According to Catalan radio station RAC1, this development comes as Barcelona get ready to return to action on June 13. The five players who tested positive for the virus were not mentioned but it is understood they initially contracted the disease back when the first wave of the pandemic hit. […]
A claim by a leading Italian doctor that the new coronavirus “no longer exists” in the country sparked a furore Monday, with the government urging caution. Italy is preparing this week for the next big step in easing a national lockdown imposed three months ago. From Wednesday, foreign tourists will […]
Nigeria on Sunday recorded three hundred and seven, 307, COVID-19 cases in the country. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, made this known in a post on its official Twitter page. Lagos State recorded 188, while FCT followed with 44 cases. The country has so far recorded 10,162 cases […]
The COVID-19 pandemic appeared to have outwitted containment efforts at the weekend as the country recorded its highest daily figure at a time Nigerians were heaving a sigh of relief from weeks of lockdowns. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Saturday announced 553 new infections, bringing the […]
The family of Chief Imam of Kabba, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Ejibunu, has confirmed he died of coronavirus, The Nation reports. Kogi State Government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have been at loggerheads over COVID-19 cases in Kogi. While NCDC insisted two cases were confirmed, the Government insisted […]
Kwara state government has confirmed two additional cases of Covid-19 infection in the state. This brings the total of confirmed cases to 87. Total number of active cases now stands at 49. Out of a total of 1224 tests done, 1133 were negative, while 37 patients have been discharged, according […]
Olorunnimbe Mamora, minister of state for health has stated that Nigeria cannot take orders from the World Health Organization on the steps to take in the fight against Coronavirus. The Minister said this a day after the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said Nigeria would continue the […]
Britain has suffered the highest death rate from the novel coronavirus among the most-affected countries with comparable tracking data, according to Financial Times research published Thursday. Official numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released earlier this week show Britain has registered almost 60,000 more deaths than usual since […]
COVID-19 has therefore spread to 35 states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This was revealed in the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) daily statistics released on Wednesday night. The two cases in Kogi were part of the 389 new cases of coronavirus recorded in the country. […]
276 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 161 cases were recorded in Lagos, 36 in Rivers, 27 in Edo, 19 -Kaduna, 10 in Nasarawa, 6 in Oyo-, 4 in Kano, 3 in Delta, 3 […]
