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Covid-19 Vaccination, Yellow Fever It has been discovered that the ongoing vaccination against yellow fever in Bauchi State suffered a set back due to the misconception that the vaccination is for the COVID-19 pandemic. You May Also Like COVID-19: Kano Govt Orders Re-Opening Of Public, Private Health Institutions 53 Health Workers Contracted COVID-19 In Edo, … Read more
Yellow fever A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday. The outbreak poses an extra challenge to the country’s health system as Africa’s most populous nation deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, several concurrent disease outbreaks and a humanitarian crisis in the northeast, the WHO said. … Read more
Non-Adherence to Immunisation, reason for high rate of Yellow Fever Prof. Johnson Obuna, the Chief Medical Director, National Obstetric Fistula Centre in Ebonyi has stressed the need for people to go for yellow-fever immunisation immunisation to prevent its spread. Obuna, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday … Read more
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi has blamed the strange deaths in the state on the failure of communities to report irregular health symptoms. Obi, who made the disclosure on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said people stay away from hospitals, opting for care from herbalists and from patent medicine … Read more
Intervention Chief Ezenta Ezeani, lawmaker representing Igboetiti East State Constituency in Enugu State, has lauded the state Ministry of Health for quick intervention in the yellow fever outbreak in Ekwegbe Community in the state. The lawmaker made the commendation in Enugu on Tuesday while speaking to journalists on the outbreak of the epidemic in his … Read more
Fumigation Enugu State Government on Wednesday embarked on vaccination and fumigation of Ette and Umuopu communities in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area where yellow fever killed scores of residents. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Obi. Read Also: Benue State Health Commissioner Is Dead He said that … Read more
Yellow Fever Cases The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA) says that an outbreak of yellow fever has occurred in Ganjuwa Local Government Areas (LGA) of Bauchi State with eight deaths and eight samples testing positive. The Chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this while briefing newsmen in Bauch on Monday. Read … Read more
The Enugu State Government has confirmed that Yellow Fever is the cause of deaths from a reported strange illness in Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike town in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, stated that the disease was … Read more