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The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has disclosed that the state has recorded two new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and one death, reassuring that the state government has intensified measures to prevent further spread of the virus.…

…to deploy data of 280,000 pupils to track active learners …as Edo-BEST programme clocks two years Amid the coronavirus outbreak, which has led to the closure of schools across the country, the Edo State Government-backed Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation…

…support govt with food items, others MEMBERS of the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) have donated their one month salary to the Edo State Government to complement the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Speaker of…

As part of efforts to complement the Edo State Government’s fight against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), more local government councils across the state have kicked off sensitisation and enlightenment campaigns on precautionary measures against the spread of the infectious…

…commends state’s health workers Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye, has urged residents in the state to take the opportunity provided by the state government for screening and testing to check the spread of…

The Edo State Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fundraising Committee has swung into action, with Founder of LAPO Microfinance Bank, Godwin Ehigiamusoe organising the Diaspora arm of the efforts. The COVID-19 Fundraising Committee was inaugurated by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on…

The Edo State Government, as part of strategies to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state, is set to commence mobile COVID-19 screenings and active case search activities across the 12 wards in Oredo Local Government Area (LGA).…

The Edo State Government has said journalists, health workers, first responders and other essential workers are granted permission to move within the state as long as they are able to properly identify themselves during the state-wide dusk-to-dawn curfew, which commenced…

…as members back mandatory facemask policy …c’ttee seeks role for Edo doctors in diaspora in curbing pandemic The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the Edo State Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fundraising Committee expected to mobilise resources to fortify the…

…govt insists on prompt detection to curb spread The 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…