Skip to main content

See The Latest Update On Corona Virus In Nigeria COVID-19


These are the latest facts and figures of the Coronavirus in Nigeria

LAST MONDAY AT 3:26 PM | PULSE NIGERIA | JUDE EGBAS
Tell your friends   
As the novel Coronavirus outbreak continues to ravage the world, these are the latest figures out of Africa's most populous nation.
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu visited the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba where the Coronavirus index patient is being managed. [Twitter/@jidesanwoolu]
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu visited the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba where the Coronavirus index patient is being managed. [Twitter/@jidesanwoolu]
Nigeria, like the rest of the world, is doing all it can to contain the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease which was first diagnosed in China.
Thanks to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), here are the latest figures of the COVID-19 in Nigeria which you will do well to commit to memory:
  1. Nigeria now has two(2) confirmed casesof the coronavirus. 
  2. The index patient is a 44-year-old Italian who flew into Lagos on February 25, 2020 and was diagnosed of the virus on February 27. The Italian had visited Ogun State for business when he took ill. He is currently being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos. 
  3. The second case of the virus has just been announced by Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, on March 9, 2020. 
  4. The second confirmed patient in Nigeria is in Ogun State. He had contact with the index Italian patient.
  5. A total of 60 people, who had contact with the Italian when he landed, or who shared the Turkish Airline flight with him, have been quarantined in Lagos and Ogun states.
  6. According to the NCDC, a total of 26 suspected cases of the coronavirus have been identified in five states namely; Ogun, Edo, FCT (Abuja), Lagos and Kano. Of this number, 24 have tested negative and have been ruled out. Two have now been confirmed with no deaths.
  7. A total of 217 contacts were linked to the index case comprising four contacts at the airport, four at the hotel, 40 at the workplace (Lafarge in Ewekoro, Ogun State) and 169 from the airline.
  8. Of the 217 persons linked to the index patient, 45 travelled out of Nigeria, 172 are currently in the country. 
  9. Of the 172 in Nigeria, 69 are in Lagos, 40 in Ogun, while 52 are spread across the following 10 states--Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Imo, Ogun, Osun, Oyo and Rivers. 11 persons have not been traced because their location is currently unknown. 
  10. Of the 172 contacts in Nigeria, 136 (79%) are currently being followed up comprising 62 (90%) in Lagos, 40 (100%) in Ogun and 34 (65%) in other states.
  11. The Italian who is being treated in Lagos is clinically stable. NCDC says a psychological assessment was conducted on the patient and he’s in good mental health.
  12. A multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at level 3, is coordinating Nigeria’s COVID-19 response operations.
  13. All contacts traced to the index patient undergo daily monitoring by health officials for possible symptoms. 
  14. As of March 9, 2020, there have been 110, 665 confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide. 3,831 persons have died from the outbreak, while 62,398 have recovered from COVID-19

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

From A Lawyer To A Vampire Woman In Mexico

Hope Apr 23, 2020 Maria Jose Cristerna's tattooed skin, body piercings and transformations make her look stunning, even to a person familiar with extreme body modifications. She is famous and a regular on television shows and events. The simplest thing that might involve going out, like taking out the garbage or going to the farmer’s market, can become quite an ordeal. She never goes anywhere unnoticed; people ask her continuously if she really is the “Vampire Woman”. She becomes the center of attention be it in a supermarket or in a concert. She seldom picks up her kids from school herself because she is immediately accosted by crowds of parents and students. She tells me with a big laugh that her “friends and family jokingly refuse to go to the movies with her because people will come up non-stop asking for autographs or to have their picture taken with her and there is no way to enjoy a movie like that….” She is kind and very patient with everybody but she prefers the int...
1 comment
Read more

Minister of Health reveals drug used to treat COVID19 patients in Nigeria

Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria's Minister of Health, has disclosed the drug used to treat COVID-19 patients in Nigeria. Addressing members of the House of Representatives today Tuesday May 5, Ehanire said Remdesivir is being used to treat patients with the virus. “We have been using that (Remdesivir); we have tried that in Lagos too. So, we have tried the antiretroviral drug to see what effect it has” he said The Minister said the drug which was originally developed as a potential treatment for Ebola, is one of the options which Nigeria has adopted for in treating COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir was tested in 1,063 hospitalized Coronavirus patients around the world and has proven to reduce the time it takes patients to recover by 31%. 11 days on average versus 15 days for those just given usual care.
1 comment
Read more

FG declares ASUU's two-week warning strike illegal

The federal government has declared illegal the ongoing warning strike by ASUU - The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, said the union did not give the government the mandatory strike notice - However, while Ngige attributed the strike to the disagreement over IPPIS, the lecturers had cited the FG's alleged failure to honour previous agreements as the reason for the strike The federal government has declared illegal the current two-week warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, made the declaration on Wednesday, March 11, after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Nigerian Tribune reports. Ngige said he was shocked by the strike action, claiming that the union did not give the government the mandatory strike notice. While noting that it was illegal for the university teachers to withdraw their services, he hinted that they should not expect to be paid while on strike. He, howeve...
Post a Comment
Read more