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May 29: record low new cases, WHO trials, Trump’s ventilators
A record low new cases was recorded by the NCDC late Thursday as cases reached 8,915. The 182 new cases was a low compared to between 200 – 300+ cases recorded over the past week.

President Buhari on Thursday also joined a United Nations virtual meeting which discussed financing of development in the post COVID-19 era. He was joined by a number of fellow presidents and government leaders.

Nigeria will also partake in the UN’s solidarity trials which is seeking a vaccine for the virus. A number of African countries including South Africa are taking part. The other clinical trial underway is of chloroquine.

At the daily press briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, information minister Lai Mohammed gave updates on claims by US president Donald Trump that he had ordered ventilators to be sent to Nigeria.


The first time Trump raised the issue was in April. Last week, during a working visit in Michigan, the US president stressed that he had sent 1,000 ventilators to the West African country. But the minister said if the consignment arrived, it would be announced publicly.

Trump spoke to Buhari on 28 April during which exchange the promise was reportedly made. He said also spoken to South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta over US support for combating the pandemic in the respective countries.

Total confirmed cases = 8,915 (new cases = 182)

Total recoveries = 2,592

Total deaths = 259

Active cases = 6,064

Figures valid as of close of day May 28, 2020