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16 Almajiris From Kano Test Positive For COVID-19 – Kaduna Govt. The Kaduna State government has confirmed 16 new cases of coronavirus in the state. The Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, announced this on Thursday in a statement. She explained that the cases were Almajiris who returned to the state from Kano, saying their test results returned positive from the samples of 40 people who took the test. This comes hours after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said 196 new cases were reported across the country. According to a tweet from the health agency, Kaduna confirmed 17 new infections and the total number of cases in Nigeria has risen to 1,728. NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 196 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 87-Lagos 24-Kano 18-Gombe 17-Kaduna 16-FCT 10-Katsina 8-Sokoto 7-Edo 6-Borno 1-Yobe 1-Ebonyi 1-Adamawa As at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 307 Deaths: 51 ...

Lagos Govt Confirms Death Of 25-Year-Old COVID-19 Patient. A 25-year-old man has died of coronavirus in Lagos State. The Lagos State Ministry of Health revealed this in a tweet on Thursday morning. It revealed that the patient was in a state of severe breathlessness at the time of admission. According to the ministry, this brings the total number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the state to 20. LSMOH ✔ @LSMOH  ·  2 h # COVID19Lagos Update as at 29th April, 2020 87 new cases of # COVID19 Infection confirmed Total confirmed cases in Lagos now 947 49 # COVID19Lagos patients were discharged. Total Discharged now 187 @ jidesanwoolu @ drobafemihamzat @ NigeriaGov @ followlasg @ WHONigeria @ Mr_JAGss LSMOH ✔ @LSMOH Unfortunately, 1 #COVID19 death was recorded. The deceased, a 25year old male was at the time of admission in a state of severe breathlessness. This brings total number of #COVID19 related death...

PHOTOS: EU Begins Distribution Of Food Items To 1,200 Households. The European Union has commenced the distribution of food items to vulnerable households in Nigeria. EU’s Head of Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, flagged off the distribution on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Karlsen explained that the intervention, targeted at 1,200 vulnerable households, was to support the Nigerian government in its bid to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people. Speaking at Karimajiji community in Abuja, the EU ambassador stated that 25 per cent of the items would be targeted at people living with disabilities. According to him, the remaining 70 per cent part is for widows and other vulnerable persons. The EU also donated a handwashing system to the people of Karimajiji, as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the community. See more photos below : Officials of the European Union arrive in Karimajiji, a ...

Virus Syndrome Also Found In French Children, Minister Says. France has more than a dozen cases of children with inflammation around the heart, the health minister said Wednesday, after Britain sounded an alarm about a new disease with possible links to novel coronavirus. Olivier Veran said there was not enough evidence to confirm a link with the coronavirus sweeping the globe but France was taking the cases “very seriously”. Britain’s state-run National Health Service issued the alert at the weekend about a small number of children presenting an unusual set of symptoms, including abdominal pain and inflammation that required admission to intensive care. In London, health minister Matt Hancock on Tuesday spoke of “early signs that in rare cases, there is an impact of an auto-immune response in children that causes a significant disease. “It’s a new disease that we think may be caused by coronavirus and the COVID-19 virus.” But he said that while some of the children w...

COVID-19: Buhari’s Daughter Returns From Isolation, Reunites With Family. One of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari has reunited with her family after she returned from isolation. The lady, whose name was not disclosed, reunited with her family on Thursday after she went into isolation for 14 days, following her return to the country. A media aide to Mrs Aisha Buhari, Aliyu Abdullahi, revealed this in a statement. He explained that the isolation was done in line with the protocol of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to ascertain the health status of returning travellers on coronavirus (COVID-19). The President’s daughter, according to Abdullahi, is normal, very healthy, and well at the end of the isolation period. He added that she reunited with her family on Thursday afternoon and was personally received by her mother, the first lady. “The lesson here for Nigerians and other parents to learn is that this is a child with all the privileges on...

More Than Three Million People Now Infected With COVID-19 Worldwide. More than three million cases of coronavirus have been officially registered across the world, with nearly 80 percent in Europe and the United States, according to a tally by AFP at 2050 GMT Monday using official figures. At least 3,003,344 infections have been detected, including 209,388 deaths, mostly in Europe where there are 1,393,779 cases and 126,233 deaths. The United States, the country where the pandemic is progressing the most rapidly, has 980,008 cases including 55,637 deaths. The number of detected cases is believed to represent only a fraction of the true number of infections because most countries carry out only limited testing.

COVID-19: Buhari Receives Briefing From Minister Of Health, DG NCDC. President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday got updates on the latest health developments in the country. The President was briefed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, and Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu. The President was also briefed about the reported mysterious deaths in Kano State. While briefing pressmen on the outcome of the closed-door meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mr Ehanire noted that he and Dr Ihekweazu briefed the President on the activities and overall positions of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. This come barely 24 hours to the expiration of the government’s lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, and Ogun States. Mr Ehanire had in an interview on Channels Television’s  Sunday Politics  stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will determine when to lift the lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun, and the Feder...

Four More States Record Index Cases Of COVID-19. Four more states have recorded index cases of coronavirus, raising the figure of states that have confirmed at least one case of COVID-19 in the country. They are Taraba in the North-East, Kebbi in the North-West, Ebonyi in the South-East, and Bayelsa in the South-South. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in an early-morning tweet on Monday. NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 91 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 43-Lagos 8-Sokoto 6-Taraba 5-Kaduna 5-Gombe 3-Ondo 3-FCT 3-Edo 3-Oyo 3-Rivers 3-Bauchi 2-Osun 1-Akwa Ibom 1-Bayelsa 1-Ebonyi 1-Kebbi As at 11:50pm 26th April- 1273 confirmed cases of # COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 239 Deaths: 40 10.6K 12:12 AM - Apr 27, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 11.9K people are talking about this It revealed that Taraba recorded six cases of COVID-19, while Kebbi, Ebonyi, and Bayelsa recorded one infec...