₦airaland Forum

Abikeade11:
I make sure to read all the comments.. I don laugh tired...babe pls pass out for me

okpe oooh
that one weak me too

Total Lockdown Looming

who else can see this coming?
Hit like if you agree

Oboy eeeh...

Egungun Don leave express oh
na private jet e dey fly now

This Too shall PASS

BABA GOD NO GO SHAME US

Shelumiel:
This looks like a joke. Source please!!!

No jokes oh

Lol

the officials has left the state
to me the quarantine order of the officials does matter any sense. they were sent to come assist the State

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has ordered the leader of the officials of the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Andrew Noah to go into isolation at the state quarantine centre for fourteen days.
The governor gave the order Thursday night when the visiting NCDC official shook hands with the state Director of Protocol while exchanging microphone after speaking to introduce his team to the audience.

The governor said that the step was to ensure that the laid down procedure of checkmating the scourge by NCDC is strictly followed.
The National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has sent a delegation of rapid response team to ascertain the true status of Kogi as a Covid-19 free state.
The team led by Dr Noah Andrew who had arrived the Lugard House seat of the state government to present a letter titled “Deployment of rapid response squad to help in fighting Covid-19,” said that the mission of the centre was to provide logistics to all states of the Federation of which Kogi cannot be left out.

He said that two members of the team would be left behind to help the state and support her efforts of the state government already in place, “We are here to support the state in shipping swab and samples and ascertain the preparedness of the state in fighting Covid-19”.
He urged Government and people to observe social distancing and use face mask at all times as part of the measures to fight the scourge.

Speaking shortly after receiving the letter, governor Bello outlined steps taken so far by the state to fight the covid-19 pandemic, stressing that the state is highly experienced in fighting infectious diseases such as Lassa fever, malaria and the experience have been brought to bear in fighting Covid-19.
“So You will notice that different from the practice in most places, we set up a Kogi State COVID-19 and Lassa Fever Squadron Committee to coordinate our response to the Covid-19 pandemic while ensuring we do not lose sight of existing epidemics like Lassa Fever which has already killed more people this year in Nigeria than the coronavirus.

“We were the first state to officially release a web application which the general public can deploy to self-assess for CoviD-19 risk. That app has proved to be popular and effective in tackling fear among the populace in the face of an unknown killer disease.
“We have had over 200,000 engagements with that app, over 14,000 completed self-assessments revealing scores of cases which required further investigation before CoviD-19 could be ruled out. This is great as we all know how fear and disinformation are often overlooked but highly dangerous co-travellers with disease outbreaks and other phenomena which disrupt the social order.

“To improve our degree of certainty when ruling out cases, our Commissioner for Health, the State Epidemiologist and other senior medical personnel have had to personally follow up on as many of the feedback cases as possible, in both urban and remote locations. They have been able to determine in a professional manner based on the NCDC and WHO criteria that none of the suspected cases qualified as a CoviD-19 case.
“Moreover, it has been over 3, 4, even 5 weeks in some instances since some of these cases were investigated and cleared and we have not had even one case of Covid-19. This goes to show that our processes are thorough enough. This is how the foundation for our zero CoviD-19 status was laid and how it is sustained till today.

“Our people are adequately sensitised in all languages and locations throughout the state about CoviD-19. As much as practicable Kogites now observe social distancing, handwashing and other protocols for prevention of infection.
“The Kogi State Ministry of Health has deployed health personnel to all the 239 Wards of the State, 2 focal persons per ward, who constantly sensitize the people on the dangers of the virus, communicate news or even rumours of suspected cases to the incident committee or taskforce for investigation and also assist in contact tracing.

“We have set up 3 modern Isolation/ Containment Centres in the State having a combined capacity of 130 bed spaces. These facilities currently lie unused. It is our prayer and our determination that these isolation centres will remain vacant until the pandemic is over.
“We have provided emergency and toll free numbers for the general public to call in and report suspected cases of Covid-19 at no cost whatsoever. We have also fielded many of such calls. All of them turned out to be false alarms upon investigation and did not meet the criteria from the NCDC for cases which should be sampled for testing.
“In the circumstances, we cannot manufacture cases in order to be counted among the states which have recorded same. As a Governor I hear there are ‘benefits’ for having CoviD-19 cases in your state, well, I am not interested”.

