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COVID-19: WHO delivers medical supplies to 40 countries

Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has said that, over the past week, WHO has delivered masks, goggles, test kits, face...
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Lagos says social distancing compulsory at Covid-19 death burial

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the burial protocol of any Covid-19 related death is to ensure social distancing of people...
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NCDC apologises to Ekiti over coronavirus update mistake

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)  on Sunday, April 19, 2020 apologised to the Ekiti State Government for the error in its record of the...
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Africa: COVID-19 cases top 20,000, deaths hit 1,000 – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to...
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Men constitute majority of over 6,000 tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says of the 6,649 people tested for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) nationwide, there were more males than females. Dr...
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UK hospital COVID-19 death toll rises 847 to 14,576

The United Kingdom’s hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose by 847 to 14,576, as of 1600 GMT on April 16, 2020, the Health Ministry...
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Lagos records three new Covid-19 deaths

Barely 24 hours after it recorded the seventh COVID-19 related death, the Lagos State Government on Thursday, April 16, 202 declared the death of...
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Children at higher risk of death, abuse due to pandemic, says Guterres

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, April 16, 2020 warned that children are at a higher risk of death, abuse and malnutrition during...
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