The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has come out to give clarification on the information making the rounds on social media that a prolonged use of the face masks by healthy people may cause death. The centre on its Twitter handle on Saturday said the information is false. It said, face masks can be
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Anambra state has recorded another three cases of Covid 19. The new COVID 19 cases in the state were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC last night. The development, which came barely two days after the case of a patient said to have returned from Kano on the 6th of May after
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the country recorded 146 new cases of COVID 19 on Tuesday. The latest single-day record showed a huge drop in the number of cases recorded daily previously. The new confirmed cases bring the total number of cases recorded in the country to 4787 as Tuesday, May
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that a total of 248 new cases of COVID 19 was recorded in the country on Sunday. This brings the total number of cases recorded in the country to 4399. According to an update by the NCDC on Sunday, the country also recorded 15 COVID 19
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Nigeria has once again recorded a higher single-day spike in COVID 19 cases. With 386 new cases on Friday, May 8. According to the breakdown released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late Friday night, the country recorded a total of 386 new cases, with Lagos State accounting for 176 of the number, and
Read moreLess than one week after the federal government ordered total lockdown in some states was eased, Nigeria has recorded an alarming 381 new cases within 24 hours, with Lagos State doubling it’s usual single-day toll. This is according to the daily infection toll update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). THE DAILY
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the country has recorded another 148 new cases of COVID 19 on Tuesday. THE DAILY VENDOR can report that the latest development brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2950, while according to the centre, about 481 patients have been treated and
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ANAMBRA, Awka The Anambra state Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala has reassured that the state will continue to cooperate with the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control including other partners in the fight against COVID 19 pandemic. The Commissioner gave the reassurance when representatives of UNICEF and NCDC
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Lagos State and the FCT have yet again taken the lead as Nigeria continues to confirm upsurge of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the country recorded another 220 fresh cases of COVID 19 on Saturday, May 2. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the NCDC had on Friday
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There has been an up surge in COVID 19 cases in Kano State. According to the daily infection toll update released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Kano has surpassed all other states, including Lagos State in the number of daily infection rate. In the NCDC daily update for May 1, the country
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DAAR Communication Boss, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and seven members of his family, including his daughter-in-law, have tested positive for COVID 19. According to AIT, a test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on the Dokpesi family came out positive for eight members of the family. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that this sad
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Nigerian Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has appealed to Nigerians to donate their buildings for use as isolation centres and treatment of coronavirus patients. Ehanire made the appeal at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID 19 in Abuja on Thursday. Ehanire stated also that test capacity of the 15 laboratories
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BAUCHI, The Bauchi State government said on Friday that nine new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) had been recorded, bringing the number of positive cases in the State to 38. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the results were sent in last on Thursday night by
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Kano State has surpassed Lagos State in daily confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Nigeria. This is according to the breakdown of cases recorded on Thursday which the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released on its Twitter handle late Thursday. According to the centre, Nigeria recorded a total of 204 fresh cases on Thursday
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ANAMBRA, Awka, Anambra State government has commenced the training of Markets and Parks COVID-19 Task Force members as earlier stipulated by the governor of the state, Dr Willie Obiano ahead of next week’s re-opening of major Markets in the State. The training which took place at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre Awka had
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