However, the NCDC officials who were to go into isolation before commencing work as fleed from the state shortly after the governor’s directive, which apparently did not go down well with them, it was learnt.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/covid-19-gov-bello-places-visiting-ncdc-officials-on-isolation-for-14-days/

All the people criticizing Gov. Wike are all hypocrites

you're the ones that will complain that the inter state Lockdown is loosed.

here is a man enforcing the Lockdown to the latter, you're still insulting him. what exactly do Nigerians want?

did those people not hear about the about 5 days prio notice of the Lockdown?... abegiii

any sheep Wey go dance markosa Enta lion den, weytin he see naim e go take

Nigerians needs Iron hand
that's the only language they understand

All the people criticizing Gov. Wike are all hypocrites

you're the ones that will complain that the inter state Lockdown is loosed.

here is a man enforcing the Lockdown to the latter, you're still insulting him. what exactly do Nigerians want?

did those people not hear about the about 5 days prio notice of the Lockdown?... abegiii

any sheep Wey go dance markosa Enta lion den, weytin he see naim e go take

Confirmed cases is reduced today and discharged increased .

We're getting there

Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire told the House of Representatives on Tuesday, that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, is open to the possibility of using local herbs to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but insisted that the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development must first certify any such remedy.

The Minister who made the disclosure when the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefed members of the House of Representatives, also said it was wrong for hospitals to turn back patients as a result of fear of COVID-19.
He said the government was not ruling out the possibility of using local herbs for the treatment of COVID-19, adding that what the government was saying was that those who claim to have found cure should subject it to test by the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development.

He said local herbs can be categorised unto drugs that can cure the virus or those that can reduce the symptoms, adding that the body must be able to build the required antibodies to neutralise the virus.
Ehanire said “before now, it was said that Chloroquine can destroy the virus. But test are still going on in that regard. We have to test the efficacy of local drugs to see if it can kill or virus and also to find out that is in the process of killing the virus, it can affect the body. So, the Institute will carry out the required test on the local drugs find out how it”.
He warned that doing so may result to another round of national health emergency since leaving other ailments unattended to can be fatal.

The Minister also said many people who are infected with the virus may not display any symptom and may innocently be infecting others with it, explaining that this explains the need for self-isolation and staying at home.
He said those without symptom are capable of transferring the virus to others with less immunity and this is dangerous. The solution is to keep everybody in isolation.
While describing the situation in Kano as a sad, he said the Nigerian government is currently participating in various research to find a solution to the pandemic.
He, however, dismissed claims that the mysterious death in Kano was caused by COVID-19, adding that the PTF was still waiting for the result of tests carried out in Kano and therefore was not in a position to attribute the cause of death in the state to the pandemic.

He said the statement attributed to the PTF team leader in Kano was completely false, adding that the PTF will be able to make a comprehensive statement on the Kano situation once the test results are out.
He also dismissed fears that relaxing the lockdown may lead to increasing cases of the pandemic as experienced in other countries, stressing that the only way to have reduced figure of COVID-19 is for people to strictly observed all measures put in place.
He said the PTF was in talks with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and some state government on the possibility of producing protective gear locally, adding that as a result of global demand, protective equipment are currently scarce in the global market.

The Minister lamented that some Nigerians were running away from isolation centres while others have refused to report themselves for isolation.
He disclosed that the government has already tried out the Ebola antiretroviral drug recommended by the United States Government for the fight against the pandemic, but was silent on the outcome of such trial in Lagos.
He said most of the infections in some states of the north was as a result of people travelling to such states from Kano, adding that this explained why the restriction on traveling is necessary for now.
The Minister condemned reported cases of patients being turned back from hospitals as a result of fear of the pandemic, adding that the government was sensitising hospitals to the fact that it could be disastrous to ignore other ailments.

