A COVID-19 survivor from Lagos State has taken to social media to narrate how he overcame the disease during his stay in the isolation centre, stating that the stigma was a challenge. Oluwatimilehin, a physiotherapist, was admitted into the isolation centre where he spent 12 days after contracting the virus. Describing his stay at the isolation centre, he…
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Following reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control are lacking enough bed spaces in Isolation centres, the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has offered all its 425 health facilities across the country in order to fight COVID-19. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), who disclosed this at the presidential task force briefing…
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The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has dismissed reports that he’s in an intensive care unit in Lagos. El-Rufai in a tweet posted on Monday disclosed that he is working from the isolation centre while sharing photos from his virtual meeting of State Standing Committee on Covid-19. The meeting was Chaired by his…
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Enugu State Ministry of Health has confirmed the discharge of a coronavirus patient from treatment and isolation after recovering from the disease. According to LIB, the state commissioner for health, Ike Obi who confirmed that the state has two Coronavirus patients, said one of them was discharged after testing negative. Obi also disclosed that the other…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has donated his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State as an isolation centre for victims of the raging Coronavirus pandemic. Obasanjo’s media assistant Kehinde Akinyemi who confirmed the development, said the 32-room apartment located off the Presidential Boulevard in Oke Sari, Abeokuta has been handed over to the Ogun State government for immediate take…
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The Lagos state government has urged every passenger on board the Virgin Atlantic flight VS411 and Lufthansa flight LH568 on March 13th and the Turkish flight TK625 on March 14th to isolate themselves and contact the state ministry of health immediately as contact tracing for the new cases of Coronavirus continues. The state government on Thursday March…
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In a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease, the Kwara State Government and North-West Governors have joined Lagos State to announce the closure of all schools. Eight new coronavirus cases have been detected in Nigeria, majority of them in people who arrived Nigeria via Lagos. Anambra state government has also banned all…
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