Cloth Face-Mask Ineffective And Risky; Experts Advised Irish Government

Scientific experts responsible for advising the Government on its Covid-19 response recommended against the use of cloth face masks by the public as it was deemed ineffective and harmful.   While the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on the pandemic recommended the use of “medical face masks” in public transport and shops where “physical distancing cannot be maintained.”   However, this advice was not implemented due to concerns over the effect this might have on the supply of masks for healthcare workers, according to the minutes of the National Public Health Emergency…

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COVID-19: Address Delivered By H.E Muhammadu Buhari On 27th April 2020

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CUMULATIVE LOCKDOWN ORDER OF LAGOS AND OGUN STATES AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ON COVID- 19 PANDEMIC AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians 2. I will start by commending you all for the resilience and patriotism that you have shown in our collective fight against the biggest health challenge of our generation. 3. As at yesterday, 26th April 2020, some three million confirmed cases of COVID nineteen have…

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Donald Trump Signing An Executive Order To Temporarily Stop Immigration Into The United States, While He Pursues Investigations On The Origin Of COVID-19 Outbreak In China

President Donald Trump of the United  States of America stated his interest to send a team to China to investigate the start of the coronavirus outbreak which had killed more that 40,000 Americans, despite the shut down with increasingly unpopular stay-at-home orders, but without any success. “We’re talking to China. We spoke to them a long time ago about going in. We want to go in; we want to see what’s going on,” President Trump told reporters at the daily briefing by the White House task force on the coronavirus…

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CP Okon Ene Urges Abia Residents To Report Erring Policemen During The Lockdown

-YOMMY AYILARA. COVID-19: Police tells Abia residents to report any officer that misbehaves The police in Abia State has informed the residents of the state to report officers that misbehave during this COVID-19 lockdown. It is no news that police officers have been taking advantage of the lock down. According to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ene Okon, the command will enforce due diligence and operation order on any officer who defaults while the pandemic lockdown lasts.Okon also noted the command has deployed means of regulating all activities…

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FG Begins Distribution Of Palliatives To 600,000 Households In Abuja

FG Begins Distribution Of Palliatives To 600,000 Households In Abuja The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of palliatives to 600,000 households in Abuja. The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ramatu Aliyu, started the distribution on Friday, the 17th of April in the nation’s capital. This is part of efforts put up by the government to reduce the effect of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. A total number of the 442 cases have been confirmed in Nigeria and 13 people including a medical doctor have died…

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