Responding to questions on how much has been realised from donations from individuals and corporate bodies the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential task Force, Boss Mustapha said he was not in a position to disclose such information as the PTF was not directly in charge of the funds which he said is domicile at the Central Bank of Nigeria.
He also said the Accountant General of the Federation opened an account in some commercial where donations were being paid into and would be in a better position to disclose how much has come into the account and how much of it has been utilised.

He also disclosed that the MOU signed with Health workers by the PTF was on behalf of the Federal civil servants, adding that state government in also being encouraged to do the same thing with health workers in the states.
While saying that no country in the world was prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, the SGF said at the moment, no country can claim to be well prepared for the post-COVID-19 situation, adding that leaders across the world are still studying what will become of their economies after the COVID-19 pandemic.

He, however, said that the PTF has no direct bearing on what happened in the economy, stressing that the President has already set up a committee headed by the Minister of Finance that is looking into the post-COVID-19 economy.
He said it has gotten to a situation where people has to be personally responsible for what happens around them rather than relying on the government, saying “we must take responsibility for our safety and those around us. It is not the time to wait on government. Going forward, our ways of doing things has to change.

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuba disclosed that AU ministers of Education are looking for alternative way of educating children in schools so that they don’t miss much as a result of the pandemic.
He said a decision has also be taken to postpone the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate exam and the National Examination Council exam.
He also said that at the moment, the Ministry has introduced online learning for school children, but lamented that only 20 percent of students are able to access such e leaning facilities as a result of lack of the required facilities.

He said the federal government has asked states to adopt the e-learning programme for their students, adding that 31 states have so far adopted.
On when schools are expected to reopen, he said that will depend on reports from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said about 4000 have indicated interest in returning home from different parts of the world but said the government currently lack capacity to isolate them for the required period of 14 days.

While saying the government can only isolate 400 of them at a time, the Minister said the first batch of returnees from the United Arab Emirate were expected in the country on Wednesday.
He disclosed that the returnees have been asked to pay to for their ticket back home and also take care of their upkeep while in isolation.
He also disclosed that while the government was looking for a plane to bring back Nigerians in China, it was concentrating attention on areas with large population of Nigeria.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekwazu said there were three goals to be achieved from carrying out regular tests which include proximity, scale and future.
He said testing for scale and future explains why the centre has increased the number of testing centres from 5 to 21 with the aim of having one centre in each state of the federation.
He said while there are no confirmed cases in Kogi and Cross Rivers at the moment, the centre is encouraging states to increase the collection of sample for testing while the role of the agency is to give them the required support.

On whether the NCDC has failed, he said “history will judge us. This is not the time to trade blames. The NCDC has a staff strength of 300 and we have been working with other agencies of government and the states to do what we have been able to do so far.
He said ” this pandemic will not end next week and I know that I will be criticised for this. But we need to work together to achieve results. Neither treatment or testing can get us out of this. We need your voices to get Nigerians to understand what is going on”
Vanguard News Nigeria

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/presidency-may-approve-local-herbs-to-battle-covid-19-―-health-minister/

this is Nigeria

Na wah oh

what amazes me the most in this matter, is the fact that at this stage, some educated illiterate still thinks that this corona virus is a scam.
which way fellow Nigerians... let's be real with ourselves, this is a serious situation at hand.
An effective Vaccine/drug is the only way out of this brouhaha. and I pray they get it sooner than later

OUR GOD NO GO SHAME US

Ravaging corona pandemic Baba God na your hand we dey oh

Even though he is no more, General Sani Abacha has been humorously described as one of the ancestors of Nigeria who has been donating money generously to successive governments from the land of the dead as his loot was outrageous. Sunday Vanguard captures the looted funds:

He’s a man of multiple impressions. To some people, he was an enigma. To others, he was humane. But to many, he was simply a mean dictator and the man who wore the thickest goggles in town. Yet, some quarters preferred him as a consummate soldier, leader par excellence, trailblazer, stabilizer and strategist.

THE MAN ABACHA
That was the late General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former Head of State between 1993 and 1998.
The name ‘Abacha’ resonates across Nigeria. He rose through the military ladder to the top echelon.
On December 31, 1983 when the army removed then President Shehu Shagari from power to give way for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Abacha announced the power takeover. He also co-announced the coming of the Babangida regime with Gen. Joshua Dogoyaro and it was in that regime that he served as the chief of the army staff.
On November 17, 1993, Abacha took the reins of power after sacking the Shonekan interim administration where he served as Defence Minister. From that day to June 7, 1998, Abacha reigned supreme and maximally. Since he died, however, his name has continued to resonate for mostly the wrong reasons of corruption, fraud and financial embezzlement.

WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED LOOT
Many believe that his regime encouraged corruption by stashing away illicit funds in foreign bank accounts. One huge surprise about the saga, however, is that it’s been 22 years since Abacha passed on, yet government after government have continued to talk about Abacha loot. Though it may be difficult to place a hand on the figure stolen and hidden in many offshore accounts, Transparency International once said Abacha may have stolen up to $5bn between 1993 when he assumed office and 1998 when he died. Of this amount, successive governments made recoveries.
Recall that there have been one military leader and four civilian Presidents since the passage of the maximum ruler: General Abdulsalami Abubukar from June 8, 1999 to May 29, 1999.
President Olusegun Obasanjo from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007.
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from May 29, 2007 to May 6, 2010
President Goodluck Jonathan from May 6, 2010 to May 29, 2015 and
President Muhammad Buhari who assumed on may 29 till date.

Significantly, in 2014, the Abacha family entered into an agreement, forfeiting several billions of dollars to the Federal Government, following plea bargaining to drop charges against the late military ruler’s son.

AMOUNT RECOVERED SO FAR
The recovered monies were principally stashed away in four major countries: Switzerland, Jersey Island in United Kingdom, United States and Liechtenstein.

* During the Abdulsalami era in 1999, $750 million was recovered.

* Under the Obasanjo administration, $1.2 billion was recovered in 2002; $149 million from Jersey Island, UK in 2003; $500 million recovered " In 2004 from Switzerland and another $458 recovered.
In 2005 from Switzerland.

* During the Jonathan administration, $1 billion was recovered in 2012 and $380 million in 2015, both tranches from Switzerland.
The Jonathan administration also recovered $227 million from Liechtenstein.
In 2014 and $48 million from the United States the same year

* The government of Buhari government recovered $322 million from Switzerland in 2017, $308 million from Jersey Island, United Kingdom in February 2020 and $311.7 million from Jersey, United States of America in May 2020 which is the most current.

All put together, amounting to over $5.6 billion

BOTTOM LINE: No one can actually tell the exact amount that was looted by the military headbof state.
Perhaps there are more looted funds still out there going by the frequency of recoveries by the federal authorities. In that regard, a member of the House of Representatives, Salam Bamidele, said: “I believe that we may not have really gone half way in digging some of those monies stashed away in foreign accounts by the late Gen. Sani Abacha and maybe some people who were close to him”.

Even though he is no more, General Sani Abacha has been humorously described as one of the ancestors of Nigeria who has been donating money generously to successive governments from the land of the dead as his loot was outrageous. Sunday Vanguard captures the looted funds:

He’s a man of multiple impressions. To some people, he was an enigma. To others, he was humane. But to many, he was simply a mean dictator and the man who wore the thickest goggles in town. Yet, some quarters preferred him as a consummate soldier, leader par excellence, trailblazer, stabilizer and strategist.

THE MAN ABACHA
That was the late General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s former Head of State between 1993 and 1998.
The name ‘Abacha’ resonates across Nigeria. He rose through the military ladder to the top echelon.
On December 31, 1983 when the army removed then President Shehu Shagari from power to give way for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Abacha announced the power takeover. He also co-announced the coming of the Babangida regime with Gen. Joshua Dogoyaro and it was in that regime that he served as the chief of the army staff.
On November 17, 1993, Abacha took the reins of power after sacking the Shonekan interim administration where he served as Defence Minister. From that day to June 7, 1998, Abacha reigned supreme and maximally. Since he died, however, his name has continued to resonate for mostly the wrong reasons of corruption, fraud and financial embezzlement.

WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED LOOT
Many believe that his regime encouraged corruption by stashing away illicit funds in foreign bank accounts. One huge surprise about the saga, however, is that it’s been 22 years since Abacha passed on, yet government after government have continued to talk about Abacha loot. Though it may be difficult to place a hand on the figure stolen and hidden in many offshore accounts, Transparency International once said Abacha may have stolen up to $5bn between 1993 when he assumed office and 1998 when he died. Of this amount, successive governments made recoveries.
Recall that there have been one military leader and four civilian Presidents since the passage of the maximum ruler: General Abdulsalami Abubukar from June 8, 1999 to May 29, 1999.
President Olusegun Obasanjo from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007.
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from May 29, 2007 to May 6, 2010
President Goodluck Jonathan from May 6, 2010 to May 29, 2015 and
President Muhammad Buhari who assumed on may 29 till date.

Significantly, in 2014, the Abacha family entered into an agreement, forfeiting several billions of dollars to the Federal Government, following plea bargaining to drop charges against the late military ruler’s son.

AMOUNT RECOVERED SO FAR
The recovered monies were principally stashed away in four major countries: Switzerland, Jersey Island in United Kingdom, United States and Liechtenstein.

* During the Abdulsalami era in 1999, $750 million was recovered.

* Under the Obasanjo administration, $1.2 billion was recovered in 2002; $149 million from Jersey Island, UK in 2003; $500 million recovered " In 2004 from Switzerland and another $458 recovered.
In 2005 from Switzerland.

* During the Jonathan administration, $1 billion was recovered in 2012 and $380 million in 2015, both tranches from Switzerland.
The Jonathan administration also recovered $227 million from Liechtenstein.
In 2014 and $48 million from the United States the same year

* The government of Buhari government recovered $322 million from Switzerland in 2017, $308 million from Jersey Island, United Kingdom in February 2020 and $311.7 million from Jersey, United States of America in May 2020 which is the most current.

All put together, amounting to over $5.6 billion

BOTTOM LINE: No one can actually tell the exact amount that was looted by the military headbof state.
Perhaps there are more looted funds still out there going by the frequency of recoveries by the federal authorities. In that regard, a member of the House of Representatives, Salam Bamidele, said: “I believe that we may not have really gone half way in digging some of those monies stashed away in foreign accounts by the late Gen. Sani Abacha and maybe some people who were close to him”.

1k plus in lagos
and they want to relax Lockdown.
If I may ask... what was the reason for the Lockdown in the first place.

when the total number of confirmed cases was about 200 you called for Lockdown, now the confirmed cases are above 2,000, and you want to relax Lockdown .
let's watch and see how things will unfold

1k plus in lagos
and they want to relax Lockdown.
If I may ask... what was the reason for the Lockdown in the first place.

when the total number of confirmed cases was about 200 you called for Lockdown, now the confirmed cases are above 2,000, and you want to relax Lockdown .

let's watch and see how things will unfold

Kano Don Enter Express


I jejely dey Kogi state dey chill
is God not Good?


Happy New Month Fellow Nigerians
This Month of May will be the best Month yet, in this 2020
Amen

Kano Don enter Express

Only two state standing. with corona free
Kogi and Cross River

I am in kogi.
I just dey view live score everyday jejely from my corner without panic



Happy New Month Fellow Nigerians
This Month will be the best Month yet, in this 2020
Amen

Grgraduallyadually getting out of hand..

na wah oh

yomi007k:
Sorry bro. You better start farming where you are ....lol

Or tell them you have Covid 19.

na to use format for them...

yomi007k:
No interstate travel NOW and No interstate travel after 4th of May.
Where u wan go? Wetin u wan go do?

I want to go home... before its too late

dayorich:
Audio

I know but when Is it supposed to start officially?

Please, is the ban on interstate travels starting with immediate effect or it begins on Monday 4th.?
I don't seem to understand that aspect of the speech. someone should please explain.
Thanks.

Egungun Don enter Highway

egungun Don enter High way

UBTH testing centre ready, as Edo sets for 1000 tests daily

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew effective from tomorrow, April 20, 2020, prohibiting the movement of people throughout the state from 7 pm to 6 am, as part of measures to halt the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state.
Obaseki, who disclosed this in a broadcast, noted that the order will be reviewed after 10 days when increased screening and testing of citizens in the state must have been achieved.

