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UPDATE: Nigeria records 416 new cases of COVID-19

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5 years ago

June 1, 2020

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….Federal Government has directed the “restrictive opening” of worship centres

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday 1st of June 2020, announced that 416 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria.

This is the second-highest daily figure recorded by the centre after it announced 553 confirmed cases on Saturday 30th May 2020, since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria.

No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

Till date, 10578 cases have been confirmed, 3122 cases have been discharged and 299 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 416 new cases are reported from 20 states – Lagos (192), Edo (41), Rivers (33), Kaduna (30), Kwara (23), Nasarawa (18), Borno (17), FCT (14), Oyo (10), Katsina (7), Abia (5), Delta (5), Adamawa (4), Kano (4), Imo (3), Ondo (3), Benue(2), Bauchi(2), Ogun (2), Niger (1)

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has directed the “restrictive opening” of worship centres but with a caveat that relevant containment protocols against the Covid-19 be respected in line with the agreement reached between the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19 and the state goverments.

The PTF which disclosed this on Monday during its daily briefing also announced the second phase of its eased lockdown which would be in place for four weeks.

The initial six-week eased lockdown would end by midnight of Monday, but the Presidential Taskforce PTF on Covid-19 said the pandemic is still very potent as Nigeria has not reached the peak of infection.

The new phase of the lockdown also places a ban on interstate movement, gatherings with more than 20 people among others.

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Healthcare : Lagos locates 150-bed children’s hospital near LAWMA refuse loading station

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4 years ago

May 3, 2021

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The new seven-storey 150-bed Massey Street Children’s Hospital being constructed by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration is located close to the Lagos State Waste Management Agency’s refuse transfer loading station on Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island.

Our correspondent reports that during a visit to the construction site on Friday, the proposed children hospital is just a few metres from the LAWMA facility, noting that this might affect would-be users of the hospital when completed owing to environmental pollution.

During the visit, sighted refuse-laden LAWMA trucks parked inside the facility, even as the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, said that the LAWMA facility does not hold refuse.

Omotosho spoke on a live radio programme on Friday.

Apart from the proposed children hospital’s closeness to the refuse transfer loading station, findings by our correspondent also showed that there was heavy vehicular movements, with the attendant loud blaring of horns and loud calls for passengers, as well as heavy commercial activities such as street trading ongoing in the area, which might affect smooth access to the hospital, especially during emergency.

Similarly Our media observed that the area is a den of the ubiquitous miscreants and street urchins, who have been known to pose security risk to Lagosians and may be a source of concerns to patients that seek care at the health facility when completed.

Sanwo- Olu had, on April 28, inaugurated the construction of Massey Street Children’s Hospital, a 150-bed specialist facility for children in the state.

The governor said the construction of the facility reflected his administration’s unwavering determination to bridge all gaps in the health sector.

“The current Massey Children’s Hospital was established in 1914 as the First General Outpatient Clinic and Referral Centre in Lagos State. It was converted to a full-fledged Paediatrics Hospital in 1961,” Sanwo-Olu had said.Findings by our correspondent further showed that the Adeniji Adele axis is characterised by a large amount of hustle and bustle characteristic of any big citiy.

The number of cars parked on the road and the volume of trucks plying it as of the time of the visit were overwhelming, our correspondent reported.

Some residents of the area who spoke to our correspondent said that siting a children’s hospital in Adeniji Adele environ, being one of the heavy commercial areas in the state, is not ideal.

“You can see things for yourself. The hospital is close to a LAWMA facility that receives and transfers refuse on a daily basis.

“Apart from that, this area is too busy for a children’s hospital to be located. You have lots of vehicles parked on the road. We witness obstruction of traffic every now and then and you have a lot of miscreants in this environment,” a resident, Gbenga Ojo, told our correspondent during the visit.

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Chairman Agege LG, Ganiyu Egunjobi Receives Covid-19 Vaccines

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4 years ago

March 15, 2021

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The Executive Chairman of Agege LG , Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi today, received Covid 19 vaccines alongside scores of front line health workers at the council maternity, Agege

“Today, I received AstraZeneca jab alongside scores of frontline workers, particularly in public health sector after the local government took delivery of its own doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Lagos State government.

It is pertinent to say that the claim that AstraZeneca is unsafe and causes blood clots in recipients has not been subscribed to by the World Health Organization.

However, the United Nations agency called for further investigation into the safety of the vaccine.

We must not lose sight of the fact that some countries are teetering on the edge of the third wave of the stubborn pandemic, which has been mutating. Among them are: Italy and Greece.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to my knowledge is on a mission to ensure that all residents of Lagos State are vaccinated very soon.

So, we must be disposed to get vaccinated and take all the unfolding conspiracy theories about vaccines generally with a pinch of salt.

“There is no doubt the pandemic is still very much around, i urge us all to abide by all non-pharmaceutical measures in place to mitigate its spread”.

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UPDATE : Nigeria Records 790 new cases of COVID-19

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5 years ago

July 2, 2020

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….Coronavirus deaths in Nigeria have risen to 603

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Wednesday night via its Twitter handle.

Nigeria on Wednesday night, recorded 790 new cases of COVID-19 with the total number of discharged patients as 10,152.

In the past weeks, the number of infections and deaths in the country have increased.

Although the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, Nigeria on Monday further reopened its economy as it lifted the ban on interstate travels and opened its airports for domestic flights.

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