Four states and the Federal Capital Territory and have recorded 50 new COVID-19 infections, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. UGAMATV also reports one new COVID-19 related death. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Tuesday. According to the NCDC, the 50 new cases were recorded...
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65 new COVID-19 cases reported across five states
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control registered 65 additional COVID-19 infections in the country, as of June 28, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this on its website handle on Tuesday morning. UGAMATV reports that the country has also seen a sharp increase from its previous record of two cases to an increase of 65 infections in...
14 health workers have died from COVID-19 in Lagos, says commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state has lost 14 health workers to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Abayomi, in a statement on Sunday, added that the state government was not resting on its oars in the battle against COVID-19, adding that strategies were being implemented to prevent a third wave...
NCDC reports zero COVID infection on Sunday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says Nigeria reported zero COVID-19 infection on Sunday, noting that the country has continued to record a decrease in cases. Nigeria, NCDC said, now has 167,206 confirmed cases. The agency disclosed this on its website on Monday. It revealed that no new additional case count was recorded as of...
‘RNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccine production could help curb cancer’
Companies like Moderna and Pfizer’s partner BioNTech are using the messenger RNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccine production to spur cancer patients’ bodies to make vaccines that they hope will help prevent cancer. The companies, as reported by USA TODAY, are already conducting clinical trials to see whether a vaccine made with the same mRNA technology used...
New ‘Nigerian COVID’ strain attacks UK city after rise in cases
A new strain of Coronavirus currently killing twice as many people as other variants have been detected in Kent, a county in Southeast England, a UK-based newspaper, Daily Record has announced. The new variant discovered in Nigeria has sparked fears it could be even deadlier than the South African form, according to reports. Experts in the country...
records show that no new COVID-19 death for third consecutive DAYs in Nigeria
Nigeria on Easter Sunday reported zero deaths from COVID-19, the third consecutive day nobody died of complications from the highly infectious disease. With no deaths in the past 72 hours, the fatality toll in the country remains 2, 058 in total. This is according to an update published by the Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday...
121 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths recorded in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 121 new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), taking the total number of infected people in the country to 162,762. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. Newsmen report that the country has tested 1,767,694 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19...
over 7,300 ENUGU RESIDENTS Have RECEIVEd COVID 19 vaccineS.
No fewer than 7,300 residents of Enugu State have so far received their first jabs of Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine on the eight-day of the ongoing vaccination in the state. Dr George Ugwu, Executive Secretary of the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
INTERPOL, NAFDAC ON RED ALERT OVeR Fake Covid-19 vaccines FRom china
The Director- General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) , Professor Christainah Mojisola Adeyeye stated on Tuesday, 30th March 2021 that the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has been placed on red alert on the possible importation of fake COVID-19 vaccines into Nigeria. Speaking in Kano after an inspection of a...