‘Ensure food is cooked and stored in a clean and safe environment, avoid open defecation’ A total of 2,187 confirmed cases of cholera, including 233 deaths have been recorded in 31 states from January to September 25, 2022, in the country. This is according to the public health advisory published by the Nigeria Centre for
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The Kogi State government on Tuesday hit back at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), over the agency’s labelling of the state as a high risk one for COVID-19. The state government also accused the NCDC of trying to scare away investors from the state by deliberately peddling falsehood.It was reported that the state,
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A new variant of the deadly coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the alerted the nation on Thursday. The body however, announced plans to commence further investigation. “It’s a separate lineage from the U.K. and South Africa. Give us some time, it’s still very early”,
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,133 new infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the total figure of infected persons to 80,922. NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. More than 903,800 samples have been tested by the public health agency since the first confirmed case in February.
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Nigeria’s coronavirus death toll rose on Friday with the recent surge in new cases of fatalities as the country slips into the second wave of the pandemic. The total death tally from COVID-19 in Nigeria rose to 1, 212 on Friday after 11 more people died from the virus in the last 24 hours, NCDC,
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday evening, confirmed 169 new cases of coronavirus infection in Nigeria. The health agency disclosed this in a statement via its Twitter handle. This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 66974 which includes 62,585 discharged cases and 1,169 deaths. Below is the
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 56 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Monday. It said that the infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 66,439. The NCDC said that the new infections were from
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NCDC has announced that 246 people tested positive for coronavirus in Nigeria on Saturday. It also added that the coronavirus infections in the country have exceeded 66,000 confirmed cases as the braces for a second wave of the pandemic. According to health experts, as the yuletide season draws near, Nigerians are warned to avoid mass
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced that Nigeria recorded 156 new cases on Friday bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 64,884 This was disclosed via its Twitter handle. It also added the new cases were recorded in 10 states of the federation and Abuja. Here are the states with their
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that Nigeria recorded 72 new infections of COVID-19 and 1 death. This was made known by NCDC on Monday via its Twitter page. According to them, Lagos State, remains the hot spot of the virus in the country, recording the highest number of confirmed cases, with
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported that Nigeria recorded three deaths and 113 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The NCDC made this known in a tweet via its Twitter page, said Nigeria’s total now stands at 62,224. Lagos State had the highest number of infections with 51 cases, while 15 new
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday certified the hosting of Orientation Course at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra Permanent Orientation Camp Umuawulu/Mbaukwu, Awka South Local Government Area of the State. NCDC State focal person on Infection, Prevention and Control, Dr. Kenneth Nwokolo gave the go-ahead when he toured the
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Nigeria Center for Disease Control on Saturday recorded 48 new coronavirus infections bringing the total infections in the country to 61,930 .In at least three months, Nigeria has not reported a daily figure above 300. There has also been an increase in the number of recovered patients. Of over 61,000 cases reported so far, about
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) reported on Wednesday,thirty-seven new coronavirus infections across Nigeria with no COVID-19-related death in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory. They also added that, 183 patients were discharged after testing negative to the virus across the country. The new cases of infected people moves up the infection tolls in
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four more people have died from COVID-19 virus in Nigeria, moving up the total number of deaths toll to 1,123. Review of NCDC data has showed that only two deaths was recorded last week. However, 113 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country as of Saturday
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