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Nigerians now share different self-cure for coronavirus via WhatsApp – Lai
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the spike in fake news and misinformation, despite repeated caution by the government, is distracting the fight against coronavirus. The minister gave this position in Abuja saying the government is particularly worried about unverified local therapies circulating in the social media as cure to COVID-19 when
COVID-19: FCT monitors 40 contacts of late Imo hotelier
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration has put 40 contacts under close watch following the death of the owner of Fancy Hotel, Owerri, Mr Christogonus Osuagwu, in Abuja. Osuagwu was said to have flown into the country from South Africa via Abuja. He visited Owerri, where he fell sick. He returned to Abuja
COVID-19: Germans to be fined €500 for breaking distancing rules
Germans risk being fined up to 500 euros ($540) for standing too close to each other from Friday as officials crackdown on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has ordered people not to leave their homes unless they have an exceptional reason such as grocery shopping, exercise or medical
COVID-19: Prison inmates, police, military detainees at risk –AI
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government to take immediate actions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in correctional and detention centres. The human rights group said inmates and detainees at police and military facilities across the country were at risk of contracting the coronavirus disease “as they are held in
Sumo tournaments postponed as Japan coronavirus cases spread
Two sumo tournaments scheduled for later this year have been postponed, the Japan Sumo Association said Friday, the latest sporting events to fall victim to the coronavirus spreading in Japan. The next sumo “basho” or tournament, scheduled to open on May 10 in Tokyo — host city of the next Olympics, which have been postponed
Google to publish user location data to help tackle coronavirus
Google will publish location data from its users around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech giant said. The reports on users’ movements in 131 countries will be made available on a special website and will “chart
Global coronavirus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has soared past one million and fatalities have topped 50,000 as the United States reported the highest daily death toll of any country so far. Despite more than half the planet living in some form of lockdown, the virus is continuing to spread rapidly, and to
Untouchable: Coronavirus positive mother births baby who tests negative
For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, the mother was not allowed near him after she tested positive for coronavirus, for fear of infecting her newborn. And even though she has since been reunited with her son, neither she nor her husband have been allowed to physically touch him without gloves as
Youths reject location of isolation centre in Ondo community
Peter Dada, Akure Scores of youths in Ilu Tuntun town in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday took to the streets to protest against the plan of the state government to site an isolation centre for coronavirus patients in the town. It was gathered that the government planned to convert a
Atiku denies plans to hand over cash to Nigerians
Success Nwogu, Abuja Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday disowned a notice circulating in the social media directing members of the public to a link. He said any such link asking for the bio-data of Nigerians as beneficiaries of monetary hand-out was fake. Atiku, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, said
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