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Health expert on Sunday has revealed that the new novel coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much lethal. The head of San Raffaele Hospital Alberto Zangrillo said "In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy. Milan the northern region of Lombardy which has borne the brunt of Italy's coronavirus outbreak has no case. Alberto further told RAI television that "The swabs that were performed over the last 10 days showed a viral load in quantitative terms that was absolutely infinitesimal compared to the ones carried out a month or two months ago.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has yesterday reported another 553 newly recorded cases of coronavirus following an expanded testing capacity that have been put in place by the federal government.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has added two new molecular laboratory centres to its testing facilities across the country, increasing the number from 26 to 28.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Wednesday recorded an additional 389 new cases of the dreaded coronavirus pushing the toll now to 8,733.

A clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine as a means of treatment for COVID-19 has been temporarily suspended by the World Health Organization, WHO. The move by WHO followed new data suggesting that the drugs increase mortality among patients.

Phase1 human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine called the Ad5-nCoV shows that it is safe, well-tolerated and able to generate an immune response against the SARS-CoV-2 in participants. The trial demonstrates that a single dose of the new vaccine produces virus-specific antibodies and T cells in 14 days, making it a potential candidate for further investigation.