Nigeria’s total testing capacity now 50,000 —FG
As the country continues to ramp up its capacity to detect cases of coronavirus, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has put Nigeria’s total testing capacity at about 50,000. This is even as the Federal Government said, yesterday, that Nigeria was not yet out of the woods, two months after it recorded its index case…
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Support Africa with test kits, funds, Jonathan urges stronger economies, WHO, others
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged stronger economies and international agencies like the World Health Organisation, WHO, to support the efforts of African nations towards procuring necessary equipment and kits to enable them conduct aggressive testing that would make the current lock down imposed on cities more productive. The former President also appealed to international…
Buhari approves gradual easing of lockdown in FCT, Lagos, Ogun
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved gradual easing of lockdown measures in FCT, Lagos and Ogun. ” Based on the above and in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on COVID nineteen, the various Federal Government committees that have reviewed socio-economic matters and the Nigeria Governors Forum, I have approved for a phased…
Coronavirus: Nigeria desperately looking for test kits, says NCDC
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Sunday said Nigeria needed to stock more of the RNA extraction kits to cater for the expansion of its COVID-19 testing capacity. Writing on his twitter handle, @Chikwe_I, Ihekweazu, he gave specification of the test kits Nigeria was looking for and…
FG has abandoned Kano, says Ganduje
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has accused the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 of neglecting the state in its current efforts against the coronavirus pandemic. Ganduje expressed his displeasures in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Monday. He said, “We are in a serious problem. I can tell you the situation is really…
Malaria cause of Kano deaths, not COVID-19 – Commissioner
Kano State Government has said the recent deaths in the state were caused by “complications arising from hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria”. The state Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba made this known in a statement on Sunday night. He said, “Although an investigation into the cause of the deaths is still ongoing, preliminary reports…
Kano to rely on ‘verbal’ autopsy for mysterious deaths
The Kano State Covid-19 response team says it will rely on ‘verbal methods’ while probing the cause of death of the hundreds of people that have died mysteriously in the state in the last one week. The Coordinator, Technical Response Team, Covid-19, Dr. Tijani Hussaini, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday….
Nigeria records 91 new cases of COVID-19, total infections now 1273
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 91 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 1273, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC, in a tweet via its official handle, said 43 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos. “On the 26th of April 2020, 91 new confirmed…