Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that 214 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in the country on Tuesday, March 23. A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Adamawa-109, Lagos-33, Bauchi-26, Kaduna-9, Rivers-9, FCT-7, Oyo-7, Gombe-5, Ebonyi-4, Osun-3, Ekiti-1, Ogun-1. There are now 162,076 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 2,031…
131 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in the country on Monday March 22, as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-64, Rivers-12, Kaduna-11, Plateau-9, Jigawa-8, Bayelsa-6, Ondo-5, Ebonyi-4, FCT-4, Osun-4, Borno-1, Kano-1, Ogun-1, Oyo-1. There are now 161,868 confirmed cases of…
The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja condemned racketeering of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines in some of the designated vaccination centres. Abdullazzi Abdullahi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, spoke at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Abdullahi said selling vaccination slots was unnecessary because it has been scheduled in phases…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA has allayed the fears of Nigerians about the coronavirus vaccine. According to the NPHCDA, the COVID19 vaccines recently received in the country do not contain materials such as microchips, implants, or tracking devices as it has been speculated by some persons. Passing the information via its Twitter…
On the 21st of March 2021, 86 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 161737 cases have been confirmed, 147899 cases have been discharged and 2030 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 86 new cases are reported from 7 states- FCT (33), Lagos (28), Ondo (11),…
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday said the benefit of being vaccinated against the dreaded COVID-19, outweighs the risk in it. Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, while speaking on Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said the vaccination exercise should not be stopped in Nigeria despite fears over…
The Lagos State Government has released a list of 88 centres where residents of the state can take the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine. The 88 centres cut across all 20 Local Governments of the State. A statement released by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been declared safe…
Kano State Ministry of Health Task Force Committee on Counterfeit, Fake, Substandard Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods says it has seized and destroyed fake and counterfeit drugs worth N6 billion in the past nine years. The chairman of the committee, Gali Sule, who disclosed this during an interactive session on Saturday, March 13, said…
On the 14th of March 2021, 120 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 160657 cases have been confirmed, 145399 cases have been discharged and 2013 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 120 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos (32), Rivers (25), Kaduna (20),…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Lagos State government may possibly commence the administering of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. Mr Sanwo-Olu said this on Wednesday when the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, Walter Mulombo, paid him a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Ikeja. He said the Federal Government had given the…