By CrossRiverWatch Admin A family (name withheld) that just returned from Kano State to Obudu in Cross River State has isolated itself. They met yesterday by the disease surveillance team of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare, vital signs taken and advised them to self isolate for 14 days. Watch report below.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The 36 State Governors in Nigeria have recommended a national lockdown over the next two weeks to further curb the spread of Coronavirus. According to Sahara Reporters the decision was reached at a meeting of the Governors on Wednesday. Chairman of the forum, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, in a statement said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State and also a professor of Microbiology stirred controversy recently when he said the practice of social distancing might be ineffective to control the spread of coronavirus. “Social distancing presupposes that things are so equal, that you stay in an isolated room, it is completely wrong because in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Police Force has lost one of its senior officers to the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Francis Adie Bissong, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, was until his death the Deputy Commissioner, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, (SCID) in the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin-City. Bissong,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom has exclusively obtained pictures of the Cross River State Covid-19 Isolation Centre in Ogoja. Ogoja Local Government Area is located in the Northern Senatorial district of the State. See them below.
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River state government says it is yet to receive any form of support from the federal government in its bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus into the state. The health commissioner, Betta Edu who doubles as the chairman of the COVID-19 task force committee told newsmen in
Gov. Ayade will never stop surprising Cross Riverians with his ineptitude and misgovernment. Here comes another abracadabra!! This man wants to immediately start the employment of about 10,000 more workers spanning the areas of agriculture, health, security etc. as palliative to cushion the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. How realistic can this farce become? If
After securing the roundly criticized approval of the Cross River State House of Assembly for the release of N50million by each of the 18 LGAs to the fight against COVID 19, the State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Stella Odey, summoned the management team of all the LGAs to a meeting in her office on