NCDC working with Whatsapp to scale up information dissemination
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says it is working with WhatsApp to scale up capacity to keep Nigerians informed on COVID19. The NCDC made the announcement on…
Africa coronavirus cases may rise as some people slip through undetected – ACDC
Africa will likely see increasing numbers of coronavirus cases in coming weeks because it’s “very likely” that some cases are slipping through the net, the head of the Africa Centre…
Coronavirus: UK experiencing food shortage, over 2,600 infected
With over 2,600 infected and 104 deaths as of Thursday, the United Kingdom is said to now be experiencing food shortage as a result of coronavirus Pandemic. In a…
COVID-19: 80 per cent of all cases from Western Pacific, Europe – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 200,000 cases of Coronavirus ( COVID-19) have now been reported to WHO and 8,000 people have lost their lives. Dr Tedros…
Testing, contact tracing must be ‘backbone’ of COVID-19 response -WHO
Countries across the world must take a comprehensive approach to fighting the pandemic of COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus and isolate, test and trace as many cases as…
COVID-19: Global job loss could hit 25m – ILO
The International Labour Congress(ILO) says almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, said this in a statement on…
Coronavirus: NFF suspends football activities for 4 weeks
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has suspended football activities in the country for four weeks due to the outbreak…
Coronavirus: Facebook scrambles to keep up with soaring usage in time of isolation
Facebook said Wednesday said it would place “authoritative” coronavirus content at the top of user feeds as it scrambled to keep up with increased usage and stem the flow of…
COVID-19: NGF constitutes sub-committee to review trend
The Nigeria Governors‘ Forum (NGF) has set up a seven-member sub-committee to review the trend of the Corona virus and global failing in petroleum price, as well advice State governments on required measures…
Mass move to work, study from home in coronavirus pandemic creates opening for hackers – cyber experts
As people disperse to their homes to work and study because of the coronavirus pandemic, taking their laptops and company data with them, cyber security experts say hackers will follow,…