
The Kogi chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 said twenty seven (27) confirmed cases of Lassa fever disease from nine local government areas ofRead More

Coronavirus: NDDC To Provide Ventilators, Oxygen

Niger Delta Development Commission
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Acting Managing Director, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, has promised that the agency would contribute ventilators and oxygen to help combat coronavirus. He said NDDC wouldRead More

Nigeria Has Less Than 500 Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients – Sources

Coronavirus
As coronavirus spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that the infection could get worse, highly-placed health workers have said that the nation does not have up to 500Read More