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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has confirmed that the Tokyo Olympics has been postponed until next summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. International Olympic Committee member chief Dick Pound revealed on Monday night that it was all but certain that the Games would be moved to 2021. The Olympics will not take place in Tokyo this summer as scheduled And speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Abe revealed that the International Olympic Committee had agreed to his proposal. “I proposed to postpone for about a year and [IOC] president Thomas Bach responded with 100% agreement,” Abe said. The IOC had given itself four weeks to determine its future, with the Games originally due to get under way on July 24, but a final decision has already been made. Give COVID-19 the red card The quicker we work together to stop coronavirus spreading, the sooner we can get back into the pub, the gyms and stadiums and arenas to see li

Final confirmation tests show he no longer has the virus. A medical staff checks a man's temperature on border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi on March 18, 2020. DRC has reported that a patient has been cured of the novel coronavirus. PHOTO | ONESPHORE NIBIGIRA | AFP  IN SUMMARY The recovery of the patient could be the best news so far, considering DRC's feeble health system. The country is yet to complete its cycle of the Ebola scourge. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has said that the first patient to be confirmed with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) could walk out of hospital soon after he was cured. Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longodo announced on Monday night that the patient had concluded the final confirmation tests and that he no longer had the virus. “[We] have the first case of Covid-19 recovery in the DRC. It is of a person who c

The Ogun State Government has announced that it would distribute "not for sale" hand sanitizers, as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19. The State Ministry of Health and Hospital Management Board are reported to have produced the hand sanitizers for mass distribution across the State. The State Government advised everyone within the State to make themselves available and accessible to receive the facility. It also reminded the general public to maintain social distance from the distributing officials, who have been especially trained for the exercise. The sanitizers, the Government warned, are not to be sold under any circumstance, and they should not be viewed or used as a vaccine or drug, but as a handwashing facility to be used externally. The Government went further to advise parents and adults to ensure that the use of the sanitizers by children is done under their supervision.

"Stay at home," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a televised address to the nation, as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures © AFP / Paul ELLIS Britain was under lockdown Tuesday, its population joining around 1.7 billion people around the globe ordered to stay indoors to curb the “accelerating” spread of the coronavirus. Across Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East and parts of Africa, governments have told their citizens to remain at home as they grapple w

Kitui County Health Chief Officer Dr Richard Muthoka Monday said one of the patients was referred to Kitui County Referral Hospital from a private facility and the second patient, a pregnant girl had traveled from Eastleigh, Nairobi/FILE - KITUI COUNTY GOVERNMENT  A pregnant teenager is among two people isolated at Kauwi Level IV Hospital in Kitui West as authorities monitor them for COVID-19. Kitui County Health Chief Officer Dr Richard Muthoka Monday said one of the patients was referred to Kitui County Referral Hospital from a p

OGUN ANNOUNCES FURTHER MEASURES TO COMBAT COVID-19 Ogun State Government, Monday, announced new measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The decisions were taken after the daily review of developments at a meeting chaired by the Incident Commander, His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, MFR, Governor of Ogun State. Besides the lowering of the threshold of people who may gather in one place at a time from 50 to 20, the Government wishes to further state that: 1.  PUBLIC / CIVIL SERVICE:  All heads of State Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Local Governments are to draw up rosters that would ensure that not more than 20 percent of staff across all cadres work daily, thus ensuring that most staff come to work once a week. Health Workers, Fire Service and Ogun State Emergency Management Authority (OGSEMA) are exempted from this arrangement. Also, all teachers in Public Primary and Secondary Schools are to proceed on their vacation immediately. All Government offices, irre

Coronavirus [Photo: CDC.gov] The Lagos State Ministry of Health said Thursday that four new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the state. This brings to 12 the total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria, although one of the victims has fully recovered. The Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, addressed journalists on the new cases on Thursday at the state secretariat. He said the latest patients have been admitted for treatment at the Lagos State bio-security and infectious disease hospital, Yaba, Lagos. He said 19 tests were performed on suspected cases and contacts of the five cases announced on Wednesday, out of which four turned positive. The first of the new positive cases is that of a woman who had contact with one of the earlier positive cases who returned from the UK. The second is that of a Nigerian female who returned from France via a Turkish airline (TK 1830) on March 14. “The third new confirmed case is a Nigerian male in his 50s who had never travelled anywhe

The Lagos state government has hinted at asking churches and mosques to suspend services over coronavirus. Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information, gave the hint at a press briefing on Wednesday. He said the government would soon suggest to religious leaders to halt services, especially where there are large gatherings.

PRESS STATEMENT   COVID-19: Ogun bans high density gatherings   Further to measures so far taken to ramp up its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Ogun State Government has found it expedient to announce the following additional measures:   • Immediate ban of all high-densitygatherings that would bring together 50 or more persons in the same place, such as social clubs, halls, cinemas, night clubs, restaurants, cafes, and sport arenas. This measure will be in effect for the next 30 days in the first instance.   A statement issued on Wednesday said this restriction has to be enforced without prejudice to people’s fundamental rights to association and movement, because safety of our people and their welfare are priorities that cannot be toyed with. The Government will continue to engage all the stakeholders, including our religious leaders to sensitise the populace on the need to maintain social distancing and collective effort to combat this pandemic.   Th

A six-week old baby has become the youngest Nigerian, to test positive to the coronavirus.  This was confirmed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, via his verified Twitter page.   Five new cases confirmed by the Federal Ministry of Health on Wednesday. Giving a break down of that number, Ogunlesi said  “3 arrived from the US (2 of them Nigerians, a mother and her 6-week old baby), 2 arrived from the UK (both Nigerians)   “4 of them Nigerians (one a 6-week old baby – youngest victim so far), fifth one a foreign national who came in through the land border, the first case of infection via land border in Nigeria.”   Four of the patients are in Lagos, while one is in Ekiti state.   According to him, “all are being followed up and supported by State Health Authorities and The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)”.

The Enugu suspected Coronavirus patient quarantined in the state isolation centre has reportedly died. It was reliably gathered on Wednesday morning that the woman died on Sunday even before the state Ministry of Health came out to declare that the woman was negative to the novel virus.   Family sources told newsmen that the septuagenarian was taken to the Colliery Hospital where the state had dedicated for the treatment of infectious diseases and allegedly abandoned the woman without any medical treatment.  In a letter, the daughter wrote to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, decried the manner her mother was treated, which she said caused her death.   The letter, which was obtained by our correspondent, reads:   “My dear Governor, Ifeanyichukwu Lawrence Ugwuanyi.   “I am writing on behalf of myself and family in regards to the 70-year-old woman suspected of the Covid-19 in Enugu published on Saturday 14th March 2020. The patient who is my mother,