The Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC) has disclosed that the country has recorded more than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 cases 18 months after the first positive case was identified in an Italian traveller on Feb. 27, 2020. The NCDC, on Wednesday morning, September 15, via its official website said that Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases had jumped…
The Nigerian Government has disclosed plans to carry out COVID-19 vaccination in churches on Sundays. Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing Christian leaders on the second phase of COVID-19 vaccinations. He said: “I am glad to inform you that from this Phase…
A 33-year-old pregnant woman alongside 15 others have lost their lives to the ravaging COVID-19 virus at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital and other COVID-19 facilities in Edo state. Disclosing the deaths to newsmen on Monday, the Head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, said the victims were not vaccinated. “This particular patient…
Minister of health, Osagie Ehanire has asked resident doctors to put an end to the ongoing strike action. Recall that the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on August 1 embarked on strike over ‘irregular payment of salaries’ among other issues. Efforts of stakeholders, including the house of representatives, to mediate between the federal government…
About 640 people who were fully vaccinated died with Covid-19 in England in six months (January to July) accounting for just 1% of deaths, new figures have revealed. According to a Monday morning, September 13 publication by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the 51,281 people who died with the virus between January 2…
Two persons, including an unvaccinated health worker, have died from complications of COVID-19 in Edo state. The 56-year-old health worker died at the Auchi General Hospital, Edo north.Disclosing this to newsmen on Friday, September 10, the Head of the State’s COVID-19 Case Management, Dr Ebomwonyi Osagie, said the two victims were yet to be vaccinated…
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 198,239 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated September 10, the NCDC reports 466 new cases with 3 COVID-related deaths.The new cases were reported in the FCT and 12 states – Lagos-134, Rivers-82, Edo-69, Gombe-39,…
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 197,773 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated September 9, the NCDC reports 727 new cases with 7 COVID-related deaths.The new cases were reported in the FCT and 17 states – Rivers-257, Lagos-157, Edo-85, Imo-63,…
Health organizations are trying to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus that has a much higher death rate than Covid and causes vomiting, seizures, and brain swelling. A young Indian boy was killed by the illness and there are fears it could cause the next worldwide pandemic, heightened by the fact that Nipah has…
The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 196,487 COVID-19 cases. In its latest case update dated September 7, the NCDC reports 597 new cases with 17 COVID-related deaths. The new cases were reported in the FCT and 13 states – Lagos-204, Rivers-89, Edo-65,…