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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says Eti-Osa Local Government Area has the highest numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state. Abayomi, during an update of coronavirus situation in the state on Friday, said that Eti-Osa has 47 out of the 98 confirmed cases. The commissioner said that Ikeja has…
April 3, 2020
Osun state has recorded six new cases of Coronavirus Disease taking Nigeria's tally to 190. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its Twitter handle on Friday. With this, Nigeria now has 190 confirmed cases of #COVID19. Twenty of the cases have been discharged with two deaths. Osun State, which has since…
April 3, 2020
Ten new cases were on Thursday reported in Lagos State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in the spread of the Coronavirus Disease in Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle. According to the NCDC, while seven of the cases were in Lagos State, three…
April 2, 2020
Spain confirmed the world’s largest coronavirus related deaths today with record 950 people dead. It marks the country’s third successive day of record deaths. On Tuesday 849 died. On Wednesday 864 died and now 950 died between Wednesday and today. The new toll also brings the country’s total fatalities above 10,000, increasing from 9,053 on…
April 2, 2020
By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat Business and data tracking desk) The World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria has shared some tips as the stay-at-home order over the coronavirus pandemic continues. In a tweet on its official handle, Wednesday, the WHO said a reduction of long periods spent sitting is one of the ways to…
April 2, 2020
Maurice Iwu, a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has raised the hope of readiness of a drug to combat deadly coronavirus pandemic. Iwu, who is the Chairman of the Imo State Taskforce on COVID-19, had presented a plant-based patented treatment for COVID-19 to the Minister of Science and Technology,…
April 1, 2020
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 12 new cases of Coronavirus, with total number of cases in the country rising to 151. According to NCDC, the new cases were discovered in Osun, Edo and in Ekiti States respectively. Osun reported cases are particularly worrisome as the state quickly moved up the ladder from having…
April 1, 2020
As Nigeria battles to contain the raging COVID 19 pandemic, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has warned that smokers are at higher risk of developing fatal complications from contracting the virus. The group in a statement issued in Lagos, said that while there is currently no conclusive evidence that people who…
March 31, 2020
By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat Business and data tracking desk) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday. NCDC, in a tweet confirmed four new cases at 11:15am on 31st March. The affected states are Osun and Ogun State. Read tweet below; https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1244931898251624448 For…
March 31, 2020
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says Eti-Osa Local Government Area has the highest numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state. Abayomi, during an update of coronavirus situation in the state on Friday, said that Eti-Osa has 47 out of the 98 confirmed cases. The commissioner said that Ikeja has…
April 3, 2020
Osun state has recorded six new cases of Coronavirus Disease taking Nigeria's tally to 190. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its Twitter handle on Friday. With this, Nigeria now has 190 confirmed cases of #COVID19. Twenty of the cases have been discharged with two deaths. Osun State, which has since…
April 3, 2020
Ten new cases were on Thursday reported in Lagos State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in the spread of the Coronavirus Disease in Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle. According to the NCDC, while seven of the cases were in Lagos State, three…
April 2, 2020
Spain confirmed the world’s largest coronavirus related deaths today with record 950 people dead. It marks the country’s third successive day of record deaths. On Tuesday 849 died. On Wednesday 864 died and now 950 died between Wednesday and today. The new toll also brings the country’s total fatalities above 10,000, increasing from 9,053 on…
April 2, 2020
By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat Business and data tracking desk) The World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria has shared some tips as the stay-at-home order over the coronavirus pandemic continues. In a tweet on its official handle, Wednesday, the WHO said a reduction of long periods spent sitting is one of the ways to…
April 2, 2020
Maurice Iwu, a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has raised the hope of readiness of a drug to combat deadly coronavirus pandemic. Iwu, who is the Chairman of the Imo State Taskforce on COVID-19, had presented a plant-based patented treatment for COVID-19 to the Minister of Science and Technology,…
April 1, 2020
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 12 new cases of Coronavirus, with total number of cases in the country rising to 151. According to NCDC, the new cases were discovered in Osun, Edo and in Ekiti States respectively. Osun reported cases are particularly worrisome as the state quickly moved up the ladder from having…
April 1, 2020
As Nigeria battles to contain the raging COVID 19 pandemic, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has warned that smokers are at higher risk of developing fatal complications from contracting the virus. The group in a statement issued in Lagos, said that while there is currently no conclusive evidence that people who…
March 31, 2020
By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat Business and data tracking desk) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday. NCDC, in a tweet confirmed four new cases at 11:15am on 31st March. The affected states are Osun and Ogun State. Read tweet below; https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1244931898251624448 For…
March 31, 2020
