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BEVERLY, MA —For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started, the state Department of Public Health is releasing the number of confirmed new coronavirus cases at Massachusetts nursing homes, rest homes and skilled nursing facilities. In Massachusetts, patients and staff at nursing homes make up about 16 percent of confirmed coronavirus cases and 52 percent of coronavirus-related deaths. The …

MASSACHUSETTS — The new coronavirus has preyed on the most vulnerable members of the population, attacking older residents in particular and ravaging places like elderly facilities with deadly speed. Staff and residents at long-term care facilities account for more than half the deaths in Massachusetts, according to new state date. The average age of people who have died of COVID-19 …

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort has begun admitting patients from hospitals in New Jersey in an effort to expand its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts. New Jersey state hospitals coordinated with Comfort doctors to ensure patients could be effectively transferred across state lines and aboard the ship to receive care. “Every one of those that …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says reports circulating online that he is in an Intensive Care Unit is false. The governor, who announced on March 28 that he tested positive for coronavirus, has since been in isolation receiving treatment. Reacting to the reports, El-Rufai said on Monday evening that he took some hours out of isolation today to attend a …

…govt insists on prompt detection to curb spread Edo State Government has announced the discharge of the seventh coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, who has tested negative twice for the virus and cleared from one of the state’s isolation centres. The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the seventh discharged patient is the index …

…Procures 3 PCR machines, 28 ventilators, readies 300-bed capacity isolation facilities, others Edo State Government has provided life insurance and other special allowances for healthcare workers handling coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the state, as motivation to work on the frontlines in the fight against the pandemic. Governor Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this in a broadcast, said the state is making …

…Says his speech was “disappointing, curious and scandalous!…” Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Sunday Covid-19 speech of Governor Obaseki as disappointing, curious and scandalous, saying he failed to address pressing economic issues of the state. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris Osa Nehikhare on Monday, the main opposition party cautioned officials of …

As the Lagos State Government established the testing centres, the Presidency on Sunday insisted on its decision not to allow those who attended the burial of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, access to the Presidential Villa for 14 days. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday tweeted, “There …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Fresh allegation of extra-judicial killing has been levelled against Edo State Police Command as two suspects, arrested by its operatives were allegedly shot to death in custody last week. This came after several similar allegations, like the death in police custody, of one Chibuike, accused by management of Protea Hotel of stealing N42,000; the Ute 4 incident …

Edo State has discharged six persons who have tested negative twice to coronavirus, and exited another 387 persons, comprising 105 persons of interest (POIs) and 282 line-listed contacts, who tested negative and have completed the compulsory 14-day follow up, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia disclosed on Sunday. According to him, the state is making steady progress in the …