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25 days after Governor Okezie Ikpeazu tested positive for Coronavirus, the Executive Governor of Abia state has recovered from the deadly disease, COVID-19. The Abia state governor, Ikpeazu tested negative for the deadly virus on Friday, July 3. It was reported that the Governor, Ikpeazu went into isolation after testing positive for the novel Coronavirus on June 8. This was …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa could face a “silent epidemic” if its leaders fail to prioritize testing for it. WHO Special Envoy, Samba Sow, made this statement while addressing the media in  a news conference in Geneva on Monday. Reuters quoted him as saying: “We must continue to push leaders to prioritize testing”. “My first point …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to begin the testing of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria. This was confirmed by the Country Representative of the WHO, Fiona Braka, while speaking during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday.  “The solidarity trial is a large multi-country effort that is going on across several countries …

Since the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan China, countries all over the world have taken strict measures to ensure a further spread of the disease is contain. Lockdown of flights, boarders have been one of the strict measures, why citizens have been directed to observe social distance, sit-at-home directives, proper hand hygiene and face covering when in public. According to Aljazeera, …

Self acclaimed Woman of Steel, Yemi Alade has fired shots at the Federal Governement for not regulating the prices of hand sanitizers. World Heath Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has advised the general public to make use of hand sanitizers while washing their hands regularly to avert the spread of corona virus. But Yemi Alade …