Image - Gettyimages The city set up interim morgues. Hospitals used refrigerated tractor trailers to store multiple bodies, Crematoriums have been backed up and Funeral directors across the city have run out of space. Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood on Wednesday after a funeral home overpowered by the coronavirus death used rented trucks to store dozens of bodies on ice. A passerby complained about the smell, officials said. The Brooklyn borough president, Eric Adams, went to the scene on Wednesday evening. He told the Daily News, “While this situation is under investigation, we should not have what we have right now, with trucks lining the streets filled with bodies.” He said “it was people who walked by who saw some leakage and detected an odor coming from ...

                              President Muhammadu Buhari Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday extended the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and   The Federal Capital Territory ,  Abuja by a week to stop COVID -19 Community Spread. “The lockdown in the FCT, Lagos & Ogun States shall subsist remain in place until these new ones come into effect on Saturday, 2nd May 2020 at 9 am,” Buhari said in his nationwide broadcast. There will be a national curfew from 8 pm to 6 am.  In addition, he said that the situation in Kano State required total lockdown.

                                   Image Courtesy- Omni Matryx / Pixabay   Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to damp the spread of  coronavirus from State to State.  The governors, operating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), reached the agreement after receiving briefing from the Governors of Lagos, Bauchi, Oyo and Ogun States who shared their experiences and lessons from the fight against COVID-19.  A n official statement issued  by the NGF chairman and governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, at the end of the sixth COVID-19 teleconference meeting said only essential services would be permitted.  State governors called for the decentralization of the COVID-19 response as the best chance...

                    Gov. Kemp  The Georgia Department of Public Health now reports there are 20,166 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the state. 3,885 people remain hospitalized and the death toll in the state has risen to 818. The numbers were released Tuesday at 7 p.m. The most cases, with 2,206, are in Fulton County, followed by Dekalb County with 1,563 and Dougherty with 1,456. Meanwhile, Kemp joined his fellow Republican governors from South Carolina and Tennessee in announcing partial openings this week.  But many local leaders across the state said that they were  caught off guard  by Kemp's announcement, with some calling the decision "reckless" and "irresponsible" as they advised residents to continue sheltering in place.

US president says he will sign an order suspending immigration to protect jobs in the country as the coronavirus spreads. "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" Trump tweeted. The suspension of all immigration would serve as an extension on the travel restrictions the Trump administration has already declared on some countries in Europe, China, Canada, Mexico, Iran and Nigeria.

                                Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili Former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that Africa should be paid compensation from China, following China's failure to    contain the spread of the virus. She said the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the conditions of the Africans.  She added that the continent’s economic gains had been spoilt since the global crisis.  The former Vice President for the Africa Region at the World Bank noted that although there were calls for voluntary international aid to support the continent, “this is far from the best solution.” According to her, it is time to make offending rich countries pay the poor ones a global risk burden tax for delaying their rise out of poverty. She said, “Today, Africa is home to more than 70 per cent of the world’s poorest people, with more than 400 million living below the povert...

                                                      Image Courtesy- Pixabay Researchers admit a medical examiner in Thailand is the first person to die from the coronavirus after contracting it from a corpse according to  the  Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine study reported Sunday .  “This is the first report on COVID-19 infection and death among medical personnel in a Forensic Medicine unit,” “There is low chance of forensic medicine professionals coming into contact with infected patients. But they can have contact with biological samples and corpses.” “At present, there is no data on the exact number of COVID-19 contaminated corpses since it is not a routine practice to examine for COVID-19 in dead bodies in Thailand,” researchers wrote. Researchers said forensic and medical professionals should be ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC, has ordered immediate punishment  on patrol team involved in trending video with a motorist in Abuja, Nigeria. The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps has been adequately drawn to a video currently dominating the social media sphere about a motorist who had an encounter with FRSC Personnel in the course of carrying out the ongoing enforcement of Presidential/National directive on ‘ Stay At Home’. After a careful study and analysis of the video and what transpired in it, the Corps wishes to inform the public that the following proactive measures have been taken; 1 That the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered the immediate withdrawal of the entire FRSC Team involved in the unprofessional and uncivil act. 2 That the action of the Officers involved in that episode is completely contrary to the Core Values and Operational Ethics of the Corps and the Corps frowns at it . 3 That the Corps Marshal has directed that the entire tea...