The curfew, according to the governor, is part of additional measures to ensure that people stay at home and prevent further spread of coronavirus.
“We realise we need to do more social distancing at this time. Therefore, we are taking additional measures to ensure that people stay at home. Consequently, with effect from tomorrow 20th April an order prohibiting the movement of people in Edo State from 7 pm to 6 am. This order will be reviewed after 10 days when we have increased our screening and testing of our citizens. The security agencies, by this directive, are mandated to enforce total compliance by ensuring that movement is restricted at night across the State,” he said.

Governor Obaseki, noting that the testing centre at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) is ready to commence operation, said Edo State will in the next few days begin testing for 1000 residents daily.

The governor said healthcare workers handling the COVID-19 response in the state have been provided with life insurance and special allowances, as motivation to work on the frontlines in the fight against the pandemic.

“Screening and testing is key if we are to understand and have the required information to control the spread of this virus. Therefore, our goal is to screen a minimum of 500,000 of our citizens. The first of the proposed 100 screening centres started operations last week in Oredo Local Government Area. Six of these centres are Public Primary Healthcare Centers, and 4 are in private hospitals. This would be scaled up to all the 18 local government areas in the state within the next 2 weeks.

“I am glad to inform you that the testing centre at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) is now ready. We have begun trial tests under the guidance of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC); we expect it will commence full operations this week.
“We have also taken delivery of another PCR testing machine currently being installed at the Edo Specialist Hospital which we hope will also be ready within the next 2 weeks. This will give us the capacity to perform up to 1000 tests daily in Edo State. With massive screening and testing we will have sufficient information which is required to direct the decisions for proper management and control of the scourge,” Obaseki added.

According to the governor, “We will continue to impose a partial lockdown for now and not totally shut down the economy because of the untold economic hardships which a total shutdown will cause to our citizens. We will review our decisions based on the evidence obtained from our mass screening and testing.

He continued, “I want to reiterate that the ban on street trading, which was announced by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, is in the best interest of our people. This move is aimed at ensuring that all trading activities in this period is concentrated in the primary and secondary school premises, where we are strictly enforcing the social distancing policy as well as the hygiene and safety precautions, which will slow the spread of COVID–19.”

“Once again, try to get screened at any of our several screening centres across the state and where required, you will be tested for confirmation. Wash your hands regularly with soap under running water and use alcohol-based sanitizers. Stay at home; but if you must go out, wear facemasks and avoid gatherings of more than 20 persons.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/coronavirus-edo-govt-imposes-dusk-to-dawn-curfew-to-check-spread/

The Russian government has authorised the use of an anti-malarial drug to treat coronavirus patients despite international concerns over its safety and effectiveness.
The government published an order late Thursday allowing the use of hydroxychloroquine on patients after China donated more than 68,000 packs of the tablets to Russia.
The order was published after President Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday evening.

It said the drug would be distributed to hospitals that are caring for patients who have tested positive for coronavirus or are suspected of having it. It said the drug’s safety and effectiveness will be monitored by the state health watchdog.
Hydroxychloroquine has been used for decades against malaria and is being tested worldwide against the virus along with another anti-malarial drug, chloroquine.

Both have potentially serious side effects, especially in high doses or when administered with other medications, and their use to treat the virus is still experimental, without having gone through exhaustive clinical testing.
Some see them as a potential weapon in the fight against the virus while there is still no proven cure or vaccine.

Hydroxychloroquine has shown early promise against COVID-19 in small-scale studies in France and China to reduce virus levels among people badly infected.
US President Donald Trump has touted it as a coronavirus treatment and in the US a limited emergency-use authorisation has been granted to the drug.

But many scientists are urging caution until larger trials show whether it is safe and effective.
The European Medicines Agency has said that both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine need to go through clinical trials and should not be used to treat virus cases unless there is a “national emergency.”

