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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 655 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153,842. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The centre also reported 11 COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total fatality in the country to 1,885. Till
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 153, 187. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country’s daily COVID-19 infection rate has dropped below 1,000
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… More Nigerians stil at risk of infection …1 in 5 in Lagos, Enugu, Nassarawa states already infected with virus By Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Nigeria Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) among other partners on Monday released findings of household seroprevalence surveys conducted in four states of Lagos, Enugu,
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By Chioma Obinna As Nigeria make preparations for the vaccination of Nigerians. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has alerted that about 55 different lineages of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is circulating in Nigeria and are also changing rapidly as of February 14 2021. According to the Director-General of NCDC, Dr.
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The Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 says it will launch a platform next week that will verify the originality of results from anywhere around the world. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the PTF national briefing on COVID-19. Ihekweazu, who called
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has confirmed 29 cases of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 UK variant in the country. Its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu, said at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja that the new variant had spread across six states in Nigeria. “We have now
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By Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday announced the commencement of‘Campaign 6232’ designed to raise public awareness for the toll-free number ‘6232’ and public enquiries through its 24-7 Connect Centre. According to the Director-General of the Centre, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the campaign will use different means of communication to
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… Scales up screening at port of entry By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna Barely 24 hours after Guinea declared Ebola outbreak in the country as an epidemic, Port Health Services of the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria has been directed to scale up screening at the port of entry. Guinea had on
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Nigeria recorded 1,056 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 141,447. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official Twitter handle. The centre also recorded 21 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,694. READ ALSOOshiomhole faults APC membership
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has sealed a health facility in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for allegedly collecting funds and issuing fake COVID-19 results. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, NCDC, made the disclosure during the Presidential Task Force ( PTF) on COVID-19 national briefing in Abuja on Monday. Ihekweazu explained that
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