People who have the new coronavirus are more likely to die if they are older or show signs of sepsis or blood clotting problems, suggests a study of patients in two Wuhan hospitals
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Bacterial DNA has been found in the blood, liver and fat of people who are obese, showing bacterial fragments or even live bacteria are leaking into their bodies. This may help explain the development of type 2 diabetes
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We are starting to understand how the covid-19 virus affects people in different ways, depending on their age and underlying health conditions
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Today social media is not just restricted to making friends or catching up with people from different parts of the world. It is widely being used for marketing of different brands, products, and companies. Social media marketing has captured the interest of consumers and helped companies in building good relationships with their customers. They are even enjoying consumer loyalty thanks to social media marketing…
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The home confinement of hundreds of millions of people worldwide to halt coronavirus contagion has presented intelligence services with a challenge: monitoring an explosion in internet traffic, above board and not, even as their own capacity is reduced.
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Dayo Ojo, a football player with Enyimba Football Club of Aba, has been abducted by gunmen in Ondo State.
Ojo was kidnapped on Sunday alongside a friend identified as Benjamin Iluyomade of Abia Comet.
SaharaReporters learnt that the two footballers were waylaid on Benin-Owo Road in Ondo State.
Another player identified as Emma James, who escaped the attack, confirmed the kidnap to journalists.
He said, “We were traveling on the road when the gunmen came out from the bush and attacked us.
“They shot sporadically before abducting some people in the vehicle including the two players but I managed to escape.”
It was gathered that the gunmen had reached out to Enyimba coach for ransom payment.
Tee-Leo Ikoro, Ondo State Police Command spokesperson, confirmed the incident.
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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is currently quarantined after a doctor, who administered a vaccine on her, tested positive for Coronavirus, according to NY Daily News.
Merkel’s spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, said the 65-year-old was informed about the doctor’s test shortly after holding a news conference on Sunday to announce new measures to curb the spread of the virus, including banning gatherings of more than two people.
Seibert said Merkel had received an anti-pneumonia vaccine.
Merkel will undergo “regular tests” and work from home for the upcoming days, Seibert said.
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President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Sunday said arrogance of humans against God, sin and all sorts of wickedness were responsible for the Coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria and other parts of the world.
Ayokunle made this assertion in his sermon on a cable television on Sunday.
The cleric identified ungratefulness among other factors as responsible for the outbreak and spread of the pandemic.
He said, “As in the case of the children of Israel in this passage, the arrogance of man against God and lawfully constituted authority led to God’s anger and judgment over the people.
“People say anything today against God and against the word of God.
“The Holy scriptures injunctions which are God’s commands no longer matter before us. We query the validity today of the word of God and equally deliberately act against it.
“All practices that would make us worship God we reject or abandon under the guise of fundamental human right.
“This pride and arrogance against God came because of advancement in technology. We feel we can do many things without God and thus become ‘god’ to ourselves.
“Technological advancement should make us to reference God the more because he is the revealer of knowledge.
“Sinfulness is an extension of my first point of arrogance against God.
“In Nigeria, violence has become a daily occurrence.”
On what can be done to overcome Coronavirus and other similar diseases, the cleric assured those, who are godly to nurse no fear of any pandemic.
He reminded them of how God used the blood of the lamb to protect His people in Goshen when the angels of destruction were killing the first born of the Egyptians.
Nigeria has announced 28 confirmed cases of the deadly virus with fears mounting of a further spread.
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A follower on Twitter asked me on Saturday whether it is “constitutional” for the government to restrict religious and social gatherings because of Coronavirus?
By virtue of Section 45 of the 1999 constitution, the rights to peaceful assembly and free movement can be interfered with in the interest of public health and public safety. Is Coronavirus a threat to public health and public safety? The answer is obviously in the affirmative.
Section 14 (2)(b) of the constitution states that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.”
However, I urge President Buhari to declare a state of emergency throughout the federation in line with Section 305 of the constitution.
Section 305 (3)(d) of the constitution, allows for a state of emergency when “there is clear & present danger of breakdown of public order and public safety in the federation or any part thereof requiring extraordinary measures to avert such danger.” COVID-19 is a clear and present danger to public safety.
