By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government says effective from Monday 13 July, 2020, it will commence the enforcement of wearing of face masks in all public places as part of precautionary measures to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Governor Douye Diri stated this during an interactive meeting with …
Read More »140 Samples Sent to NCDC Lab Tested Negative for COVID-19 ~ Bayelsa Task Force
The Bayelsa State Task Force on COVID-19 has said that 140 blood samples sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) approved laboratory in Edo State between March and April, 2020 have all tested negative. The co-chairman of the State Task Force on Covid-19, Dr Inodu Apoku, who disclosed this …
Read More »Covid 19: Bayelsa Entrepreneurs Groan Over Loses, As Govt Plans Market Shutdown
Covid 19: Bayelsa Entrepreneurs Groan Over Loses, As Govt Plans Market Shutdown By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease, codenamed Covid 19, businesses in Bayelsa State like their contemporaries in other climes have started recounting loses owing to restrictions placed by the government as part of its …
Read More »COVID 19: Bayelsa Orders Civil Servants to Stay-At-Home, Suspends Burials, Weddings
… I Didn’t Meet Abba Kyari ~ Gov. Diri By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday asked civil servants on Grade Level 1-12 to stay at home for two weeks with effect from Thursday, March 26. It explained that only those on essential services such as medical and …
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