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WHO Probes Discharged COVID-19 Patients Testing Positive

WHO Probes Discharged COVID-19 Patients Testing Positive

April 13, 2020 6:58 am

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease when discharged.

South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.

Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a briefing that the virus may have been “reactivated” rather than the patients being re-infected.

The Geneva-based WHO, asked about the report from Seoul, told Reuters in a brief statement: “We are aware of these reports of individuals who have tested negative …

Covid-19 - What We’ll Miss This Easter - Nigerians

Covid-19: What We’ll Miss This Easter – Nigerians

April 11, 2020 12:59 pm

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. But in light of the ongoing battle against COVID-19 and its concomitant lockdowns of cities and lives, not many people appear to be in a celebratory mood. In any case, where is the rice, the chicken and Turkey meat, the fish, the vegetable oil, the drinks that had been used to celebrate the epoch event in the past? Findings show that they are in short supply or totally out of reach to the common man, no thanks to the economic slump, lockdowns and restriction of movement. Saturday Sun correspondents went round to talk to people on …

How False Results Are Complicating COVID-19 Testing

How False Results Are Complicating COVID-19 Testing

April 11, 2020 12:56 pm

As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the United States, scientists have warned that there is one growing concern: The tests are not 100 percent reliable, meaning people with negative results might actually have the virus.

That could have devastating implications as a global recession looms and governments wrangle with the question of when to reopen economies shuttered as billions of people were ordered to stay home in an effort to halt the transmission of the deadly disease.

The majority of tests around the world use a technology called PCR, which detects traces of the coronavirus in mucus samples.

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WHO Opens Up On 5G Mobile Spreading Coronavirus

WHO Opens Up On 5G Mobile Spreading Coronavirus

April 10, 2020 1:02 pm
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease.

WHO, through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks.

“People can also be infected by touching a contaminated surface and then their eyes, mouth or nose,” it said.

WHO added that COVID-19 was spreading in many countries that did not have 5G mobile networks.

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It also said being infected with …

Covid-19 Lockdowns Can't End Until Covid-19 Vaccine Found - Study

Lockdowns Can’t End Until Covid-19 Vaccine Found – Study

April 10, 2020 7:19 am

Countries wanting to end the lockdown and allow people to move about and work again will have to monitor closely for new infections and adjust the controls they have in place until there is a vaccine against Covid-19, according to a new study based on the Chinese experience.

China’s aggressive controls over daily life have brought the first wave of Covid-19 to an end, say researchers based in Hong Kong. But the danger of a second wave is very real.

“While these control measures appear to have reduced the number of infections to very low levels, without herd immunity against …

US Evacuates 44,000 Americans From Nigeria, Other Countries

US Evacuates 44,000 From Nigeria, Other Countries

April 7, 2020 1:20 pm

The United States Government on Tuesday gave an update on the evacuation of its citizens in Nigeria and other countries amid the COVID-19 global crisis.

On Monday, Ethiopian Airlines evacuated 385 Americans to Washington D.C.

They were airlifted with a B777-300 aircraft from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

A ‘Fact Sheet on Repatriation of American Citizens from Nigeria’ sent to DAILY POST on Tuesday by the U.S. Embassy said the Department of State’s priority was the safety and security of all citizens overseas.

“We are rising to meet the historic challenge posed by the COVID-19 epidemic, every day, all

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US Govt Warns Citizens Leaving Nigeria Because Of Virus

US Govt Warns Citizens Leaving Nigeria Because Of Virus

April 6, 2020 1:27 pm

The United States Mission has warned its citizens leaving Nigeria because of COVID-19, that hospitals back home are “overwhelmed”.

This was contained in a statement posted on its website on Sunday.

It explained that two flights scheduled to evacuate citizens from Lagos on Friday were canceled, because of flight clearance issues.

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However, nationals who will eventually make it back to the US, have been told they would foot their medical bills.

“Healthcare systems in many localities in the United States are currently overwhelmed. If you need to seek medical

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COVID-19 Not Disease For Elite, Rich People – Council

COVID-19 Not Disease For Elite, Rich People – Council

April 6, 2020 1:17 pm
The Nkanu East Local Government Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic, has dismissed what it termed misinformation that coronavirus was a disease for the rich and big cities.

The Committee said the COVID-19 pandemic could infect anybody, insisting that the only way to stay free was to observe social distancing, personal hygiene, and directives and guidelines issued by the Federal Government, the Government of Enugu State, and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

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The Committee made this known during a sensitisation tour of communities in the Asu Nkanu, Nkanu South,

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COVID-19 Is A Blessing In Disguise - Cardinal Okogie

COVID-19 Is A Blessing In Disguise – Cardinal Okogie

April 6, 2020 1:13 pm

Respected priest, Cardinal Anthony Okogie, says the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed Nigeria’s poor leadership and government.

Okogie lamented how President Muhammadu Buhari administration was spending billions on cars for lawmakers and ignoring the health sector.

A statement he personally signed on Sunday, said that the ravaging global pandemic “has been a dangerous yet revelatory moment in Nigeria.”

“It is dangerous because this deadly pandemic has infected over a million and killed thousands of citizens of our planet. No one seems to know when and how it will end.

“But COVID-19 is also revelatory, a blessing in disguise because it has

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Anti-Asian Hate Continues To Spread Online Amid COVID-19

Anti-Asian Hate Continues To Spread Online Amid COVID-19

April 5, 2020 11:51 am
Jing He has become used to online racist abuse.

The 26-year old from Shanghai began posting a video diary about the COVID-19 outbreak to her social media accounts in early March. Her aim was to depict life in her home city as the epidemic peaked in China. 

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More than 60,000 people viewed her first Facebook video on the topic, with many sharing messages of thanks and support.

But virulent, hateful abuse began to appear on later posts.

One comment under a video Jing made for the Facebook page of

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Bill Gates - Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work Well In Africa

Bill Gates: Coronavirus Vaccine Will Work Well In Africa

April 4, 2020 6:22 pm

Talks to have a potential vaccine for Covid-19 tested in Africa, because the number of infected people is not as high as other countries like Italy, have been met with much resistance from people across the continent. 

On Saturday President Cyril Ramaphosa posted a tweet saying the Bill Gates Foundation has supported the country’s health needs for many years: “They have offered assistance with innovative mass-based testing kits and research. I spoke to @BillGates and he commended the swift and decisive action South Africa has taken on #COVID19,” the tweet read.

Read Also: Coronavirus: India Doctors ‘Spat At And Attacked’

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Sri Lanka Forces Muslims To Cremate COVID-19 Victims

Sri Lanka Forces Muslims To Cremate COVID-19 Victims

April 4, 2020 2:09 pm

The forced cremation of two COVID-19 infected Muslims in Sri Lanka has sent shock waves among the minority community, which accused the authorities of violating Islamic burial rites.

Bishrul Hafi Mohammed Joonus, a 73–year– old  man from the capital Colombo who died of COVID-19, was the second Muslim to have been cremated in the Indian Ocean island nation, which has registered 151 cases so far.

Bishrul’s son Fayaz Joonus, 46, said his father who had a kidney disorder tested positive for the virus about two weeks ago. He died on April 1 and was cremated the following

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