President Trump said in a Thursday press briefing that chloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria and severe arthritis, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to test as a COVID-19 coronavirus treatment, as the number of cases nationwide continues to increase.

As part of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus, the Lagos Government has announced the closure of public and private schools in the state starting from Monday, March 23rd, 2020.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has predicted that almost 25 million people could lose their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.