The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Abuja chapter, has announced they would be embarking on an indefinite strike beginning from today March 17th 2020, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. This decision was announced about an hour after the third case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria's commercial capital city Lagos.
The Lagos Ministry of Health has on Tuesday announced that a new patient, a Nigerian female who recently returned from the United Kingdom (UK) has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The World Health organisation (WHO) has disclosed that more Africans are now being hit by the deadly Corona Virus, saying the reported cases is now put at 300.
The Enugu state ministry of Health has revealed that the suspected patient of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state was later tested negative after investigation.
The Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ohanire said the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Nigeria after being quarantined has now tested negative for the virus today. The Minister made this disclosure in Abuja today, saying the country so far reported only two cases, one in the index case, an Italian businessman who flew into the country from Milan, and the second person was the person that had the contact with the index case.
In a quest to be more proactive in containing the dreaded Coronavirus, COVID-19, President Buhari has today set up a 12-man task force for the control of the disease. The task force, a team which is to be headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has a representative from the World Health Organisation, WHO as a member.
