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September 2, 2022 Chinese City Of 21 Million Shuts Down Over Covid Outbreak

Chinese City Of 21 Million Shuts Down Over Covid Outbreak

Around 21 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu effectively went into lockdown as authorities raced to snuff out a new Covid-19 outbreak.

Chengdu, in the southwest, became the latest city to announce a shutdown, saying in an official notice that residents must “stay home in principle” from 6:00 pm today to combat a new wave of infections.

Each household will be allowed to send one person out to buy groceries and essential goods per day, provided they have tested negative in the previous 24 hours, the notice said.

Meanwhile in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged political parties and their candidates to focus on issue-based campaigns.

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said this while noting that activities towards the 2023 general elections will enter the next critical stages later this month.

Speaking at a meeting organized in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Professor YAKUBU also gave the dates for the publishing of the final lists of candidates contesting for various in 2023.

 

 

 

 

March 15, 2022 Coronavirus Infections Continue To Rise In China

Coronavirus Infections Continue To Rise In China

Case numbers continued to rise in China as the country is suffering its worst wave of COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began.

A total of 5,154 new infections were registered nationwide on Monday, according to official figures released on Tuesday, setting a new high in the current coronavirus wave.

New infections have been reported from 20 regions of the country, with Jilin province in north-eastern China remaining the hardest-hit with 4,067 new infections detected.

The capital Beijing and the two important economic centres Shanghai and Shenzhen also reported new infections.

Both Shenzhen and Changchun, the provincial capital of Jilin, are currently in lockdown, which is also affecting the economy.

In Changchun, carmaker Volkswagen had to temporarily suspend operations at three plants operated jointly with Chinese partner FAW on Monday.

In Shenzhen, Apple supplier Foxconn stopped production at its manufacturing facility.

The sprawling tech hub’s nine million inhabitants are in a one-week lockdown of the city.

China has been pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy, responding to local outbreaks with lockdowns, mass testing, transport restrictions and quarantines.

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January 23, 2022 Covid-19: Infected Men Likely To Develop Erectile Dysfunction – Urologist

Covid-19: Infected Men Likely To Develop Erectile Dysfunction – Urologist

A Urologist has encouraged men to get vaccinated as those affected with COVID-19 are more likely to experience erectile dysfunction.

Dr Igbokwe Martin, a Consultant Urologist and Kidney Surgeon, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, identified COVID-19 as a major threat to sexual function in men.

COVID-19 is the virus that affects different parts of the body.

“The most destructive effect of the virus is the airways which affects breathing and oxygen saturation.

“This is what leads to the death and mortality that come with COVID,” he said.

Martin said that in urology, they discovered that it has effect in the male genital system, including erectile dysfunction.

“It has shown that men who contracted COVID-19 infection, especially the active part of it, have the highest instance of erectile dysfunction.

“So COVID-19 affects the body generally and part of what it does is also affecting the blood vessels that are necessary to make the penis turgid.

“Men with COVID-19 can also develop low sperm count and swollen testes. Their balls can swell up, although this is not only associated with COVID but with other viral infections.

“In UK, some patients have come with swollen testicle and when they go for test, it was discovered that they are COVID-19 positive.

“So it means that this virus has the predilection to cause inflammation and infection of the testes which is also known as orchitis.”

“But the good news is that after the men are cured of the disease, a lot of them regain their sexual function, so I encourage everyone to get vaccinated” he said.

He said that COVID-19 can also lead to kidney failure and infertility in men.

According to him, during COVID-19 era, when someone comes suddenly with kidney failure, not producing urine, requires dialysis, the person will test for COVID, usually it will come with fever, cough, among others.

January 21, 2022 NCDC Reports 6 COVID-19 Deaths, 123 New Infections

NCDC Reports 6 COVID-19 Deaths, 123 New Infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 123 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and witnessed six more deaths linked to virus in 12 states of the federation on Thursday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 123 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and witnessed six more deaths linked to virus in 12 states of the federation on Thursday.

The agency, via its official website on Friday morning, said 38 of those cases were in Edo, 25 were in Osun, 22 were in Rivers, 12 were in Kaduna and 10 cases in Oyo State.

The agency noted that Kwara added six new cases on Thursday, Ogun reported three cases, Bauchi and Kano reported two cases each, Borno, Delta and Ekiti reported one case each.

According to it, today’s report includes five states with zero cases reported: Abia, Nasarawa, Ondo, Plateau and Sokoto.

The NCDC said that the country had a total of 3,123 COVID-19-related deaths among residents has been recorded since the start of the pandemic in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, 175 patients were reported to have recovered from the infection and discharged from hospitals on Thursday.

With the latest update by NCDC, the tally of infected people in the nation reached to 251,694, out of which 225,455 COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged since the nation was hit by the virus outbreak.

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