The first Coronavirus death in Nigeria has been recorded at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada. This was announced by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) through their official twitter handle @NCDCgov on 23rd March 2020.
Son of Nigeria's former Vice President and Presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has tested positive to Coronavirus. The former Vice President made this disclosure through his official verified Twitter handle on Sunday.
The National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes (NANP) has called on its members to henceforth suspend all activities on bed-to-wealth business against the menace of the current COVID-19 until is over.
The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Mojisola Adeyeye has made the announcement that the Agency is not approving Chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 but for clinical trials to find treatment for the virus. This information was revealed by the DG in NAFDAC headquarters in Lagos.
As Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic by the WHO and cases has continued to surge in Nigeria and around the world, a group observed that there are no testing centres in four of the Geo-political zones in Nigeria.
Following the discovery of four recent Coronavirus cases in Lagos Today 19th March 2020, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has ordered the closure of both private and public schools in Abuja effective Friday 20th 2020 until further notice.
