Coronavirus: NCDC Debunks Media Report Of DG Quarantine

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is  denied reports from the media stating that Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu is in ‘quarantine over coronavirus’. A press statement made available to NewsRangers described the publication as false. “This is false. Between the 16th and 24th of February 2020, the World Health Organization deployed…

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Lawmaker Raises Fear Of Coronavirus Spread Through Imported ‘Okrika’ From Onne Port

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District at the Senate, Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, has raised the alarm that second-hand clothes – popularly known as Okrika – from China were being brought into the country through the Onne Port in Rivers State. Fadahunsi, who is the vice-chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, said the…

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Iranian Leader Mir-Mohammedi Dies Of Coronavirus

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Tasnim news agency on Monday reported that Seyed Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, died of COVID-19. His death comes as other top Iranian officials have contracted the virus. The country has the highest death toll in the world, after China. Seyed Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi was…

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