                   Inspector Taloju Martins The Police officer attached to Ago Palace Way Division in Lagos seen in a viral video counting his loot from extortion has been arrested by the Command. Inspector Taloju Martins’ escapade was posted on the internet where he was seen counting money alleged to be a bribe he collected from one of those he arrested illegally.  The money was a ‘ransom’ paid by an unidentified motorist to free his vehicle. The motorist had allegedly violated the lockdown order of the government to curb the  transmission of coronavirus in the state. The motorist, whose car was seized by the police, was told to pay N50,000 but he eventually paid N40,000. T he incident happened on Friday, April 10 at Ago Palace Road Okota, Lagos State Nigeria. Confirming the incident, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said that the culprit has been arrested  that the inspector woul...

                              Image Courtesy- Pixabay Coronavirus has killed 20,460 people in the United States, just higher than number of deaths in Italy.  Since New York's first recorded death on March 14, more than 6,500 of its people have died of COVID-19 and more victims have died in New York than in any country aside France, Spain and Italy. Infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday morning (April 10) that in about a week an antibody test would become available to show who has already been infected with the novel coronavirus, The  New York Times reported. As the virus’s spread started to increase in the United States, a team at the University of Washington in Seattle used the daily death rates in a model to speculate the number of beds and ventilators that US hospitals would need. “Our modeling approach is based off the deaths — that is the core part that tells us about...

                              Image Courtsey - Reuters Dro ne pictures show bodies being buried on New York's Hart Island . New York officials say that Hart Island, which for about 150 years has been used as funerary grounds for those who died unclaimed, will now also be used for unclaimed coronavirus victims. New York City authorities say only bodies that haven’t been claimed after a couple of weeks will be buried – and they were doing so to help open up space in morgues for more dead people. Generally, bodies are kept in the morgue for about two months before being buried, but now the city will move unclaimed bodies to Hart Island after two weeks.                                                                       ...

                              Image Courtesy - Pixabay   Not everyone living in the U.S.A. is getting a check, t here is a group of people who need not be expecting $1,200.00 checks in the mail, that includes some college kids, immigrants without valid Social Security numbers, some disabled adults and the mothers of babies born in 2020. The IRS is using 2019 tax returns to determine eligibility or 2018 returns for those who haven't filed for 2019 yet. College Kids:  If someone claims you as a dependent on their taxes, you won't get your own check. Parents will get an extra $500 payment per child, but that's ONLY for kids under 17. Immigrants With No Social Security Number:  You don't have to be a U.S. citizen to get a payment, But you do need a valid Social Security number. So nonresident aliens, temporary workers and immigrants in the U.S. illegally won't. Immigrants who do have a g...

                                              Image Courtesy Pixabay Nigeria’s minister of communications and economy, Isa Pantami, on Saturday said no licence had been issued for 5G in the country in the midst of   rumours and news on social media that the technology causes the frightening  COVID-19. The minister, who made this known in a statement, said that the National Frequency Management Council (NFMC), “of which I am the Chairman, has not deliberated on or released any bulk frequency spectrum for the deployment of 5G.” “As part of the study trial process, I directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to ensure that a team of experts, security agencies and other stakeholders fully participate in the trial process and my office also invited these agencies to participate in the trial,” the statement read. According to the minister, the t...

                           Image Courtesy Pixabay The cat is the third animal to test positive in Hong Kong, following the previous cases in which two dogs tested positive during repeated tests for the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposed,  if you suspect you have coronavirus or tested positive for the virus, it is recommended you  keep your distance  from your cat or dog, as you would any other human being. A cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong after its owner was confirmed positive.  T he city’s Agricultural and Fisheries department said that the animal has not shown any signs of the disease.  Specimen  from the cat’s mouth, nose and rectum tested positive for the coronavirus.

The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the initiation to  evacuate its citizens from Nigeria over COVID-19  widespread.  Germany, Israel, and France evacuated their nationals following the rising cases of coronavirus disease in the country. The Embassy confirmed the development Monday night on its official Twitter handle, @US Mission Nigeria. It stated that multiple emergency flights departing from Lagos and Abuja had been confirmed for this week. The mission urged Americans booked for the flight not to come to the airport until they had been contacted by officials. The Twitter post read, "The U.S. Consulate in Lagos has confirmed multiple emergency flights for this week departing from Lagos and Abuja. Please do not come to the airport until we have contacted you directly. Please shelter in place and await further information."