The Twenty-fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the Director General on 26 March 2020 with committee members only attending via teleconference, supported by the WHO Secretariat. In order to ease the burden on affected State Parties in the exceptional […]
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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians must work together and practise social discipline in order to flatten the Covid-19 infection curve, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that in the past two weeks Malaysia had recorded around 150 to 200 positive Covid-19 cases daily and the Ministry of Health (MOH) had been monitoring the trend
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Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, who tested positive for Coronavirus, has said that he will be moving to Lagos for “additional care and observation”. Recall that SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that Kyari was seriously ill and tested positive for the virus after returning from a trip to Germany and Egypt.
JOHOR BARU: A sharp increase of Covid-19 positive cases at Kampung Dato’ Ibrahim Majid and Bandar Baharu Dato’ Ibrahim Majid in Simpang Renggam, Kluang, which is now under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO), is believed to be related to the tabligh gathering at the Sri Petaling Mosque recently. Johor Police chief Datuk Ayob Khan
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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has announced 14 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. According to the NCDC, 12 were confirmed in Lagos while two were confirmed in the FCT. “14 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: two in FCT, 12 in Lagos “Of the 14, six were detected
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The Presidential Intensive Care Unit inside Aso Villa has been activated and placed on standby after President Muhammadu Buhari went into self-isolation on Tuesday evening. A top government source told SaharaReporters that persistent coughing by the President raised fears in Aso Villa on Tuesday despite him earlier testing negative to Coronavirus. Since it emerged
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has finally added Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, and Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, to its real-time count of confirmed cases of persons infected with Coronavirus in Nigeria. SaharaReporters had on Monday exclusively reported that Kyari was infected with the virus as his
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control has confirmed four new cases of Coronavirus in the country. This was announced via the official Twitter account of the agency on Monday night. The four new cases takes the total cases in the country to 40. Four new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. 3 are
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Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, is said to be seriously ill and in fact suspected of being infected with Coronavirus. A top government source told SaharaReporters on Monday that Kyari has been seriously “down” since returning from a trip abroad. Kyari visited Germany and Egypt and only returned this
Google The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has confirmed three more cases of Coronavirus in Lagos. This was confirmed on Sunday evening via the agency’s Twitter handle. It said, “Three new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Lagos. “Two cases are returning travellers and one is a contact of a confirmed case.” The latest
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