The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday. Ahmad, who tested positive to Covid-19 on October 30, went into isolation and observation at the AS Salam International Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, and doctors authorized him to leave Wednesday morning. Now not contagious anymore, and with minimal risk of complications, the CAF President returned to his home in Cairo. According to the CAF media outlet, doctors have prescribed at least 20 days of convalescence, during which he will have to limit…
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U.S. reports 131,000 COVID-19 infections, highest daily figure
The U.S. on Tuesday reported 131,000 new cases of COVID-19, the country’s highest single-day infection since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. COVID-19 Tracking Project said the country suffered an average of 120,000 new cases every day in the past week. The disease killed no fewer than 1,347 persons across the U.S. on Tuesday, the highest record since August 19, the project said. It said no fewer than 62,000 people were currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the country. It added that the seven-day average for new deaths has been…
Read MoreNCDC warns of second wave of Coronavirus
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has warned that there is likely to be an even more devastating second wave of coronavirus in the country due to non-compliance to COVID-19 health guidelines. A technical adviser in the implementation of NCDC’s action plan in Adamawa State, Fahad Mohammed, who dropped the hint during the sensitisation of officials of the Nigerian police, civil defence, immigration and correctional services, and road safety personnel in Yola, said that the NCDC was driven to ensure more persons are tested so that the spread of…
Read MoreCoronavirus: FG orders full reopening of schools, NYSC Camps
The federal government has asked school administrators to start preparing for the full reopening of schools. Dr Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 disclosed this during a press briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday. Aliyu, who directed schools to conduct risk assessment, said the reopening would be done in phases. “For educational institutions which include daycare, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, they should begin the process of working towards potentially reopening within this phase,” he said. “However, we strongly recommend that…
Read MoreRussia to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in September ahead of the West
A top government official has revealed that Russia could make available a vaccine for the treatment of the Coronavirus disease as early as September. This announcement is coming after Russia had denied that hackers working for the country’s intelligence agency tried to steal sensitive data from researchers in the UK, US and Canada. Russia is the fourth-most affected country in the world with more than 750,000 COVID-19 cases. The head of the Russian wealth fund, while stating that a deal has been agreed with AstraZeneca to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine…
Read MoreWhy we cannot reopen rail services – Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that reopening rail services in Nigeria could mean an additional 2,000 novel Coronavirus infections per day. Speaking on The Osasu Show, Amaechi said it is economically unwise to resume rail services now. “We are not in a hurry to reopen the train services, I had a conversation with the chairman in charge of the technical committee on COVID-19 and I did say economically it is not wise. “First, you have about 88 passengers per coach, and for you to run social distancing on…
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