Nigerian film magnate, Jason Njoku has narrated the painful ordeal his 73-year-old mother who tested positive for coronavirus had to go through before overcoming the illness. According to the Iroko TV boss, his 73-year-old mother was tested 4 times before she finally got a positive result and even though, she also had an underlying illness,…
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Nigeria has recorded 25 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 135. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in new tweets on Tuesday afternoon after reporting 4 cases on Monday night and 20 fresh ones today. The new cases are spread across Lagos, Kaduna, Oyo and…
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British royal, Prince Charles is out of self-isolation, seven days after he was first diagnosed with the coronavirus, his office confirmed Monday. The heir to the throne tested positive last week, making him one of the most high-profile global figures to contract the virus. Prince Charles was self-isolating in Scotland, at the royal Balmoral estate, according to…
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According to multiple online reports, the Nigerian Senate has announced the decision by Senators to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to the efforts to respond to the spread and treatment of Corona virus in Nigeria. The acting spokesman of the Senate, Senator Godiya Akwashiki reportedly announced the decision through a statement on Monday with about…
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Germany has activated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) plane to help fellow European Union member, Italy cope with its skyrocketing cases of COVID-19. The plane, medical experts have described as the world’s best medevac for COVID patient, is an Airbus A310 MedEvac, that will be used to fly COVID-19 patients from Italy to hospitals in…
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As the coronavirus pandemic continue to spread throughout Africa, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has discovered 14 new cases bringing the total cases in the country to 111. In an update by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control on Sunday night, nine cases were confirmed in Lagos with five in the Federal Capital Territory. “Fourteen new…
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Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has tested positive for the deadly novel pandemic, Coronavirus. “Earlier this week, I submitted a sample for the Covid-19 test,” El-Rufai said in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday. “The result came in this evening, and I regret to say that it is positive.” The governor said he is already in…
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Nigerian superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido says he has gone into self-isolation after his fiancée, Chioma Avril Rowland tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19). The Afrobeat singer announced this on Friday via all of his social media platforms. He wrote “Hey everyone ! I came back recently from America after cancelling tour. My fiancé Chioma also came…
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Up to 14 per cent of the recovered coronavirus patients in China have tested positive again after being discharged from the hospital. According to Mail Online, doctors at a hospital in Wuhan, China, where the virus emerged reported that between 3 and 14% of cured patients became reinfected with the illness, though it’s unclear whether…
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Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has announced that he is now in self-isolation following the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The politician revealed this in a tweet on his handle on Wednesday, adding that he has also taken a test for the disease. According to him, he had been in meetings with two persons who have tested…
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