Vanguard News Nigeria.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/russia-approves-use-of-anti-malaria-drug-to-treat-covid-19-patients/


Las Las
This Corona virus no Malaria Senior Brother

who else noticed that
there was no NCDC update at 9:50pm yesterday.
Great things are happening

A Nigerian medical practitioner, Dr. Chugbo Emeka, in private practice, on Wednesday morning, died of coronavirus-related complications after treating an infected patient in his hospital.

The doctor, identified as Dr. Chugbo Emeka, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, was said to have been admitted at the hospital on Monday, after contracting the disease from a COVID-19 patient he was said to have managed in a private hospital, where he worked before his death.
Vanguard gathered that the patient he was treating died on Friday April 3.

Confirming the development, Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Profesor Chris Bode, said the doctor was not a staff of the hospital, but was rushed to the facility after he showed severe signs of the disease.
Bode said: “He was brought in late, so there was no much we could do. He was a staff in LUTH years back before he went to join the private sector.
“We learned he had COVID-19 patients in his facility that he was treating. He may have been exposed to the virus from there.

“His death has shown what health workers are exposed to in the course of treating COVID-19 patients. Our hearts are with his family in this trying time. It is a sad development for us.”
Vanguard gathered that the doctor did his residency at Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department in LUTH and was 60 years.
The late doctor, according to investigation, was at a time the Vice President of the Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital.

NMA, ARD mourn
In a condolence message made available .to Vanguard, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Lagos, said: “NMA regrets to announce the death of Dr. Chugbo Emeka at the LUTH isolation treatment ward.

“He died in the early hours of Wednesday. Until his death, he was a private medical practitioner who was exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19. We condole with his immediate family and members of the medical community for this painful loss.”
Also, the statement from the Association of Resident Doctors read: “Dr. Chugbo was a former senior resident of O&G at LUTH, who left to set up his private practice in Lagos.

“He contracted the virus from privately managing a known COVID-19 patient. He later fell ill and was receiving care at his hospital. When his condition deteriorated he was referred to LUTH in severe respiratory distress.
“I remember Dr. Chugbo was a known asthmatic. He was commenced on drugs, but he did not really improve.

“He passed on Wednesday morning. Dr. Chugbo was a senior resident during my training as well as a good friend, who exhibited exemplary brilliance and showed empathy for his patients. May his soul RIP.”
Vanguard

The Edo State Government has said that its decision to impose partial lockdown in the state in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was the best option given its peculiar socio-economic dynamics and the need to sustain a post-COVID-19 economy.
In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, said the state government based its decision on the recognition of the fact that the state’s economy is largely dominated by operators in the informal sector and that the impact of a total lockdown would be worse than that of the coronavirus.

According to him, “We are aware of sinister plans by some unscrupulous elements to stir controversy over the state government’s decision to adopt a partial as against total lockdown. Their strategy is such that they would influence public opinion to force the government to impose a total lockdown so as to advance their selfish interests to make the government unpopular.

“However, we want to assure Edo people that our position is backed by reasoning as they are at the heart of all government’s policies at all times especially in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Much as we are working assiduously to reduce the spread of the viral disease in the state, we would not do so by sacrificing our people’s economic wellbeing.

“There is no denying that the informal sector constitutes a major block of the state’s economy. These people survive on daily sales or wages, it would be callous to deprive them of daily bread at this time with a total lockdown. Those behind the call for a total lockdown have refused to see the implicit adverse effects of such moves in other states in Nigeria and different countries across the world.”

Noting that evidence from other states that have implemented total lockdown is unfavourable to the state’s current dynamics, he said, “We are not unaware of the issues that have arisen with the total lockdown in some states across the country. There have been civil unrests in some states leading to deaths. In fact, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in its recent report, disclosed that 18 persons have been killed by security operatives in the course of enforcing the total lockdown. The figure is more than the total number of persons that have died from coronavirus.

“Also, the total lockdown in the state has proven not to be effective in containing spread or shutting out the virus, as we have evidence where despite a lockdown, cases of the virus have been recorded in some states that took such measures while in others, a 100 per cent increase in new cases has been recorded.

“At the same time, the resurgence of crime in some states have also been trace to the total lockdown. Hoodlums have gone around terrorising people and robbing them of food and monies. It is obvious that, by its very far-reaching implications, a total lockdown is not advisable.”

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