The Ogun state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker on Thursday, said only seven out of 721 patients were in an isolation centre in the state. Coker made this known when she joined the Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, to receive 300,000 face masks donated by a Chinese company, Lee Group of Companies, located in Sagamu […]
The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) says it has renovated an isolation centre in Damaturu and donated medical equipment, and consumables to the Yobe state government to fight the pandemic. The gesture was made through First Bank of Nigeria Limited. The bank’s Business Manager, Damaturu Branch, Mr. Marcus Dibel, said this at the inauguration […]
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) chapter, has ordered its members working at the hospital’s isolation centre to sit at home over alleged negligence of their welfare and lack of safety. Chairman of the chapter, Mrs. Mercy Lenka, told newsmen on Monday during a protest action in […]
…Beefs up security at Isolation centre to avoid future occurrence …Blames rise in COVID-19 cases on influx of travellers The Kwara State Government’s intelligence network has uncovered plot by some COVID-19 patients to escape from the state isolation centre in the early hours of Friday. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and spokesman to […]
Adamawa State Government has discharged eight additional COVID-19 patients from its isolation centre after testing negative to the disease. Prof. Abdullahi Isa, the state’s Commissioner for Health, said this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Yola. Isa said that the state was making progress in its efforts to contain the spread of the disease. […]
The Sokoto state government says it has discharged 22 out of 75 coronavirus patients at its isolation centre in Amanawa after testing negative. Dr. Ali Inname, the chairman of the state task force committee on COVID-19 and commissioner for gealth, said this while updating newsmen on COVID-19 cases in the state on Tuesday. Inname said […]
Ekiti state government says it has expanded its coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation centre from about 50 to 100 -bed capacity Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this at the press briefing in Ado Ekiti on Monday to give update on activities of the state’s task force on COVID-19. Yahaya-Kolade said the […]
The Kaduna state government has appealed to persons who tested positive for COVID-19 to report at its isolation centre for treatment. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, made the appeal on Sunday in Kaduna. Mohammed-Baloni said that the call was necessary because two persons who were on isolation pending the receipt of their […]
There is an uneasy calm at the Minna Isolation Centre in Niger state following the alleged of a suspected coronavirus positive woman from centre, even as the state recorded another three COVID – 19 positive cases. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Health, and Hospital Services, Dr. Muhammad Makusidi, while briefing journalists on […]
Two COVID-19 patients out of the 33 active cases being managed in isolation centre in Oyo state have absconded. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state tweeted this on Wednesday’s afternoon while giving situation update of the pandemic in the state. According to Makinde, the patients possibly may have absconded to their permanent places of residence. […]
A lady, identified as Talatu Idris, who happened to be among the eight persons that tested positive to coronavirus pandemic in Taraba state, has escaped from the state’s isolation centre in Sibre, Ardo Kola Local Government Area of the state. State Task Force Chairman on COVID-19, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, stated this at the weekend while […]
….Urges Govt to provide adequate palliative measures As part of his contribution towards the end of the deadly Coronavirus Pandemic, Comedian, Francis Agoda, better known as I Go Dye, has donated his new Fapoh Royal seal mansion to the Federal Government to use as an isolation centre. I go Dye noted that in view of […]
Lagos state Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday unveiled a 70-bed COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre located within the premises of Landmark Exhibition Centre in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. The 70-bed Eti-Osa Isolation Centre, which was constructed by the Young President Organisation (YPO), Lagos state chapter, has a dedicated 10-bed intensive care […]
Kano state Ministry of Health says it has adopted proactive measures to promote synergy with other ministries to enhance management of bio-medical waste at the newly established Sani Abacha Stadium Isolation Centre. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ibrahim Tsanyawa, made the disclosure during an inspection visit to the project site on Tuesday in Kano. […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, released his former residence, the Presidential Hilltop in Abeokuta, Ogun, to be used as isolation centre for victims of COVID-19. A statement issued by Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, the Special Assistant (Media) to Obasanjo, said the 32-room facility had been handed over to the Ogun government for immediate take over. […]