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256 Nigerians Evacuated from UAE successfully Return to Nigeria
195 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria
According to Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, out of the 195 new cases of COVID-19, 82 were recorded in Lagos, 30 in Kano, 19 in Zamfara, 18 in Sokoto, 10 in Borno, 9 in FCT, 8 in Oyo, 5 in Kebbi, 5 in Gombe, 4 in Ogun, 3 in Katsina, 1 in Kaduna, and 1 in Adamawa.
Nigeria now has 3145 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 534 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 103 deaths have been recorded.
195 new cases of #COVID19;
82-Lagos
30-Kano
19-Zamfara
18-Sokoto
10-Borno
9-FCT
8-Oyo
5-Kebbi
5-Gombe
4-Ogun
3-Katsina
1-Kaduna
1-Adamawa3145 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 534
Deaths: 103 pic.twitter.com/kqXEbfj66X— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 6, 2020
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37 COVID-19 patients including an Indian discharged in Lagos
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the discharge of 37 COVID-19 patients.
The ministry through its Twitter handle this evening, announced the discharge of 19 females and 18 males, including a foreign national, an Indian.
#COVID19Lagos Update
Breaking!
*️⃣37 more #COVID19Lagos patients; 19 females & 18 males including a foreign national; an Indian ?? were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan & Eti-Osa to reunite with the society@jidesanwoolu@followlasg@NCDCgov@ARISEtv pic.twitter.com/RuGqICfLZY— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 6, 2020
*️⃣The patients; 5 from IDH, Yaba, 25 from Onikan & 7 from the Eti-Osa (LandMark)Isolation Centres have fully recovered & tested negative twice consecutively to #COVID19
*️⃣With this, the number of patients successfully managed & discharged in Lagos has risen to 358.@DigiCommsNG— LSMOH (@LSMOH) May 6, 2020
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256 Nigerians evacuated from UAE arrive Nigeria
The 256 Nigerians who were evacuated from the United Arab Emirates UAE to Nigeria due to the Coronavirus pandemic have arrived in Nigeria.
The chartered aircraft that conveyed them touched down the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos at about 7 pm on Wednesday. They are currently being checked and will be immediately moved to an Isolation center in Lagos where they will be kept for 14 days.
Welcome home ! NCDC officials addressing stranded Nigerian returnees from Dubai. They will be proceeding to a location for compulsory isolation . All 256 tested negative for Covid 19 before boarding from Dubai pic.twitter.com/gHow6EKEO2
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) May 6, 2020
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Five coronavirus related deaths recorded in Kano state
The state Ministry of Health disclosed this on its twitter handle on Thursday morning, May 7.
This brings to 13 the number of deaths from the ravaging viral disease in Kano state.
#COVID19KN Update as at 12:02am 7th May 2020
*️⃣ 30 new cases of #COVID19Kano cases confirmed.
*️⃣ Total confirmed cases in @KanostateNg are now 427.
*️⃣ 3 additional #COVID19Kano patients were successfully discharged.
*️⃣ 5 #COVID19Kano deaths were recorded. pic.twitter.com/XKjxpneu5m— Kano State Ministry of Health (@KNSMOH) May 6, 2020
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FG extends closure of Nigeria’s airspace by 4-weeks
The Federal government has announced an extension of the closure of the Nigerian airspace by four weeks as a way to stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
This was disclosed by Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
Tomorrow marks the last day of the enforcement of the closure of Nigeria’s airspace to flights. We have assessed the situation in the aviation industry and have come to the conclusion that given the facts available to us and based on the evidence of experts, the ban on all flights will be extended for an additional four weeks.
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Lai Mohammed
FG grants 2 months license fee waiver to broadcast stations to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic
A license fee waiver which lasts for two months, has been granted to terrestrial broadcast stations in Nigeria to cushion the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic in the industry.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the announcement on Wednesday during a meeting with the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) in Abuja.
A request for the distribution of protective equipment to some community broadcast stations across the country by NBC was also approved by the Minister who stated that the federal government has been taking a holistic approach to address the damage inflicted by COVID-19 on the creative industry.
“The committee that was set up today was a committee of stakeholders of the creative industry and not just for the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria(BON) ”- HMIC Alh. Lai Mohammed #COVID19 #PTFCOVID19 @SegunAde88 @deleyewilliams @DrSaniAliyu pic.twitter.com/5ITDNDsZTU
— Fed Min of Info & Cu (@FMICNigeria) May 6, 2020
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Thousands of students resume classes in Wuhan, China
About 57,800 students in their final year from 121 high and vocational schools returned to campus on Wednesday in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province and a city previously hard hit by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Wearing uniforms and masks, students had their temperatures taken and hands disinfected before entering their classrooms while maintaining a one-meter distance from their classmates.
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South Korea gradually returns to normal as coronavirus cases reduce
South Korea returned largely to normal Wednesday as workers went back to offices, and museums and libraries reopened under eased social distancing rules after new coronavirus cases dropped to a trickle.
The South endured one of the worst early outbreaks of the disease outside China and while it never imposed a compulsory lockdown, strict social distancing had been widely observed since March.
But the South appears to have brought its outbreak under control thanks to an extensive “trace, test and treat” programme that has drawn widespread praise. In a population of 51 million, its death toll is little more than 250, and new cases have slowed to just a handful, all of them arriving international passengers.
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