Unlike in the United States, States in Nigeria cannot declare emergency. A governor supported by 2/3 members of the House of Assembly can only request the president to do so for them as stated in Section 305 (4) of the constitution. This is an example of the fraudulent nature of our federalism.
Since there is no special law to my knowledge, apart from laws establishing national and States emergency management agencies, to address public health crisis, it is necessary for the President to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria to address the outbreak of Coronavirus.
In the absence of a law enabling these restrictions to social and religious gatherings, the legality of these measures is questionable. This is because fundamental rights cannot be derogated from except as prescribed in a law that is “reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.”
It is either a law is urgently enacted across the volatile states or the President invokes the state of emergency clause. As at today, there is no strong legal basis for restricting gatherings. None of the governors or the President has issued even an ordinary ‘Executive Order’.
In the United States for example where we copied our presidential system, President Trump declared a national emergency, and at least 48 States in the US have also declared emergency due to COVID-19. The American Congress also passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
In Nigeria, we are resorting to our usual militaristic way of doing things by relying on arbitrary executive fiat to tackle COVID-19. Nations do not become great just by the “good intentions” of politicians. Nations become great principally by adhering to the rule of law.
In the light of the foregoing, I strongly urge the federal and state governments to urgently take steps to address the apparent legal loopholes in their efforts to tackle Coronavirus. It is obvious that Nigeria is not prepared for an outbreak. We are doing trial and error.
We need a legal framework; not only to give legal backing to the restrictions on the fundamental rights of Nigerians to religion, association, assembly, movement, etc., but to also provide for reliefs for families and victims of COVID-19.
We should not wait for the worst to happen.
I wish to draw the attention of the government to the decision of the Court of Appeal in the celebrated case of Okafor v. Lagos State Government (2017) 4 NWLR (Pt. 1556) 404 where it was held that disobeying the “order” or “directive” of a governor is not a criminal offence.
In that case, Lagos State issued an order restricting movement during environmental sanitation, Okafor was arrested for disobeying the order. The court declared the arrest illegal and unconstitutional since there was no law that criminalized violation of the governor’s order.
Without a law or a state of emergency, it is illegal to arrest anyone for violating a mere executive order. Emotions cannot change the law. If religious leaders whose places of worship have been closed decide to challenge the closure in court, the government will likely lose.
I hope the government at all levels will listen to the voice of reason and initiate appropriate legal frameworks to support the containment of COVID-19. It is either we are a country of laws or a banana republic.
We should not yield to authoritarian rule because of expediency.
Inibehe Effiong is a Lagos-based legal practitioner and human rights activist
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PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health today confirmed that 11 Malaysians who had travelled to Sulawesi, Indonesia to attend the international tabligh gathering had been detected in Tawau, Sabah yesterday.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) said all of them had undergone Covid-19 screening and had been quarantined pending test results.
“It is true that we have been waiting for them in Tawau and we have detected 11 of them … the swab test has been carried out, we are just waiting for the result,“ he told a Covid-19 daily press conference here.
He said about 80 to 100 Malaysians had travelled to Sulawesi to attend the gathering based on an engagement session between him and the tabligh leaders.
Asked about the remaining Malaysians who attended the rally, he said they were likely still in the neighbouring country.
Local media reported that the Ijtimak Asia 2020 function planned for March 19 to 22 was cancelled in view of the worsening Covid-19 situation.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said of the 1,306 cumulative positive cases in Malaysia as of noon today, 62% of the cases or 743 patients were linked to the to the tabligh gathering cluster at Masjid Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
“This means that one in every 10 individuals who attended the tabligh gathering tested positive of Covid-19,“ he said.
He said based on his discussions with leaders of the tabligh group, the gathering in Sri Petaling involved 16,000 people.
Of the total, 14,500 were Malaysians while the rest were foreign citizens from 25 countries, he said.
Dr Noor Hisham added that so far, 11,000 participants had undergone screening.
He said there had been no Covid-19 cases from other gatherings in the country. – Bernama
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