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Limited global stocks of two anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the medicines, currently in clinical trials, to treat COVID-19, doctors cautioned on Thursday. Around the world, countries are expanding access to chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which are ...

Spain has passed another grim coronavirus milestone after the number of deaths exceeded 10,000. The country, the second-worst hit in terms fatalities, has also lost nearly 900,000 jobs. The US, too, has registered 6.6m new jobless benefit claims – a ...

A part of Calabar’s biggest shopping mall — SPAR mall has collapsed. Part of the edifice collapsed today destroying several cars worth millions of naira. The cause of the collapse has not been ascertained as at the time of filing ...

Indonesia has released 18,000 inmates in a desperate bid to stop coronavirus from rampaging through its notoriously overcrowded prison system, authorities said on Thursday. The mass release comes days after the Southeast Asian nation said it would free more than ...

After eight days of isolation and treatment, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, has tested negative for COVID-19. , The Nation gathered through the Head of Public Relations Unit of the ...

As coronavirus leaves the world’s major cities deserted by humans, animals have been spotted enjoying the peace and quiet during the COVID-19 pandemic. The global outbreak of the virus has seen many countries such as Spain, Italy, Japan and Chile, ...

An unknown soldier has shot an unidentified young man dead in Delta State, south-south Nigeria, the police in the state have said. The incident occurred on Thursday at Ugbuwangue community in Warri South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, ...

Veteran Nollywood actor Sadiq Abubakar Daba’s health has worsened. The actor who has been diagnosed with Leukemia and prostate cancer is about to lose his sight, Nigerian Journalist, Olutade Simon claims. Tweeting at the Vice-President, Ogun and Lagos state Governors, ...

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria have now risen to 184 on Thursday. This is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC recorded 10 new cases in Lagos and Abuja as at 08:00 pm on 2nd April. Seven of ...

The global confirmed cases for COVID-19 have now crossed the one million mark globally with the United States of America, China, Italy and Spain highest hit nations. The total number of confirmed cases as at the time of filing thing ...

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria now has the capacity to test 1,500 people a day for coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister made the comment at Thursday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. “With ...

Kwara State Technical Committee on Corona Virus (COVID-19) will Thursday night begin fumigation of markets across the state. According to the statement issued last night by Spokesman of the Committee Rafiu Ajakaye, the fumigation takes place between 7 p.m. and ...

Lagos State Government, on Thursday, discharged 11 more patients from the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Yaba, after being tested negative twice for Coronavirus (COVID-19) and have been allowed to return home to their families. The latest figure brings to 18 ...

The Portuguese face at least another two weeks in lockdown after the government decided Wednesday to extend confinement measures as deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic near 200. The restrictions were first imposed on the 10-million population on March 19 but ...

A boy who went missing while hiking on an isolated trail with his mom has tragically been found dead by searchers, say Alaska State Troopers. Jaxson Brown, five, went walking with Jennifer Treat, 36, along Lunch Creek Trail near Ketchikan ...

A former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has supported the state government with N25 million to fight Coronavirus Sen. Amosun, in a letter dated March 31, written to Governor Dapo Abiodun, said the donation was a personal contribution to the ...

Residents of Ile-Ife, Osun State have been charged to stay indoor throughout today (Thursday) as a masquerade (Oro) would be performing traditional rite to cleanse the land of the deadly Coronavirus. According to a public service announcement jingle this morning, ...

The Presidency has taken a swipe at the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over his comments on the 14-day lockdown ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he is not an expert in that area. The Presidency told Prof. Soyinka ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing “trouble” in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic. About half the country’s roughly 110 million people are currently under quarantine — including millions in ...

President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo has declared a three-month “state of emergency” and curfew aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The tiny West African nation of eight million has so far recorded 36 confirmed infections and two deaths from ...

The Philippines’ ambassador to Lebanon died of coronavirus Thursday, a statement said, one of only 16 recorded deaths in the country since the start of the pandemic. The Philippines’ department of foreign affairs expressed its “deep sadness” at the passing ...

A doctor in the frontline of the COVID-19 treatment at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, has contracted the disease, the President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, has confirmed. Sokomba revealed this on Channels ...

A woman, who identified herself as Kafayat Alake, yesterday attempted to commit suicide by jumping into Osun river from the Gbodofon bridge. Some residents of the Gbodofon area said they sighted Alake from their homes loitering on the bridge and ...

Legendary New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis Jr has died at the age of 85 from complications of coronavirus. The pianist and educator was the patriarch of a legendary musical family. His son Branford Marsalis told the New York Times ...

A man has shot himself and his girlfriend after losing his job over the coronavirus pandemic in an attempted murder-suicide, police have said. Roderick Bliss IV, 38, shot his girlfriend in the back before turning the gun on himself at ...