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Nigeria records 864 fresh cases of Coronavirus, with Lagos missing on infections list

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021Ayo Fashanu

The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC hss recorded a total of 864 new cases of the novel Coronavirus infection. Accordinv to NCDC the confirmed cases are in, FCT-129, Anambra-87, Rivers-82, Benue-80 Oyo-76 Plateau-61 Kaduna-54 Delta-51 Nasarawa-38 Kwara-36 Edo-32 Katsina-26 Kano-24 Taraba-18 Ogun-14 Sokoto-11 Gombe-10 Jigawa-7 Akwa Ibom-6 Cross River-6 Zamfara-5 Bauchi-5 Osun-4 Ekiti-2 With […]

Nigeria records 1,386 new cases of Coronavirus

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021Ayo Fashanu

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,386 new cases of Coronavirus on Wednesday, 20th of January 2021. According to NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in Lagos-476, Rivers-163, FCT-116, Kaduna-114, Oyo-68, Plateau-62, Ogun-56, Imo-55, Osun-55, Edo-51, Anambra-50, Kwara-44, Kano-17, Ebonyi-14, Cross River-10, Delta-10, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ekiti-6, Borno-2, Taraba-2, and Zamfara-1. The agency […]

Nigeria records 1,444 fresh Coronavirus cases

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021Ayo Fashanu

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,444 new cases of Coronavirus on Sunday, 17th day of January 2021. According to NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in Lagos-901, Plateau-136, Kaduna-57, FCT-54, Ebonyi-53, Akwa Ibom-52, Nasarawa-32, Osun-29, Ogun-28, Imo-16, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Kano-14, Rivers-10, Ekiti-7, Borno-6, Abia-5, Benue-4, Yobe-4, Kebbi-3 and Anambra-2 The agency […]

COVID-19: Hospital capacity will no longer be able to cope with cases – NCDC

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021Ayo Olowo

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says COVID-19 in the country is now reaching a critical level where hospitals will no longer be able to cope with serious cases. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, on Monday, said while Nigerians may be tired of dealing with the pandemic, the virus is taking advantage of […]

Nigeria to get 42m doses of COVID-19 Vaccine through COVAX scheme

January 6, 2021Ayo Olowo

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria hopes to get 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine soon to cover one fifth of its population. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, on Tuesday in Abuja. Shuaib said that the vaccine would be […]

Lagos Govt provides list of free COVID-19 testing centres

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020Eben Tanimola

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its call on residents to avail themselves of the free COVID-19 testing services offered at approved public laboratories across the State. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Strategy listed the four locations as Lagos State Bio-Bank (Located inside the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba); Lagos University Teaching […]

COVID-19 Vaccine: Joe Biden hails Pfizer for giving the world ’cause for hope’

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020News Agency

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has hailed Monday’s announcement of an effective COVID-19 vaccine by U.S. pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer Inc., and its German partner, BioNTech. The vaccine, according to the firms, has a 90-per-cent success rate having been tested on 43,500 people in six countries with no safety concerns. In a statement on Monday, Biden described […]

NCDC confirms 160 new cases of COVID-19

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020Eben Tanimola

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 160 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was revealed in a tweet on Saturday night. Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) both topped the list of cases with 39 cases each while Ekiti, Edo, Abia, Bayelsa recorded the least number of cases […]

Seven more deaths recorded as Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections increase by 476

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020Ayo Olowo

The total nunber of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria increased by 476 on Thursday, with seven more deaths, taking the fatality figure to 992. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed the latest COVID-19 figures in a tweet on its official handle. Although Nigeria had reported fewer confirmed cases in recent weeks, Thursday’s new infections […]

417 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Nigeria

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020Ayo Olowo

Nigeria on Monday confirmed 417 fresh COVID-19 cases as the country announced the date for the resumption of international flights. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new infections in a tweet on its official handle. The new infections were reported in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, taking Nigeria’s […]