Nigeria will seek to procure vaccines that are less dependent on cooling facilities, the head of the country’s primary healthcare agency said on Tuesday, adding that talks were in progress with Russia and India to procure such vaccines. Africa’s most populous country, where officials recorded low coronavirus numbers through much of 2020, is in its Read More…
Following the increase in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that any malaria-like symptoms should henceforth be considered as COVID-19 virus infection unless and until proven not to be one. He therefore advised that anyone with such symptoms should proceed to any of the Read More…
Lagos still recording high numbers of daily COVID-19 infections In spite of the high numbers of daily COVID-19 infections being recorded, the Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its earlier pronouncement that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday, 18th January, 2021 for the second term 2020/2021 academic Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded 13 new COVID-19 related deaths on Jan. 11, its highest daily fatalities since inception of the pandemic. Abayomi made the disclosure through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Friday while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for Jan. 11. According to him, the Read More…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state government and Ministry of Health will not condone any form of arbitrariness by its officials. Abayomi made this known through a series of tweets on his official Twitter account @ProfAkinAbayomi on Thursday night, while making “Clarifications on Corruption Allegations about COVID-19 Testing in Read More…
The Eko Club event centre in Surulere was sealed on Wednesday for complete disregard of Covid19 protocols. According to the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor of Lagos State on New Media, Mr. Jubril Gawat, the event centre was sealed by the Lagos State Safety Commission and the Lagos State Task Force in a Read More…
The Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State has shut down the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Health Centre, Aboru to curb the spread of coronavirus in the area. The council’s Chairman, Mr David Famuyiwa, had recently ordered the closure of Meiran Primary Health Care due to one of its staff that tested positive Read More…
Sweeping changes to the global labour market caused by the coronavirus pandemic will likely be permanent, policy makers said on Tuesday, as some industries collapse, others flourish and workers stay home. “I think it would be a fallacy to think we will go back to where we were before,” Philippines central bank Governor Benjamin Diokno Read More…
Premier League had a season-high 40 positive cases in previous week of testing; five matches have been called off because of coronavirus cases this season; Premier League has not discussed the possibility of a circuit break despite growing number of positive cases The Premier League has confirmed 36 positive coronavirus cases were recorded in the Read More…
Reported 7,420 new cases in the same period The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi has revealed that the state experienced a leap in COVID-19 deaths from six in November to 22 in December 2020. In a tweet he released on Sunday, he said that during the same period new confirmed cases rose Read More…
