Category: Health

COVID-19: Gov Sani-Bello imposes indefinite curfew from 8:00am to 8:00pm ……directs civil servants on level 1-12 to stay at home

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Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello in a statewide broadcast to Nigerlites today Monday, announced an indefinite daily curfew from 8:00am to 8:00pm beginning from March 25th, 2020, with a ban on all forms of street begging and hawking in the state. The Governor also directed all civil servants from level 1-12 to stay at home except those on essential services. Governor Sani Bello therefore enjoined Traditional Rulers to ensure that all Almajiri Schools in their communities are also closed down. He strongly advised all public offices including Ministries,…

COVID-19: FCT minister inaugurates emergency response team

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The Federal Capital Territory ,FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello in his efforts to provide a formidable response and curtail the spread of the Coronavirus also known as COVID-19, today Sunday March 22nd, inaugurated an Emergency Response Team. The Minister explained that the primary responsibility of the team is to confront the disease in all ramifications and curtail its spread. It would be recalled that the three cases of the Coronavirus were recorded in the FCT yesterday while the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also announced a new confirmed…

COVID-19: Oyo activates Emergency Operating Centres, appoints Ladipo as incident manager.

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The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19 in its efforts to stop the spread of the novel corona virus in the State has activated emergency Operating Centres (EOCs) in the State. The Task Force headed by the State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde also on Sunday named Dr. Taiwo Ladipo of the Ministry of Health as the Incident Manager in charge of the Operating Centres. In addition, a five-member committee of experts has been approved to act as sub-committee for the EOCs. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor…

Coronavirus…How Buhari’s Presidency is Addressing the Pandemic and Sustaining Nigerian Economy, By Garba Shehu

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Nigeria, like every other country around the world, is dealing with the unexpected and unprecedented impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Muhammadu Buhari administration has taken some steps to mitigate the effects on the Nigerian people. To prevent the spread of cases imported into Nigeria, the President has already ordered the restrictions of travel from 13 countries, each with more than 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Government has also suspended visas issued to nationals of these countries. The restriction will take effect from March 20 and will remain until…

COVID-19: No confirmed case in Oyo— Commissioner …says state on high alert, warns residents to practise personal hygiene

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The Oyo State government, on Thursday, allayed the fears of residents of the state on the Corona Virus pandemic, declaring that there was no confirmed case of the disease in the state yet. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello, who made the disclosure at a press conference held at the Agodi Secretariat, maintained that following the confirmed cases of the virus in neighbouring states, all facilities in the state were on high alert and that resources have been deployed to facilities in case of unforeseen circumstances. A statement…

NIGER STATE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ON COVID19 (CORONA VIRUS)

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The followings are Niger state of preparedness on COVID19 (coronavirus) and other diseases of Public Health importance: • Public and health caregivers sensitization and enlightenment using all communication media including phoning in programs in radios and NTA. • Intersectoral collaboration (Min. Of Information, Education and Environment). • Staff training and retraining especially: high level of application of universal precaution and a high index of suspicion for prompt diagnosis. • Emergency Medical Response Team strengthened. • Emergency Operation Centre on the “Watch mood”. • Collaboration with FMOH and NCDC on information…

COVID-19 : FG bans govt officials from foreign trips

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The Federal Government has barred its officials and civil servants from all forms of foreign trips over the Coronavirus outbreak which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Federal Government also advised private citizens to cancel all travels abroad until pandemic abates. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced this on Tuesday night after the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Task Force on coronavirus.

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COVID19: An Irregular Migrant By Khadijah Shehu Bamall Migration has been loosely described as movement from one point to another. But such movement whether regular or irregular in tune with modern day parlance, must be focussed and purposeful. Recent global event has however redefined the concept of migration in terms of the diasporic nature of the coronavirus disease. As at the last count, the disease is now in 77 countries including Nigeria. One might want to disagree since coronavirus itself is not a person and irregular migration according to IOM…

Coronavirus: Lawan calls for more Isolation Centers

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday called for the urgent establishment of more isolation centers across the country as part of proactive measures against any further outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Lawan gave the advice at an interactive session between the senate leadership and officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) on the nation’s level of preparedness to contain the spread of the disease. “I imagine that we should have a standard set by the ministry or National Centre for Disease…

Coronavirus: Prof. Iwu’s team isolates compound for treatment, gets FG’s backing

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Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, said the Ministry would give all the support it could to Prof. Maurice Iwu and his team on their drug discovery project for coronavirus. The Minister said this on Monday when Prof. Iwu, former Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman and Chairman of Bioresources Development Group, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. The minister said some time ago, the ministry had given a charge to Nigerian scientists knowing they were capable of providing solutions to COVID-19. Onu said he had tasked…