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The Lagos State Government (@followlasg) has said that the Chinese citizen who presented at the Reddington Hospital, Ikeja (@ReddingtonLagos) yesterday and suspected to have Corona virus has tested negative to the infection.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/3ce8KNt Get More...

The Lagos State Government has begun investigation into a suspected case of Coronavirus in the State, as the suspect has been isolated. A tweet by the Lagos State Ministry of Health on its Twitter handle on Wednesday night said the attention of the.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s...

EFCC Boss, Ibrahim Magu insists that the deadly Coronavirus is caused by corruption as it was debunked earlier. Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, is still insisting that Coronavirus is caused by Corruption... Read more via Tori News –...

There is a new case of Coronavirus in Africa following the Algerian Health Ministry announcement of a confirmed case of the deadly disease in the country. Algeria’s Minister of Health, Shamsuddin Shitor revealed that they were able to detect the flu-like virus due to the vigilance system...

Even without a single confirmed case, sub-Saharan Africa may be the region hardest hit outside of Asia by the spread of the coronavirus. The outbreak has shut down entire swathes of the Chinese economy, threatening world economic.... Read more via Businessday NG – https://ift.tt/37T4Ztl Get...

Coordinator of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, NIDO, in Guangdong Province, China, Mr. Festus Mbisiogu,in this interview, gives an update on the condition of trapped Nigerians in Wuhan City and over 10,000 others in Guangdong Province... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Olatoye Babatunde, a Nigerian student in China, has reportedly volunteered to partake in ongoing efforts towards combating the coronavirus in the Asian country. Coronavirus has killed at least 2,224, infected a staggering 76,775 people, and spread to about 28 countries across the... Read more...

“THERE ARE so many crises in Congo.” Gervais Folefack, who co-ordinates the emergency programmes run by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has mastered the art of the understatement..... Read more via The Economist – https://ift.tt/2V4iOm1 Get more...

Two passengers on the coronavirus-stricken cruise docked in Japan have died, the country’s state-owned broadcaster reported Thursday. The passengers were an 87-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman, according to.... Read more via Time – https://ift.tt/2P8Rnnf Get more World News

Egypt, Algeria and South Africa are at a high risk of importing new coronavirus cases from China, experts have warned. According to a study published in The Lancet, the three countries are the most likely in Africa.. Read more via The Telegraph – https://ift.tt/329LNGl Get More Nigeria...

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, says he strongly believes coronavirus is caused by corruption..... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/3bNkNRv Get More Nigeria Metro News

Lagos state has recorded its first case of Lassa fever since the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria. The patient is currently in isolation at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/37DNJbw Get More Nigeria Metro News

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted that Nigeria may experience drug insecurity due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in China, saying the situation portends danger for the country.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

The new James Bond film “No Time to Die” has cancelled its Beijing premiere as well as a promotional tour with talent in April due to the coronavirus epidemic. Daniel Craig and the cast will not … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/38Bwqci Get more Nigeria Entertainment...

When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of leaving China, even if that were possible... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2V3xUb8 Get more World News

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Saturday that five travellers from China tested negative to Coronavirus also known as COVID19.... Read more via Naijaloaded – https://ift.tt/2Ho6Ds4 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Egyptian Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in Africa on Friday. This came after the ministry conducted several tests for the carrier.... Read more via Nairametrics – https://ift.tt/39EcpSG Get More Nigeria Metro News

Manchester United’s new boy, Odion Ighalo, has been banned from the club’s training ground, over fears of a potential coronavirus risk, the UK Mirror reports. Ighalo moved to United from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua on a six-month loan deal.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria –...

The first case of coronavirus has been diagnosed in London, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to nine. The patient, understood to be a woman, contracted the illness in China but was... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/39vVxgA Get more World News

China’s official death toll and infection numbers from COVID-19 epidemic spiked dramatically on Thursday, with Hubei, the epicentre reporting 242 new deaths.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2vpM8Zs Get more World News