Six Coronavirus patients to be discharged in Lagos

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Six Coronavirus patients to be discharged in Lagos






The Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Tunde Ajayi, has disclosed that six of the patients at the Infectious Disease Hospital battling Coronavirus, have recovered and would be discharged soon.
 
Ajayi disclosed this via his Twitter handle. He wrote

“Six of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon. There is something Lagos is doing right. Lagos takes the lead,” 

 
Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, also confirmed this in a tweet.
 


 
Lagos has so far recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria. 

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Nine doctors die after contracting coronavirus from patients in the Philippines







Nine doctors have died in the Philippines after they became infected with coronavirus while treating patients.
 
The country’s top medical association made the announcement on Thursday, March 26, as hospitals were overwhelmed and medics complained about a lack of protection on the front lines.
 
The death toll from coronavirus in the Philippines is reported to be at 38 but the announcement of the doctors’ deaths heightened fears that the scale of the health crisis in the Philippines is much worse than is being officially reported.
 
The Philippine Medical Association said Thursday a ninth doctor had died of the virus, and that health workers were not getting enough protection.
 
"If it were up to me, test the frontliners first and test them again after seven days. Doctors could be carriers themselves," Benito Atienza, vice president of the Philippine Medical Association told AFP.
 
Three large Manila hospitals announced Wednesday they had reached full capacity and would no longer accept new coronavirus cases.
 
Hundreds of medical staff are no longer accepting patients because they are undergoing 14-day self-quarantines after suspected exposure, the hospitals said.

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Coronavirus: Ugandan pastor and his followers arrested for defying presidential directive on religious gatherings (photos)







Police in Kampala have arrested a pastor and 30 of his followers for allegedly defying presidential directives against religious gatherings in a bid to forestall the spread of coronavirus.
 
President Museveni recently suspended religious gatherings for at least a month as part of his government’s measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic that has killed at least 20,599 people worldwide since it first appeared in China in December.
 

 
Pastor Rashid Mutebi of Blessed Feelings Church International located in Gobe, Kajjansi and his followers were picked on Wednesday morning after Police received information about their illegal activities at their Church, according to Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Mr Patrick Onyango.
“On interrogation, the Pastor alleges that the Christians came from far and he was still looking for money to transport them to their homes. The followers were cautioned and released. The Pastor is currently detained at Kajjansi Police station,” Mr Onyango said on Wednesday.
 
On Wednesday, Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general, Health Services told journalists in Kampala that five people had tested positive, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 14.
 
Two of the confirmed cases are Chinese nationals who travelled from China recently and the rest are Ugandans.
 
Following the ministry's appeal to all individuals who travelled from Dubai in the past two weeks to go for testing, a total of 574 individuals have been listed countrywide.
“We have so far screened 60 travellers at Mulago National Specialized Hospital. We further direct all persons who travelled from Dubai in the past 2 weeks to come to Ward 2A at Mulago National Specialized Hospital (New Mulago) for assessment,” Dr Mwebesa said.
 
To date, a total of 2,661 travellers including Ugandans have been identified. 1,230 are under follow up, 764 are under institutional quarantine, while 466 are under self-quarantine.
 
At least 1,431 who had been identified as high risk travellers have completed their 14 days of follow up.
 
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