Category: Update on coronavirus

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the current phase of the national response to COVID-19 by another four weeks. The implication is that all the guidelines put in place to curtail further spread of the virus under the second phase of the eased lockdown which started on June 1 will remain in force with slight modifications to address the economic, socio-political and health concerns as contained in the latest report by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The  Chairman of the task force, who is also the Secretary…

‌ In a message posted on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said COVID-19 tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network were free. The clarification came at a time some parents of pupils in private secondary schools in Ogun State protested the request of N25,000 COVID-19 test fee by the government. They were said to have protested at the MTR Specialist Hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the pupils in Abeokuta to get tested. The NCDC listed 61 laboratories nationwide as…

Aggrieved parents of students in private secondary schools in Ogun State on Sunday, protested against the N25,000 COVID-19 test fee for each of their children. The government had said no boarding school student would be admitted into schools without a certificate of COVID-19 test which must be negative. The parents on Sunday thronged MTR 250-bed specialist hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the test in Abeokuta, the state capital. It was gathered that attempts by the parents to get their children tested for free failed as they were asked…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, has said that worship centres in the state will be allowed to reopen from Friday, August 7. He said Muslim worshippers are allowed to begin their services from Friday while Christian worshippers could begin their Sunday services on August 9, noting that the permission applies to Churches that have their main worship days on Saturdays. He, however, warned that the religious centres would only be allowed to operate at 50 per cent of their capacity, noting that the safety protocols released by the government…

Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor, on Wednesday announced that schools would resume on August 4 in the state for final year students in Senior Secondary School 3 private and public schools. Abiodun also said religious centres would be reopened tentatively on August 14. Abiodun added that all students in public schools, except those in the exit classes, had been granted automatic promotion to the next class. He made the announcement while giving COVID – 19 update at the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta The governor said measures were being put in…

COVID-19 cases in Nigeria is now 40,532 with 555 new recorded cases on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via Twitter, noting that 17,374 patients have been discharged upon treatment and recovery from 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It added that 858 associated deaths have so far been reported. The NCDC gave the state-by-state distribution of cases recorded on Sunday as, “Lagos – 156, Kano – 65, Ogun – 57, Plateau – 54, Oyo – 53, Benue – 43, FCT – 30, Ondo – 18,…

The Ministry of Interior, which runs the Ikoyi marriage registry, had ordered the suspension of about 4,000 weddings since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, those who could wait were being given the option of “change of venue” at an extra cost of between N30,000 and N50,000. According to an applicant, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the “change of venue” option entails that the couple will name a place of their choice where the registry officials will come to conduct the wedding. The applicant said he had…

The total number of confirmed fatalities in the coronavirus pandemic was put at 856 on Saturday as the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria hit 39,977. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Saturday, confirmed that 438 persons had tested positive, bringing the total number of infections to 39,977. According to the COVID-19 Situation Report, which was published on the NCDC website on Friday, no fewer than 73 per cent, were identified to have had “unknown exposure” to the deadly virus. The centre also noted that two per cent of…