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A pleasant day to you and welcome to the compilation of the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news update on AllNews for today, Wednesday, June 24th, 2020.
Within 24 hours, Nigeria recorded eight deaths, taking the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 within the country to 533. During the same period, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) also reported that Nigeria recorded 452 new confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The 452 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in 14 states with Lagos accounting for 209, Oyo-67, Delta-37, Ogun-36, FCT-22, Abia-20, Enugu-16, Bauchi-15, Kaduna-8, Ondo-8, Osun-7, Imo-3, Benue-3, Borno-1. Read more here.
Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El Rufai has warned that the North-West state will go back to complete lockdown if the number of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to rise.
'The Centre of Learning' currently has 580 recorded cases of COVID-19, with 10 deaths. Read more here.
13 members of the Imo state House of Assembly have tested positive for Coronavirus.
A spokesman for the State Task Force on COVID-19, Chinedu Iwuala, confirmed the 13 new cases to Channels TV. Read more here.
Nigerian Afrobeats star, Yemi Alade, alongside top-notch international music stars like Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Shakira among others has been billed to perform at ‘Global Goal: Unite For Our Future – The Concert’.
AllNews reports that the concert which will be globally televised is organised by the Global Citizen and the European Commission to ensure unity in the fight against COVID-19 globally. Read more here.
A Christ Embassy church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, was on Sunday sealed by COVID-19 monitoring team for flouting COVID-19 guidelines.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Emmanuel Ekuwem, said the church’s Nung Akpa Ime branch off Nsikak Eduok Avenue flouted guidelines on reopening of churches. Read more here.
World number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, has tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) following his Adria Tour.
Djokovic was the face behind the Adria Tour, a series of exhibition events that started in Belgrade, Serbia, and moved to Zadar, Croatia, at the weekend. Read more here.
There is confusion in the air as Jaiz Bank staff - in its marketing department - developed COVID-19 symptoms at the Ikeja branch of the financial organisation. The development had led to the bank announcing that it is shutting its branch for two weeks as it doesn't know the extent at which the coronavirus has spread within the banking premises.
The Jaiz Bank worker was said to have interacted with customers before the symptoms were noticed on him. It is not known how critical the condition of the worker is, but according to Jaiz Bank, the infected worker has been taken to the isolation center where treatment is being carried out on the worker. Read more here.
Over 50,000 people have died from the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, according to the Brazilian Government.
The country has also recorded about one million infections, making Brazil the second most-hit country after the United States with 2.32 million cases. Read more here.
A two-year-old in admission at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun state has been reported to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The baby was said to have been admitted to the hospital eight days prior after her wards noticed that she was struggling to breathe. Read more here.
Airline company, Virgin Atlantic, has said that it plans on commencing its flights from Lagos to London Heathrow from 24 August 2020.
The airline, in a statement, disclosed this, stating that the international flight it intends on resuming will be on its A350-1000 aircraft, which will reach a wide range of destinations in the US. Read more here.
The generous supply of sunshine in this part of the world may just be the reason why the novel Coronavirus is not wrecking as much damage on Nigerians as it has done to residents of other climes.
This is as the Deputy Chairman of Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, Prof. Temitope Alonge, has stated that higher Vitamin D levels due to constant exposure to sunlight may be responsible for the lower death rates and severity of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Read more here.
The South African Government, on Monday, announced that its coronavirus cases had exceeded 100,000, making it the highest on the African continent, with the death toll at 1,991.
The Ministry of Health said, in a statement, “As of today, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has breached the 100, 000 mark at 101,590." Read more here.
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that the novel coronavirus is still on an upward movement and that we will be feeling its effects for decades.
Tedros said this during a virtual meeting organised by Dubai in the UAE; he said, “The pandemic is still accelerating. Read more here.
After almost three months of inactivity, the London City Airport has received its first commercial flight on Sunday, this is another step the British Government is taking to slowly open up its economy.
The airport chief executive, Robert Sinclair, speaking on the reopening said, “This clear early demand from our passengers to get back to flying is really encouraging." Read more here.
And that’s all on the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news update on AllNews for today. More COVID-19 and Nigerian news headlines are on this dependable website. Do enjoy the rest of your day.
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