The Enugu State Ministry of Health on Friday announced that 72 health care workers in the state have tested positive to COVID-19. The Commissioner for health, Dr Ikechukwu Obi, confirmed this in a statement while giving update on the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state. READ ALSO: 16-Year-Old TikTok Star Commits Suicide It … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 594 infections, total now 22,614 in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 594 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Thursday evening, June 25. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 594 COVID-19 cases recorded on … Read more
Lagos State has conducted 34,734 COVID-19 sample tests since inception of the pandemic, according to data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). NCDC made the disclosure recently in its COVID-19 Situation Report for June 23. It said that out of the 120,108 COVID-19 sample tests conducted in the country, Lagos has conducted the … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned against the use of Face Shields alone as there is no evidence that it can protect against COVID-19. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. The NCDC boss said Face shields … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases with the NCDC announcing 452 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 452 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday evening, June 23. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has maintained that no state in the country is free from COVID-19. NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday. Ihekweazu noted that a state can only talk about being Coronavirus free, when it is testing adequately. “No … Read more
COVID-19 in Nigeria hits over 20,000 has NCDC announced 436 new cases. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 436 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, June 21. READ ALSO: Insecurity: Sit Up Or Risk Dismissal, Lawan Tells Security Chiefs This online news platform understands that … Read more
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Director General Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu and Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire over “their failure to account for the public funds so far spent to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. SERAP announced details of the lawsuit in a … Read more
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 667 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 667 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 19. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday announced 745 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. According to a tweet via NCDC’s official handle, of the 745 COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday evening, 280 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Oyo-103 Ebonyi-72 FCT-60 Imo-46 Edo-34 Delta-33 Rivers-25 Kaduna-23 Ondo-16 Katsina-12 Kano-10 Bauchi-8 Borno-7 Kwara-5 Gombe-4 Sokoto-2 … Read more
Nigeria has recorded 587 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national total has soared to 17,735 cases. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 587 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, June 17. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 587 … Read more
Lagos state is back as the COVID-19 capital of Nigeria with 216 cases of the 573 announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 573 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday evening, June 15. READ ALSO: Ex-Oyo Governor, Ajimobi Critically … Read more
COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to rise as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Gombe overtakes Lagos with the most number of COVID-19 for the day as Nigeria records 403 new infections. Ekohotblog reports that on Sunday evening, June 14th, NCDC confirmed 403 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria. This … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 501 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 501 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, June 13. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 627 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 627 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 12. This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of … Read more
The Director General of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control(NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said there is no global collaboration to deceive Nigerians on the existence of Covid19 in the country. The DG said this on Thursday during the presidential Task force briefing while addressing the issue of alleged doubts among some Nigerians about the existence … Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 409 news cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Ekohotblog reports that the NCDC confirmed 409 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, June 10. READ ALSO: JUST IN: Another Top Presidential Aide Is Dead This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted … Read more
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said it has embarked on measures that will ensure safe and efficient operations post COVID-19 restrictions on socio-economic activities in the country. Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement quoted Brg.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, the … Read more
Nigeria recorded her highest daily number of COVID-19 cases as NCDC announced 663 new infections. Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 633 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday night, June 9. This brings the country’s total number of cases to 13464. READ ALSO: … Read more
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Boss Mustapha, says the few mistakes recorded in the data on COVID-19 is because of dialogue approach in handling samples in Nigeria. Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said the process of collecting and handling the data is usually tedious … Read more