BREAKING: U.S President tests negative for Coronavirus

Trump Is Tested for Coronavirus, and Experts Ask: What Took So Long? Federal officials are asking Americans for extraordinary vigilance against a new pathogen. President Trump has taken a different course, worrying scientists. After hosting a gathering with guests later found to be

JUST IN: Outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), declares WHO

The coronavirus sweeping across the world is a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared today. There are now over 118,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in 114 countries around the world. A pandemic is the “worldwide spread of a

Nigeria confirms second case of Coronavirus

The Nigerian government has confirmed the second case of coronavirus in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday at a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Ehanire briefed reporters at the boardroom of the

3 Nigerians suspected of Covid – 19 test negative

All three Nigerians suspected to have Corona virus have all been tested and declared free from the dreaded diseases. The said three Nigerians were said to have flown into the country from France, England and China. The three cases have been discharged as

18 suspected cases of coronavirus identified in Nigeria

A total of 18 suspected cases of coronavirus have been identified so far in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The health agency disclosed this in its fifth national situation report on the virus, following the confirmation of

Prof Iwu announces breakthrough in coronavirus cure, seals deal with US Institute

A Nigerian has recorded significant progress towards finding a cure for the much-dreaded coronavirus or Covid 19. According to a release by Abdulganiyu Aminu, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy, Prof. Maurice

Israeli researchers claim breakthrough on coronavirus vaccine

Hope appears to be rising for a solution to coronavirus after some researchers at the Migal Galilee Research Institute (MIGAL) in Israel claimed to have developed a vaccine against avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV),a precursor of a human vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19).

BREAKING: FG confirms first case of Coronavirus in Nigeria

The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed the case in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday, February 28, 2020. According to the statement,

Iran’s Vice President tests positive for Coronavirus

The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has cost 26 lives, the health ministry announced Thursday, with a vice president becoming the latest top official to be infected as the spread appeared to accelerate. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that the

FG releases N386m to fight coronavirus

The federal government has released N386m to forestall unforeseen outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 virus, hitherto known as coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) received a sum of N315m while N71m was released to the port health services division of the