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A Chicago baby is the first infant death in the US associated with coronavirus, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Saturday. “There has never before been a death associated with COVID-19 in an infant. A full investigation is underway to determine the cause of death,” Ezike…
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Osun State Government on Saturday said it had received and kept in isolation some indigenes of the state that recently returned from the Ivory Coast. The travellers, said to be about 120, arrived in the state on Friday and moved to a government facility in Ejigbo where they would be…
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By Editor Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of The State of Osun has congratulated the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he clocks 68. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, Oyetola described the former Lagos governor as one of the…
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By Joseph Akanbi Osun State has recorded its second case of coronavirus. This was made known in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) last night. The NCDC had tweeted; “Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in Oyo, 1…
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By Editor In a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state of of Osun, the Lawmaker representing Ilesha East State Constituency who also doubles as the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye has distributed hand sanitisers, wash-hand tanks and soaps to some…
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By Editor Polaris Bank has given a boost to government efforts in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19). Polaris Bank has acquired 400 specialised hospital beds, complete with mattresses and accessories. The beds according to the Bank, will be handed over to the Lagos State Government; being the state most hit by the pandemic,…
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In Nigeria, Master Akintade Abdullahi Akanbi is in the class of Marie Currie, Wangari Maathal, Alfred Nobel, Lawrence Bragg and Max Theiler; all of them Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine. Most impressively germane in the context, Marie Currie and Akintade, an SSS3 student of State of Osun public…
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By Editor The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for the immediate decongestion of all the correctional centres in the country. In a statement on Thursday by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the ministry, Mohammed Manga, Aregbesola explained that this was to ensure that coronavirus (COVID-19)…
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By Editor In its bid to assist in the fight against the highly contagious new strain Corona virus dubbed Covid-19, the Management of Lautech Teaching Hospital, Osogbo has introduced some measures to guide the hospital community and the general public on the pandemic. This was contained in a press release…
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The Federal Government has announced plans to ban inter-state travel and possibly close down motor parks as part of measures to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus. Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said this at an ongoing press briefing in Abuja, on Thursday. “It is now time for…
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