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THE LAUTECH MADE ANTI-COVID-19 SCREENING DEVICE Special thanks to the team led by PROFESSOR OLATUNDE ONI（Nuclear Physicist) Department of PURE AND APPLIED PHYSICS The team which is called TEAM INNOVATIVE, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Included: ProfessorJohn Adedapo Ojo (Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department) Professor Taiwo (Agricultural Engineering Department) Engineers Olaiya Abraham Olufolahan and Monsoor Adeagbo. Some Postgraduates Students also lent helping hands: Ayanlola Paul (Physicist） Aremu Adewale Abraham Agboluaje Babatunde  Areo Samuel Taiwo Ebenezer Olabisi  BY LAUTECH PHYSICS LECTURER!!! #PROF_ONI SOURCE: LAUTECH FACEBOOK NEWS PORTAL

A Covid-19 tracing software tool has appeared in the settings of both Android phones and iPhones as part of an update of their operating systems. The "exposure notification" tool is switched off by default, and is not a tracing app itself. It enables an app to run in the background while still using Bluetooth. This lets the app measure the distance between two handsets - and then alert the phone owner if someone near them later tests positive for Covid-19. In the UK there is currently no available contact-tracing app. The update has caused some confusion, with people querying the new addition to their handsets on social media. "This is not a new app but is an extra element added to the phones' operating systems to enable approved developers to build apps that can potentially warn of proximity to infected individuals," said computer scientist Prof Alan Woodward, of Surrey University. "Only apps approved by Google and Apple will be included in the...

Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday took sample from the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for Coronavirus test. Samples taken by the NCDC officials alongside that of Tinubu were those of his late Chief Security Officer, Alhaji Lateef Raheem and other close aides. Tinubu’s media adviser, Tunde Rahman, who confirmed the development, said the APC leader submitted himself for the test as a precautionary measure. Raheem, Tinubu’s late Chief Security Officer was said to have died of complications arising from diabetes and high blood pressure in Lagos last Friday. He was buried the same day according to Islamic tradition. But Rahman, Tinubu’s spokesman said that the sample of Raheem was taken for Coronavirus test before he was buried to ascertain he really died as a result of complications arising from diabetes. He added that for precautionary reasons, both Tinubu a...

The University of Lagos Medical Centre has been temporarily shut down its operation as a result of exposure to COVID-19. In a statement issued by the hospital’s management, the decision was imperative to avoid a possible further spread of the virus. The management also said it had contacted NCDC and the Lagos State Government for a decontamination of its facilities.  The statement reads, “The University of Lagos Management wishes to inform members of the University community and the general public that the UNILAG Medical Centre will be temporarily closed for 14 days with effect from Saturday, April 25, 2020." “The university has made this necessary decision in order to decontaminate the centre following exposure to an outpatient who was seen at the centre on Monday, April 20, 2020 and immediately referred for COVID-19 testing. “The Medical Centre was notified of the results on Friday, April 24, 2020 and immediately sought the guidance o...

COVID-19: Oyo State rejects 1800 bags of rice donated by FG, says it is infected and unhealthy The Oyo State government has disclosed that the about 1800 bags of rice donated by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Custom Service as part of COVID-19 palliatives were all infected and unhealthy for consumption. The rejection was as a result of the thorough inspection of the grains by the committee on distribution of relief materials at the warehouse where they were kept. The executive adviser to thr Governor on Agribusiness, Dr Debo Akande who spoke on behalf of the state governor said that the donations were rejected after repeatedly thorough inspection to the warehouse where the rice were stocked. He however said that the donations were rejected with the hope that the Nigerian Custom Service will replace them with quality ones void of infection. Also he added that the rejection will not stop the distribution of palliatives across...

The Federal Government has tendered an apology to Nigerians for violating the order on social distancing during the burial of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, in Abuja on Saturday. Secretary to the Federation (SGF) and the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, tendered the apology on Monday during the daily briefing by the task force. “The PTF recognises, regrettably, the unintentional violation of the principles and protocols that form the core of our message to Nigerians at the funeral of the late chief of staff,” the SGF said. “These principles, for emphasis, include the guidance provided on mass gatherings, social distancing, personal hygiene, and restriction of movement. Lessons have been learnt and appropriate measures have been taken to close all gaps.” Speaking on the late Kyari, Mustapha said: “He was fully committed to ensuring Nigeria responded effectively to the challenge of COVID-19 and he died in the...

Coronavirus: Buhari To Take Decision On Governors’ Proposal For Two-weeks National Lockdown Image Source: Daily Post President Muhammadu Buhari will decide on the two-week national lockdown proposed by governors, according to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 pandemic, Boss Mustapha. Governors of the 36 States in Nigeria had on Wednesday, “unanimously” agreed to the implementation of an interstate lockdown over the next two weeks, to help curb the spread of Coronavirus. Mustapha, speaking at the daily briefing on Thursday, said every input including that of the governors would be collated by the committee and a report will be written and submitted to the President. “Basically, what they are suggesting is that travel from one state to the other should be stopped with certain exemptions of essential services, petroleum products, farm inputs, fertilizer so that we can ...

Nigerian Governors Agree On 14 Days National COVID-19 Lockdown Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday "unanimously" agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 virus from State to State. Image Source: Scooper The governors, operating under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), reached the agreement after receiving briefing from the Governors of Lagos, Bauchi, Oyo and Ogun States who shared their experiences and lessons from the fight against COVID-19. A communiqe issued by the NGF chairman and governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, at the end of the sixth COVID-19 teleconference meeting said only essential services would be permitted. State governors called for the decentralization of the COVID-19 response as the best chance of nipping the spread of the virus in communities with over 25 States now affected by th...

Senate orders closure of LAUTECH Senate orders closure of LAUTECH   The Senate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has in compliance with the  directive of the Federal and it's owner States Governments, ordered immediate closure of the Institution. Senate at its emergency meeting held on Friday, March 20, 2020 deliberated on the on-going University examinations and the state of affairs of the Country as it affects the University, especially the Coronavirus pandemic, and decided that the University be shut down with effect from Monday, March 23, 2020 for a period of one month. Consequently, it instructed that all examinations that are about to be concluded should end on or before Sunday, March 22, 2020, while others be suspended till further notice. A statement signed by the Institution's Registrar, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye, in advising all students to go to their respective homes, added that more information will be given on when the Uni...