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Aliko Dangote Refined petroleum products from the $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery are to be sold in naira and not in the United States dollar as speculated in some quarters, oil marketers clarified on Monday. Dealers in the downstream oil sector also stated that the registration process for marketers at the refinery was still ongoing, as many operators had continued to register with the plant. It was further gathered that officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority were meeting with the management of the refinery to perfect the pricing template for products produced by the facility. On January 12, 2023, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced the commencement of production of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation fuel. The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had in a statement issued by the firm, said, “We have started the production of diesel and aviation fuel, and the products will be in the market within this mon...
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Health Officials Report 9 Dead in US from Coronavirus



The CDC on Tuesday warned that the situation in the U.S. could be the start of more intense outbreaks happening abroad.



“What is happening now in the United States may be the beginning of what is happening abroad,” Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on Tuesday. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Washington health officials reported a total of nine deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday.

The newly reported deaths – an increase from six on Monday – come from King County. They include an earlier death in the state that has now been linked to the coronavirus.

A resident of the nursing home in King County linked to other COVID-19 deaths died last week, and officials now say it was a case of coronavirus.

A spokeswoman for the Seattle hospital where the patient died told The New York Times it is possible that "some staff may have been exposed while working in an intensive care unit where the patient had been treated."

Meanwhile, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday painted an ominous future for the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

"What is happening now in the United States may be the beginning of what is happening abroad," Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on Tuesday.

Messonnier said she could not say what the outbreak will look like for the U.S.

"I wish I could give you that answer," she said. "Unfortunately, I cannot."

The CDC reported 108 confirmed and presumptive positive cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. before news broke of the additional deaths. Twelve states have reported cases: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin.
Of the 60 cases that are not repatriated citizens, 22 cases are linked to travel, 11 are person-to-person contact and 27 are under investigation to see how they were infected, according to CDC.

Messonnier said that anyone feeling sick should stay home and away from other people. They should call a doctor instead of going into a clinic.

She added that the CDC will be sending 75,000 testing kits to public health labs by the end of the week.

The World Health Organization said that globally about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. Health officials said they believe containment is still possible, and therefore are not yet declaring the virus a pandemic.

Globally, there are more than 90,000 cases of the virus, which has caused over 3,000 deaths.

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