Photo Credit- Pixabay The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the information articulating on the internet  and mass media that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is airborne is false. But, it  advised people to protect themselves by practicing physical distancing The agency said the germ that causes COVID-19 was mainly transferred through droplets mustered when an infected person sneezes,  coughs  or speaks. “These droplets are too heavy to hang in the air. They quickly fall on floors or surfaces". “You can be infected by breathing in the virus if you are within one meter of a person who has COVID-19". “You can be infected by touching a contaminated surface and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth before washing your hands.’’ “To protect yourself, keep at least one meter distance from others and disinfect surfaces that are touched frequently". “WHO continues to emphasize the utmost importance of freque

                                Image Courtesy Pixabay/Carolynabooth More than 2,000 U.S. citizens have died from the coronavirus as of Saturday, the death toll doubling in Two days , the Washington Post reported. The time between the first confirmed death and the 1,000th was about a month. Johns Hopkins University reported that confirmed deaths rose to more than 30,000 around the world. The U.S. ranked sixth in deaths, after Italy, Spain, China, Iran and France. Italy alone had more than 10,000 dead.

                                 Image Courtesy Pixabay The number of cases had risen to 2,001, with the number of coronavirus- connected deaths now at 64. Officials say 566 patients are hospitalized due to the disease. The Department of Public Health says it is working closely with the CDC, and state partners to react to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S., including Georgia. According to the state’s data, 57 percent of cases are people ages 18 to 59, 34 percent are people ages 60 or older, 8 percent are of unknown ages and 1 percent are between the ages of 0 and 17. Fulton 307 Dougherty 193 Dekalb 181 Cobb 144 Gwinnett 102 Bartow 98 Carroll 55 Cherokee 46 Clayton 46 Henry 40 Lee 35 Clarke 32 Douglas 27 Hall 24 Floyd 20 Coweta 19 Fayette 19 Forsyth 19 Lowndes 16 Rockdale 16 Newton 15 Mitchell 14 Gordon 12 Paulding 12 Richmond 11 Spalding 11 Tift 11 Troup 11 Bibb 10 Chatham 10 Columbia 10 Early 10 Oconee 10 Polk 10 Sumter 10 Houston 9 M

                                   Image Courtesy Virgin Airline   Nigeria will rack up its two main international airports in the cities of Lagos and Abuja the capital city from Monday night, the  Civil Aviation Authority disclosed  on Saturday, as the number of coronavirus cases in the country is increasing. The closure comes as Nigeria’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose on Saturday from 12 to 22 with three of them in Abuja. “All airports in Nigeria are closed to all incoming international flights with the exception of emergency and essential flights,” the authority said. Also, Nigeria government said two days ago that it would close all schools and universities in the country due to coronavirus outbreak.

                   Image Courtesy Pixabay/leo2014 Nigeria has documented a new coronavirus case in the commercial capital Lagos. The state government confirmed the  third case of coronavirus (COVID-19) which involves a Nigerian woman who arrived from the United Kingdom last Friday. Mr Akin Abayomi,  t he state's commissioner of health disclosed  the finding at a press conference, on Tuesday. The National Center for Disease Control said the patient developed symptoms during her 14-day self-isolation “She is clinically stable & is being treated at Infectious Disease Hospital, Lagos,” the  NCDC  quoted the Minister as saying. The new case is presently the only case because the first two patients had fully recovered and been discharged. The first case was an Italian who flew into Lagos on a Turkish Airline flight and the second patient was connected to the first patient. Nigeria has been on high alert since the first case.  Lagos state government and ministry of health

                                            Image Courtesy -sunnews online Lagos: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says that a gas explosion caused the alarm which vibrated Abule Ado area of Lagos State, killing about 17 people on Sunday morning. In a statement by the Group General Manager of NNPC, Public Affairs Division, Dr Kennie Obateru, on Sunday, the blast occurred after a truck hit some gas cylinders stacked in a gas processing plant located near the corporation’s System 2B pipeline right of way. He said that the impact of the explosion was huge that it led to the collapse of nearby houses and damaged some NNPC pipelines. He added that when the corporation heard about the explosion, it suspended ongoing pumping operation on the Atlas Cove-Mosimi pipeline which was active at the time of the incident, while efforts are being made to curtail the fire. The NNPC spokesman appealed to members of the public and residents of the affected communities to rem

                                                Mike Pence  Vice President Mike Pence disclosed Saturday that all travel to Ireland and the United Kingdom will be suspended, effective midnight EST on Monday. He announced that Americans and legal residents abroad in those countries can return home.   The United States government initially left the two off its restricted travel list, but the United Kingdom's inclusiveness is necessary  due to drastic wide spread of the deadly virus. Meanwhile, t he travel restrictions does not apply to cargo or economic shipping, officials with the coronavirus task force said.   President Trump announced earlier this week that European travel to the U.S. will be restricted for 30 days, with exemptions for Americans who undergo screening upon their return.