Death toll tops 600, with more than 3,143 new infections reported across China. The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China has risen to 636, according to the country’s National Health Commission. The
Chinese researchers said on Friday that the coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal trafficking of pangolins. Pangolin is the world’s only scaly mammal, which is prized in
The highest level of court in China, Supreme People’s Court, is expected to give an approval on Friday for the mass killing of coronavirus patients in China as sure means of controlling the spread of
China reports 73 people died on Wednesday, the highest since the outbreak began late last year. The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 563 on Wednesday – recording another record
A baby in China’s epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after being born, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. The infant is the youngest person recorded as being infected
Nigeria has registered an upsurge in the number of Lassa Fever cases since the beginning of the year, with 365 positive cases and 47 deaths reported from 23 states across the country. According to week
The World Health Organization (WHO) played down media reports of “breakthrough” drugs being discovered to treat people infected with the new coronavirus. A Chinese TV report said that a research team at Zhejiang University had
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it has successfully validated the capacity to test for the novel coronavirus in Nigeria at its National Reference Laboratory. Disclosing this in Abuja, the Chief Executive Officer of
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a “pandemic”. “Currently we are not in a
Two women who allegedly posted misinformation online about the deadly coronavirus have been arrested, Indonesian police said. “They posted a hoax on their Facebook account that a Balikpapan resident has been diagnosed with coronavirus,” local
Nasarawa state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a quack medical practitioner for allegedly killing a three-year-old girl through illegal blood transfusion. Mohammed Mahmoud-Fari, state commandant of NSCDC paraded
The United state Health officials have announced three more cases of the coronavirus in California, bringing the state’s total to six and the country’s total to 11 cases. Two cases were identified in San Benito
A teacher has revealed how she contracted the coronavirus after visiting her mother who was dying of cancer in China. Muying Shi, 37, flew to her birthplace in Wuhan – the epicentre of the deadly
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Asmau Foundation has offered medical care to over two thousand patients in Okene, the headquarters of Okene Local government area of Kogi State during its annual medical outreach. The founder and
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