Health

Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,483 new cases of COVID-19.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this on its Twitter page on Friday. It confirmed that Nigeria now has 118,138 cases of the infection and the country had recorded additional five coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This brings […]

The NCDC has confirmed 1,964  new cases of  COVID-19 and seven deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 116655 cases have been confirmed, 93646 cases have been discharged and 1485 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory The 1964 new cases are reported from 24 states- Lagos (824), […]

Twelve health workers comprising of three doctors and nine nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical centre, Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. The acting head of clinical services of the hospital Ishaya Kola confirmed this to newsmen in Jalingo  after emergency meeting of the technical committee. He said […]

The Ministry of Finance, on Monday, released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the known at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has […]

Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded one thousand, four hundred and forty-four (1444) new COVID-19 cases in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the figure in a tweet via its Twitter handle Sunday night. Lagos, Plateau, Kaduna, FCT, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom top the list with 901, 136, […]

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Cross River State Branch has blamed the increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria on inadequate Isolation/treatment centers across the country. The Chairman of Nigeria Medical Association, Cross River State Branch, Dr Innocent Abang, disclosed this to journalists on Saturday. Abang, who regretted […]

Nigeria has recorded 1,867 new cases of COVID-19 across 24 states making it the highest daily record in the country ever. Of the new cases, Lagos recorded its highest ever with 713 new infections followed by Plateau and the FCT with 273 and 199 cases respectively. 117 cases were recorded in […]

Nigeria has set a record with 1,867 new Covid-19 cases as highest daily infection. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 107,345. There are 24 states with new Covid-19 cases in Nigeria including Lagos-713; Plateau-273; FCT-199; Kaduna-117; Oyo-79; Enugu-58; Ondo-53; Kano-49 and Sokoto-43. Others states […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday has cried out that it had received reports of the importation of fake COVID-19 vaccine into Nigeria. NAFDAC Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said this while addressing a virtual press conference early today. The agency warned against unauthorized orders, […]

An international team of experts tasked with studying the origin of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, officials confirmed on Thursday. The 10 scientists who were met by Chinese officials in hazmat suits and given throat swabs on arrival, were taken to a […]