Abia COVID-19 Update 1. As at 8am of Thursday, April 23, 2020, the State Rapid Response Team and medical protocol sub-committee of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19, in conjunction with the team from Federal Medical Center (FMC), Umuahia, have traced 209 contacts of the two index COVID-19 cases in Abia State. 2. This process which continued today covered mainly 3 …

The Chief of Staff to the Governor Dr. ACB Agbazuere has described as fraudulent and unacceptable the manner at which the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) exploit Abians and other consumers within its jurisdiction through humongous estimation. Dr. Agbazuere who was receiving on behalf of the state government sixty cartons of Hand Sanitizer from the Management of EEDC at government …

EBONYI STATE GOVERNMENT PRESS STATEMENT 22nd April 2020 “Report Accurately, Stop Causing Panic In Ebonyi With Fake News” – Governor Umahi to Journalists My attention has been drawn to the news and a purportedly doctored audio and video making the rounds on Social and Print Media alleging that the governor banned Chijioke Agwu and Peter Okutu of Daily Sun Newspapers …

Ganduje Begs FG For Help   As the federal government stepped efforts to curb covid-19 in Kano,the state Governor ,Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday called for more testing centres in the state .The Governor ,according to statement by his chief press secretary ,Abba ,made the call when the NCDC Boss ,Ihekweazu visited him  at the government house in Kano ,”  he …

Buhari Directs Payment of Withheld Salaries of ASUU President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate payment of salaries of lecturers withheld for not registering with the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). It was gathered that the gesture was a sign of the president’s goodwill to the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who have embarked …

At least 53 journalists, with the majority belonging to a television news channel, in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, have tested positive for the new coronavirus. Of the 167 journalists tested by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over the weekend, every third tested positive. In a televised news conference, Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Luv Aggarwal called the development “unfortunate,” and stressed …

Northern Governors Meet, Insist On More COVID-19 Testing Centres, Ban Almajiri System Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has met to discuss the region’s response to the CoronaVirus pandemic and evaluate some of the measures adopted by each state to deal with the situation. The meeting presided over by its Chairman, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, was convened via teleconferencing …

_ –Anxiety mounts as Kano records ‘180 deaths within four days’ Meanwhile, the recent rise in deaths in Kano state has been a source of concern to residents. A health worker, who spoke off the record, told an Online publication that 180 persons have been buried in the last four days. Although the development comes at a time when the …

No link to 2 Covid-19 patients with our doctor’s death – FMC Umuahia MD On Monday evening the hospital received a report of two confirmed COVID 19 cases from NCDC network laboratory, both of which were patients receiving care in our hospital already. Both patients have been successfully evacuated to the isolation facility for care and contact tracing of all …