Health

A 55-year-old man, who was admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has died of complications from COVID-19, according to PUNCH. The newspaper quoted a source as saying the patient died on Friday morning. The deceased reportedly had underlying health issues. He was said to have been hypertensive and …

The federal government says a medical team from China will arrive the country in a few days. Osagie Enahire, minister of health, broke the news at the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Friday. He also said a group of Chinese companies working in Nigeria have donated …

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has on Wednesday announced an evacuation of an American citizen who tested positive for coronavirus to the United States. “One of the confirmed case who is an American citizen has been evacuated to USA,” Abayomi said on Twitter on Wednesday. As at …

The CNN anchor and brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Tuesday he was diagnosed with COVID-19 after he had a “fever, chills and shortness of breath” and was exposed to people who later tested positive. “I just hope I didn’t give it to the kids and Cristina,” …

Banks and other key players in the financial services sector have been exempted from the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja following an approval the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) secured from President Buhari.   Recall that in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday March …

The Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu has announced that the agency is now tracing 6,000 people after carrying out coronavirus tests on over 2,000 suspected cases.   Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Monday March 30, Chikwe backed President Buhari on …

Two coronavirus patients in New York City are off ventilators and out of intensive care after they received an experimental drug to treat HIV and breast cancer. The World Health organization, Private and corporate pharmaceutical companies all over the world are fighting day and night to develop the right vaccine …

Tom Hanks has given fans a reassuring update after he and his wife Rita Wilson were diagnosed with coronavirus. Earlier this month, the Oscar-winning actor revealed he and Rita had tested positive for Covid-19 while out in Australia, where he had been filming on Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley biopic. …

The Nigerian Medical Association has asked striking doctors to immediately return to work and help to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the country.   President of the association, Dr Francis Adedayo Faduyile, made the call at a press briefing in Abuja. ”We direct all medical associations that have declared industrial actions against their …

The index case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, an Italian man, has tested negative and has been discharged from the Isolation centre of Yaba Mainland Hospital where he was quarantined and treated. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on his official Twitter handle this night. As the COVID-19 Incident Commander for Lagos, …