Dr. Innocent Vakkai, the Commission of Health, Taraba State, has admitted that the state has recorded a cholera outbreak. The incident, which occurred in Tella town, Gassol Local Government Council, was said to have led to the death of seven persons, leaving several others hospitalized. Confirming the incident today in Jalingo, a team of medical…
Lagos government has disclosed that 135 deaths have been recorded in the state amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed on Monday by Sanwo-Olu during a media briefing on the COVID situation in the state.Sanwo-Olu on July 11 had cautioned Lagos residents of a third wave of infections following an increase…
Seventy persons are said to have been killed after being infected with the deadly COVID19 Delta variant. The Vice-Chancellor of University Of Medical Sciences (UNIMEDTH) and Chairman, Ondo Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, disclosed this to newsmen today August 23 while addressing senior civil servants. Accusing the state civil servants of not obeying…
Nigeria has recorded 187,023 total COVID-19 cases as of Aug. 22, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed. The NCDC made this known via its website on Monday morning, adding that the country reported 388 additional COVID-19 infections on Aug. 22. It said the recent surge in infections was driven by the spread…
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 1,064 fresh cases of COVID-19 in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The public health agency made the announcement on Sunday morning via a post on its verified Facebook page.According to the fresh report, the agency, in the last 24 hours, recorded 13 deaths…
1,665 cases of cholera have been recorded in Kaduna State in the last five months. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said this during a press conference on Thursday in Kaduna. Mohammed-Baloni said the cases were recorded in 19 local government areas of the state from April to August. The commissioner attributed the outbreak…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 357 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. Rivers led the pack of 11 states that reported new infections, leading with 170 out of the national total of 357. There was no report from Lagos. The 357 cases showed a decrease from the 584 recorded on…
The Federal government has received 699,760 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 17. This is the first tranche of the 1,299,760 expected from the UK Government through the COVAX facility. Nigeria on Tuesday flagged off the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination with 4 million doses of Moderna vaccine…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed that 11 patients died from COVID-19 on Friday in Nigeria. The NCDC, which made this known via its website on Saturday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from the pandemic is currently 2,211. The agency added that the country logged 636 new infections on Friday, 117 fewer…
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has disclosed that the country is at low risk of having a Marburg virus outbreak. This is coming after report of Guinea being the first West African country to record a case of highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever and in…