Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has tested positive for COVID-19; The Governor who had tested negative on two occasions made this disclosure through his twitter handle. The governor who joins the growing list of state governors and other high profile Nigerians who have tested positive for coronavirus has delegated his deputy, Bisi Egbeyemi, to act in his absence, as he is in self-isolation.
Nigeria's capital city, FCT Abuja on Monday, recorded the highest new COVID-19 cases in the country as the country's total confirmed cases surpassed 37,000. According to the latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja recorded 102 cases and Lagos had 100. The agency said in total the country recorded 562 fresh cases as of Monday, July, 20.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that Nigerians shouldn’t see coronavirus and malaria as the same thing, though both present similar symptoms but both diseases mode of transmission differ.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has yesterday disclosed it has recorded fresh 595 cases of the coronavirus with nine deaths yesterday. With the new cases of yesterday, now the toll has been pushed to 34,854 confirmed in Nigeria.
Nigerian Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, has frowned at some Nigerian doctors planning to relocate to foreign countries like the United Kingdom (UK) to retrace their step as it would cost them their already scheduled hazard allowance.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has yesterday recorded fresh 463 cases of the deadly coronavirus being the lowest in the last four days as the records show less than 500 in a single day. There were expressions of hope from some section of the society as this mark a decrease in the daily toll of the cases being recorded. Though, ten more persons were reported to have died as the result of the deadly COVID-19 complications pushing the fatality figure to now 754 in the country.
