Total cases confirmed – 178,508 Total cases discharged – 165,982 Total deaths recorded – 2,192 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 178,508 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 9, the NCDC reports 422 new cases with 5 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
The latest infections were recorded in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Lagos and Akwa Ibom “leading the bulk” of the nationwide surge The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, disclosed that half of the country’s latest COVID-19 Delta variant infections has been recorded in Akwa Ibom State. The total … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 177,615 Total cases discharged – 165,472 Total deaths recorded – 2,185 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 177,615 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 7, the NCDC reports 473 new cases with 4 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Biden has been pressing hard for Americans to get vaccinated ever since he took office in January Half of the US population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday, as inoculations rise in response to the surging Delta variant of the novel coronavirus. “50% of Americans (all ages) are now fully … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 177,142 Total cases discharged – 165,409 Total deaths recorded – 2,181 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 177,142 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 6, the NCDC reports 565 new cases with 3 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 176,577 Total cases discharged – 165,323 Total deaths recorded – 2,178 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 176,577 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 5, the NCDC reports 566 new cases with 11 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
The items were delivered on the same day Nigeria recorded its highest daily infections in six months, amid a strike by resident doctors in the country… Nigeria has received 26 ventilators and other equipment from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a boost in its fight against the dreadful COVID-19. Also received were 3,560 fingertip … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 176,011 Total cases discharged – 165,208 Total deaths recorded – 2,167 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 176,011 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 4, the NCDC reports 747 new cases with 4 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 175,264 Total cases discharged – 165,122 Total deaths recorded – 2,163 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 175,264 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 3, the NCDC reports 505 new cases with 3 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 174,759 Total cases discharged – 165,037 Total deaths recorded – 2,160 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 174,759 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 2, the NCDC reports 444 new cases with 11 COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Lagos, Cross River, and Oyo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were listed as the places where at least one case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed Thirty-two Delta variant cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in five states across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control … Read more
The Moderna vaccines, which were approved by NAFDAC in July, are expected to boost the country’s vaccination programme The Nigerian government, on Monday, received another tranche of COVID-19 vaccine doses. The latest tranche, 4.8 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, was donated by the US government. Representatives from UNICEF and USAID officially presented the vaccine … Read more
COVID-19 has provided Nigeria and the global community an opportunity to strengthen immunisation… COVID-19 might not be the last pandemic the world would witness, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted. WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, stated this during the ninth General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Epidemiological Society of … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 174,315 Total cases discharged – 165,005 Total deaths recorded – 2,149 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 174,315 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated August 1, the NCDC reports 407 new cases with no COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Nigeria has run out of COVID-19 vaccines after an initial four million doses of AstraZeneca… The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that Nigeria will receive about 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines on Monday. Executive Director of NPHCDA , Dr. Faisal Shuaib, in a memo issued to pressmen in Abuja … Read more
…the victims were from states where cases of the Delta COVID variant have been recorded At least twenty-five members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gombe State. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Habu Dahiru made this known on Saturday. Dahiru stated that a total of 1,291 tests … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 173,908 Total cases discharged – 164,994 Total deaths recorded – 2,149 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 173,908 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated July 31, the NCDC reports 497 new cases with no COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Political mass gatherings serve as super-spreaders events for the propagation of COVID-19 infection in our communities The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC), has called on all political parties, State governments, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders to ensure strict compliance to the COVID-19 protocols in the conduct of all political events in … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 173,411 Total cases discharged – 164,978 Total deaths recorded – 2,149 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 173,411 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated July 30, the NCDC reports 590 new cases with eight COVID-related deaths. … Read more
Total cases confirmed – 172,821 Total cases discharged – 164,930 Total deaths recorded – 2,141 The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 172,821 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated July 29, the NCDC reports 558 new cases with two COVID-related deaths. … Read more