The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said seven more people have died from the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the country’s fatality toll to 2,647. The NCDC disclosed this on Friday morning via its official website. additional 601 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an increase from the 299 cases reported on Wednesday. It also indicated that the active…
An outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 that is thought to have begun in a primary school in Putian in China’s southeast continues to grow, prompting authorities to impose measures, including travel restrictions and school closures, to curb the spread of the virus. Putian, a city of 3.2 million in coastal Fujian province, ordered…
A nationwide vaccination campaign week starts in Germany on Monday in an attempt to speed up the rate of coronavirus vaccinations ahead of winter. In addition to the usual places where vaccines are offered anyone can get vaccinated without an appointment and free of charge at locations across the country, for example in some libraries,…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says 1,692,315 eligible Nigerian have received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 on Monday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this progress…
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed eight persons on Sunday, as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reported 365 additional new cases in eight states of the federation. The public health agency, however, noted that the new cases recorded represented a fall from the 547 cases reported on Saturday. The NCDC, which confirmed the infections…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says that the Delta variant of COVID-19 virus is the dominant strain in the country, requiring Nigerians to keep all the prescribed protective measures in place and increase testing. Speaking at the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja, the minister said, “The dreaded 3rd…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says three people died as a result of COVID-19 complications, while 466 new cases was recorded on Friday. The NCDC confirmed this in an update on its Facebook page on Saturday morning. 466 COVID-19 infections on Friday indicates a decrease from 727 cases reported on Thursday. The Public health agency reports…
About 44,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes in groups while ingesting drugs are responsible for the spread of HIV in the country. Dr Gambo Aliyu, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) made the disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the exchange of needles and syringes by drug users…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the National Economic Council (NEC) and Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to intervene in addressing doctors’ welfare challenges to prevent a collapse of industrial harmony. The NMA made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Edo …
