LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS )-At least 15 West African countries would be delivered of the Covid Organics herbal syrup developed in Madagascar to cure Covid-19 patients. The delivery would be made through Equatorial Guinea who who earlier came to the country to pick up the load. Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina stated that they intend to…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS Bill Gates believes we may eventually need to produce as many as 14 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines globally and that we’re anywhere from nine months to two years away from making that happen. In a blog post Thursday, the billionaire Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist outlined what the race for a…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- If COVID-19 follows a pattern set by the 1918 Spanish flu, the pandemic is likely to last up to two years and return with a vengeance this fall and winter – a second wave worse than the first, according to a study issued from the University of Minnesota. “States, territories and tribal…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria, on Friday, reported a staggering number of COVID-19 cases – 238 single day infections along with 68 deaths so far, 351 discharged and a total record of 2170 cases nationwide. The country’s Centre for Disease Control, Friday night, said that the new cases were recorded in 22 states and the…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Thursday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking Russian official known to have gotten infected. Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin during a video call that he would self-isolate but planned to stay in touch on key policy issues. It wasn’t…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The House of Representatives has insisted that the proposed two-month free electricity for Nigerians be implemented to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizens. The DisCos had announced that they were working with the federal government to provide free two-month electricity as palliative to Nigerians but the Transmission Company…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- With Covid-19 cases on a sharp rise in Tanzania, there is now widespread speculation that three of its lawmakers who died in a space of 11 days might have contracted the virus. It’s a concern which has prompted the country’s leading opposition party Chadema to call for a suspension of parliament….
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that bed spaces for patients of Coronavirus Disease are no longer readily available in Lagos State. Ihekweazu said this on Thursday when he spoke at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja….