Tag:COVID-19

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COVID-19: Lagos threatens to re-impose total lockdown

The Lagos State Government says it will not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continue to violate guidelines on the...

Michael Simire - May 10, 2020

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Coronavirus reaches White House as Trump, Pence’s aides test positive

A press secretary to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the second White House staffer to be diagnosed...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2020

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Govt says Nigeria approaching difficult coronavirus response era

With increasing figures of people who tested positive to coronavirus, the Federal Government says Nigeria is approaching a difficult era in response to the...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2020

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Lagos discharges 42 more coronavirus patients, Nasarawa records 13 new cases

The Lagos State Government on Friday, May 8, 2020 announced the recovery and discharge of 42 coronavirus patients who tested negative twice to the...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2020

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Lagos predicts 120,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases by July

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state may record between 90,000 and 120,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2020

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COVID-19: UN donates N38m palliatives to vulnerable Nigerian women

The UN Women says it has donated N38 million to Nigeria in the wake of the coronavirus, to boost palliatives for vulnerable women in...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2020

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Tobacco watchdogs express COVID-19 related concerns in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Indonesia

Global tobacco industry watchdog organisations, STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organisations and Products) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), are urging caution following a rash of reports that tobacco...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2020

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