HEALTH

US records 820 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours 0
- HEALTH, WORLD
- May 18, 2020
The United States on Sunday recorded 820 new coronavirus fatalities in the previous 24 hours, but the country’s total death count neared 90,000, a Johns Hopkins University tracker reported. The latest toll, marked at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Monday), was the lowest since 776 daily deaths were recorded on May 10, but the count ranged
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Jigawa Discharges 55 Covid-19 Patient, Says More To Recover Soon 0
- HEALTH
- May 17, 2020
More than 55 coronavirus patients have been discharged in Jigawa state. This announcement was made by senior special assistant to the governor on New Media, Auwal D Sankara. He said the 55 COVID-19 patients were confirmed to have been cured of the virus after testing negative twice, which brings the total number of discharged patients
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Italy to reopen borders on June 3 to restart tourism 0
- HEALTH, WORLD
- May 16, 2020
Italy will reopen to tourists from early June and scrap a 14-day mandatory quarantine period, the government said Saturday, as it quickened the country’s exit from the coronavirus lockdown. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conteenforced an economically-crippling shutdown in early March to counter a global pandemic which official records show has killed over 31,500 people in
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Trump threatens to cut China ties over COVID-19 spread 0
- HEALTH, POLITICS, WORLD
- May 15, 2020
‌ US President Donald Trump threatened to cut ties with China over its role in the spread of the coronavirus, as the global death toll from the disease topped 300,000. Despite fears of a second wave of infections, national and local governments around the world are easing lockdown orders as they try to get stalled
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Lagos records 57 new COVID-19 cases as total nears 2000 0
- Crime, HEALTH
- May 13, 2020
Lagos State has recorded 57 more coronavirus infections, bringing the total cases in the state to 1,990, NANS reports. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated this on Tuesday night on its website. It said 1,455 active cases were in Lagos while 502 patients have been discharged and 33 deaths have been recorded. It added
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Akwa Ibom discharges five more COVID-19 patients 0
- HEALTH, POLITICS
- May 13, 2020
Akwa Ibom State Government has discharged five more recovered COVID-19 cases with only one positive patient remaining in the state. Updating the press on the situation of the pandemic in the state, the Commissioner for Health and state COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Dominic Ukpong, said the discharge followed two negative test results recorded by the
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