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Coronavirus - Edo Begins Fumigation Of State

Coronavirus: Edo Begins Fumigation Of State

March 27, 2020 1:23 pm

To check the spreading of the coronavirus disease, the Edo State Government has kicked off the fumigation of the entire state.

Deputy Governor of the state who us also the chairman of the technical committee set up to monitor the spread of the disease, Comrade Philip Shaibu, disclosed this Thursday evening.

He also stated that some hospitals were scared of accepting patients who presented themselves at such medical facilities.

“We discovered that our environment is very key. Environmental sanitation has started today across the state.

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“We have started fumigation …

Govt Wants To Rearrest Me, Infect Me With Virus – Sowore

Govt Wants To Rearrest Me, Infect Me With Virus – Sowore

March 27, 2020 6:45 am
The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has claimed the federal government is plotting to rearrest and infect him with coronavirus.

Sowore was initially arrested and detained in August last year over his #RevolutionNow Movement.

In a series of tweets on Thursday night, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election, said he was a wanted man again, following a report he did on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, had contracted coronavirus.

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Sowore wrote:

“Following the revelation by SaharaReporters that the Chief of

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Coronavirus - China Imposes Entry Ban, Cancels All Visas

Coronavirus: China Imposes Entry Ban, Cancels All Visas

March 27, 2020 6:31 am
China’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday the temporary suspension of all entries into the country from Saturday.

The entry restriction came as the coronavirus pandemic hits over 540,000 people worldwide and the United States upstaged China  and Italy as the new epicentre of the virus.

” It is a temporary measure that China is compelled to take in light of the outbreak situation and the practices of other countries,” the foreign ministry said in a statement..

The  restriction  affects foreign nationals holding valid visas or residence permits.

However, it exempted entry with diplomatic service, courtesy or C visas.

Also exempted from …

Coronavirus Could Become Seasonal - Top US Scientist

Coronavirus Could Become Seasonal – Top US Scientist

March 26, 2020 6:16 pm

There is a strong chance the new coronavirus could return in seasonal cycles, a senior US scientist said Wednesday, underscoring the urgent need to find a vaccine and effective treatments.

Anthony Fauci, who leads research into infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told a briefing the virus was beginning to take root in the southern hemisphere, where winter is on its way.

“What we’re starting to see now… in southern Africa and in the southern hemisphere countries, is that we’re having cases that are appearing as they go into their winter season,” he said.

“And if, in fact, …

Nine Doctors Die From Coronavirus In Philippines

Nine Doctors Die From Coronavirus In Philippines

March 26, 2020 6:15 pm

Nine doctors have died in the Philippines from the coronavirus, the country’s top medical association said Thursday, as hospitals were overwhelmed and medics complained about a lack of protection on the front lines.

The announcement of the doctors’ deaths heightened fears that the scale of the health crisis in the Philippines is much worse than is being officially reported, with the confirmed virus death toll at just 38.

The main island of Luzon, home to 55 million people, is in the second week of a lockdown to contain the spread of the disease, however medics are warning there is a …

US: Unemployment Claims Soared To 3.3 Million Last Week

US: Unemployment Claims Soared To 3.3 Million Last Week

March 26, 2020 1:07 pm

A record number of Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits last week, as businesses shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Initial jobless claims soared to a seasonally adjusted 3.28 million in the week ended March 21, according to the Department of Labor.
That is the highest number of initial jobless claims in history, since the Department of Labor started tracking the data in 1967. The previous high was 695,000 claims filed in the week ending October 2, 1982.
“Most historical comparisons of this scale are
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Mexicans Place Ban On Americans Crossing The Border

Mexicans Place Ban On Americans Crossing The Border

March 26, 2020 1:05 pm

Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus.

Residents in Sonora, south of the US state of Arizona, have promised to block traffic into Mexico for a second day after closing a checkpoint for hours on Wednesday.

They wore face masks and held signs telling Americans to “stay at home”.

Mexico has fewer than 500 confirmed Covid-19 cases and the US over 65,000.

The border is supposed to be closed to all except “essential” business, but protesters said there has been little enforcement and no testing by authorities.

The blockade …

Mosquitoes Don’t Transmit Coronavirus – WHO

Mosquitoes Don’t Transmit Coronavirus – WHO

March 26, 2020 9:44 am

The World Health Organisation has said the novel coronavirus which has infected over 400,000 people and killed over 18,000 in 196 countries cannot be transmitted through mosquito bites.

In 2018, WHO reported that there were an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide with over 405, 000 deaths.

It commented that of the global malaria burden, “Africa carries a disproportionately high share as the region is home to 93% of malaria cases and 94% of malaria deaths”.

However, in a list of COVID-19 myth busters released recently, the UN specialized agency for global health stressed that mosquitoes, which spread plasmodium …

Union Leaders Order Tanker Drivers To Stay At Home

Union Leaders Order Tanker Drivers To Stay At Home

March 26, 2020 9:39 am

The National Leadership of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), has directed tanker drivers to leave depots due to rising cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.

NARTO is the umbrella organisation of all commercial transport owners in Nigeria.

The union told drivers to stay at home with effect from Friday, March 27.

This announcement was contained in a statement by NARTO president, Yusuf Othma, on Wednesday.

He explained that the decision was in line with government’s effort to control the spread of the global pandemic.

Othma expressed worry about the safety and health of all its employees “who are

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Why Nigeria Will No Longer Have A President Soon – Kanu

Why Nigeria Will No Longer Have A President Soon – Kanu

March 26, 2020 6:49 am

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the Coronavirus status of Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Africa Daily News reported on Tuesday that the Chief of Staff to the President, who recently returned from Germany, has tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus.

Nnamdi Kanu said that very soon Nigeria will be without a President, because, according to him, COVID-19 “presents the corrupt criminal Fulani cabal in Abuja and their accomplices in the Lagos media with an opportunity to package and send Jubril Al-Sudani back to his country

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Coronavirus prompts a run on guns in US

Coronavirus Prompts A Run On Guns In US

March 25, 2020 5:50 pm

Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people stocking up on weapons and ammunition out of fear the pandemic might lead to social unrest.

“We have had about an 800 percent increase in sales,” said David Stone, owner of Dong’s Guns, Ammo and Reloading in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “I’m still not out of any caliber but I’m getting close to running out.”

Stone told AFP that the overall majority of customers rushing to stock up on firearms and ammunition are first-time buyers grabbing anything available.

“It’s fear over coronavirus,” …

DR Congo Declares End To Deadly Measles Epidemic

3Bn Under Lockdown As UN Warns Virus Threatens Humanity

March 25, 2020 5:49 pm

More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures to stem the spread of the killer coronavirus that the United Nations warned Wednesday is threatening all of humanity.

As the global death toll soared past 20,000 Spain joined Italy in seeing its number of fatalities overtake China, where the virus first emerged just three months ago.

“COVID-19 is threatening the whole of humanity -– and the whole of humanity must fight back,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, launching an appeal for $2 billion to help the world’s poor.

“Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are …

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