Nigerians in fear following the up surge of new COVID 19 active cases recorded daily in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in its latest report confirmed that the country has recorded fresh 196 COVID 19 active cases just within a space of 24 hours, bringing the total cases recorded in the country
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the inclusion of two more laboratories into the country’s COVID-19 pandemic molecular network. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC Director-General, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, that this brought the total number of molecular laboratories in the network to 17. Ihekweazu, giving an
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported another 87 new cases of #COVID19 on Saturday. According to the centre, 33 new cases were recorded in Lagos, while 18 were recorded in Borno, 12 in Osun, 9 in Katsina, 4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo, 3 in Bauchi, 1 in Imo.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced an alarming eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 in the country. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that Lagos has continued to record the highest number of cases, as it accounts for 70 cases in the latest number of infected persons released at about 11:50pm Sunday. While the FCT accounts
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The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a nationwide spread of coronavirus in Nigeria. Nigeria currently has 407 cases of coronavirus with 22 states including Abuja being affected. The NCDC, however, believes it is a matter of time before the virus spreads to other states. “Now, COVID-19 is on a much larger scale
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has treated 228 active cases of COVID-19 and discharged 85 of them as the total number of the cases in the country rises to 323. The NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, said on Sunday that it recorded five new cases of coronavirus in the country – two
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Report from Anambra state indicates that the state has recorded the COVID-19 case for the first time. This was contained in a statement released in a tweeter handle by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The agency has confirmed 17 new more cases as at about 9:30pm, making it a toll 305 cases while 58
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Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria. Three were recorded in Osun State and one in Ogun State. “As at 11:15 am 31st March there are 135 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria with two deaths,” said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The pandemic has been recorded in 11 states
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said 30 cases have now been confirmed in the country. In the update posted on its website, the centre said Abuja, which had one case in the morning of Sunday, now have four cases. It said Ekiti has one, while Lagos has recorded 22 cases. One case
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As death toll from the deadly C0VID19 rises, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Saturday that five travelers from China tested negative to the Coronavirus also known as COVID19. Recall that the NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Friday that the centre had “two cases and tests are going on at the
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 29 deaths and 195 confirmed cases of Lassa fever have been reported in 11 states. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the current figures were as of Friday, January 24. Ihekweazu said out
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Situation report indicates that the number of newly confirmed cases of Lassa fever across the country have increased from 64 in the first week of this year to 81, as shown by reported instances from Ondo, Edo, Delta, Taraba, Plateau and Bauchi states. A report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on travelers from Nigeria to Wuhan, China, to avoid contact with sick people, animals (alive or dead), and animal markets. It added, “Travelers from Wuhan to Nigeria may be asked questions upon arrival by the Port Health Services unit at points of entry about symptoms of
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said on Wednesday, that there was no specific cure for the deadly coronavirus yet. In a statement by the centre, it was revealed that the NCDC was working closely with the World Health Organisation to monitor the spread of the virus. It added that the Federal Ministry
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