Category: Update on coronavirus

President Mohammadu Buhari in a nationwide address, has announced a phased relaxation of the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. This, he said will take effect from May 2, 2020 when the current total lockdown which was extended by one week in his broadcast will lapse. Read the full speech below: ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, �PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY,…

United Nations food agency, World Food Program, WFP, has warned that the world is “on the brink of a hunger pandemic,” as it struggles to contain COVID-19. WFP Executive Director David Beasley told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.” “ 821 million people go to bed hungry every night all over the world, chronically hungry. And as Dr Chu just pointed out as the new global report on food crises, that’s published today shows there are a…

As contribution to various initiatives aimed at cushioning the effect of the current lockdown on citizens, Ecobank Nigeria has donated food items to several state governments across the country. These palliatives are targeted at the most vulnerable members of the society who have been the hardest hit economically as a result of the current crises. Speaking in Lagos, Executive Director Commercial Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Carol Oyedeji said this action would also go a long way in supporting members of the community who earn a daily wage and may not have…

80 new confirmed cases of coronavirus has been reported by the Lagos government on Friday, highest to be reported in any Nigerian state in 24 hours. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 657. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its website. It also said at least 16 persons have died from coronavirus-related complications in the state. The centre said, “On the 24th of April 2020, 114 new confirmed cases and one new death were recorded in Nigeria. “One new state,…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, has explained why the lockdown measure should not be relaxed amid efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. President Muhammadu Buhari had on March 29 ordered a lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states for 14 days to curb COVID-19 spread. Many states had also followed suit. But as the number of COVID-19 cases increased, the President on April 13 extended the lockdown for 14 more days. The coronavirus had spread to 26 states and the FCT, with 1,095 cases recorded across the…

In a tweet on Thursday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded108 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC said that the new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 981. The centre said that 78 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Gombe, 3 Borno, 2 in Akwa Ibom, and 1 each in Kwara and Plateau. The NCDC added that as of 11:30 p.m. on April 23,…

The first COVID-19-related death in Oyo State has been confirmed by the state governor, Seyi Makinde. Makinde gave the confirmation via a post on his Twitter handle on Wednesday. According to him, the patient died at the University College Hospital before the result of his confirmation test for the virus came out. He added that contact tracing had since commenced. The governor said, “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case came back positive. The patient died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, before his result came out today (Wednesday).…

The Foreign Affairs Office of Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government has disclosed that seventy-two Nigerians awaiting evacuation in Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province of China have tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The results of the tests conducted on 56 Nigerians, which were released on Tuesday, indicated that the affected individuals were asymptomatic, raising concern that they might have infected other people. It was learnt that that 16 Nigerians had earlier tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number to 72. The Chinese authorities explained that 65 persons who had contact…