LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The majority of rapid test coronavirus test kits supplied by China to Spain and the Czech Republic are faulty, local news outlets reported. Up to 80 percent of the 150,000 portable, quick coronavirus test kits China delivered to the Czech Republic earlier this month were faulty, according to local Czech news site Expats.cz. The…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian and an indigene of Kano Hajia Laila Abubakar Ali who is living in the United States has reportedly died of coronavirus. The death of the 60-year-old woman was revealed by Salihu Yakasai, spokesman to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, early Thursday. Yakasai said the deceased was the elder sister…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An attorney who represented victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre has filed a federal lawsuit against China’s government over the new coronavirus, saying Tuesday that officials hid information about the outbreak and that U.S. small businesses should receive billions of dollars in damages. The case seeks class-action status for 32 million…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGRS)-National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal, Bello Bosejo, has asked members of the association to shut down cattle markets across the country. Bodejo said the decision was taken as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country as he asked members of the association to remain in…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The reports circulating online is not a cheering one considering the number of deaths recorded so far globally as a result of Coronavirus (COVID19). The world as it is now is battling Coronavirus. Countries like Italy and Spain are in serious emergency as a result of it. Online report has it that…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is currently no treatment that has been proven to be effective against COVID-19,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation director-general said on Monday. At a virtual news conference in Geneva, Tedros warned against the use of drugs not shown to work against the disease. His remarks came as the number…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria late Monday night, March 23, 2020, recorded a second death from the raging Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The announcement was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which earlier in the day broke the news of the country’s first death in the person of Engr. Suleiman Achimugu, a former Managing…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government said it would not hesitate to deploy the military and the police for contact tracing in cases where persons suspected to have contacted the virus do not voluntarily show up for testing. The Government has urged Nigerians to prepare for tougher measures as part of its response to the…