The Bio-Resources Institute of Nigeria (BION) President, Prof. Maurice Iwu has on Monday disclosed that he has discovered a possible drug for the treatment of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Saudi Arabia has announced on Monday the detection of the first case of the deadly coronavirus shortly after a ban on tourist visiting the country some days back for the fear of contracting the virus.
The Kaduna State Government has set up an Emergency Operational Centre (EOC).
The Federal Government has assured Nigerians to remain calm in the midst of the corona Virus outbreak that causes pandemonium in Lagos state, saying, the government has a well-equipped facility to detect and handle cases of the dreaded virus.
Following the Ministry of Health's confirmation of the Coronavirus, (Covid-19) case in Lagos, after an Italian national tested positive to the virus, the federal government declared it has already begun processes to identify all persons that came in contact with the patient, beginning from the aeroplane he flew in through to the hospital where he was tested, assuring Nigerians that it has all the necessary capacity to manage the situation to halt any possible spread of the deadly disease.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has to blow alarm that the dreaded Lassa fever has killed about 118 Nigerians in the last 8 weeks. The commission said the interim report figure covered only from 1st January to February 23, 2020.
