The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that the COVID-19 case fatality rate in Africa is now 2.5 percent, higher than the worldwide level of 2.2 percent. (According to Johns Hopkins University, in the United States the rate is 1.7 percent; in New Zealand, 1.1 percent.) In twenty-one countries on the continent the case fatality rate is 3 percent or higher. Africa CDC announced that there were 207,000 new cases the week of...
ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has expressed commitment to full implementation of the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Jan. 26. The Minister of State for FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, gave the assurance at stakeholders meeting on the new Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Second Wave Pandemic Enforcement Guidelines held on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Jan....
YOLA — Adamawa state has flagged off one hundred and fifty (150) participants on Nigeria COVID-19 action recovery and economics stimulus result area 3 data capture and field agents. Participants will be deployed to 21 Local Governments in the state and capture the micro and small-medium enterprise that will be given grants and support in ICT. Speaking at the event that took place at Jokems hall Jimeta, Adamawa state Commissioner of Entrepreneurship Development Mr. Iliya...
SOKOTO — The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday, advised the government not to mount pressure on Nigerians to accept the COVID-19 vaccine. He gave the advice while speaking at a sensitization programme on COVID-19 for Muslim scholars and imams in Nigeria which held in Abuja. The royal father warned that Nigerians would not be stampeded into accepting the vaccine, but...
The Anambra State Assembly after its sitting yesterday, proceeded on a two weeks break to enable the Ministry of Health fumigate the Assembly complex. It would be recalled that last week, the Ministry of Health led by the Commissioner of Health Anambra state, Dr. Vincent Okpara conducted a COVID-19 test on honourable members and members of staff of the Assembly, and a handful of those whose sample were taken tested positive and have since proceeded...
ABUJA — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,430 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 122,996. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the country has so far tested 1,270,523 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020, in the country. Nigeria’s public health institute sadly registered three additional coronavirus related...
ABUJA — The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Monday, disclosed that four Nigerians had tested positive for the highly contagious United Kingdom (UK) COVID-19 strain. Ihekweazu, who disclosed the at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, in Abuja, stated that those that tested positive included three Nigerians who had travelled out of the country, while one was in-country, adding that it was not surprising to find the new...
OWERRI — Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has threatened a second total lockdown if residents of the state continue to disregard COVID-19 safety protocols. The governor issued the threat in a statewide broadcast in Owerri late on Friday night. Uzodinma, who frowned at the nonchalance of Imo residents towards established safety protocols, said that four mobile courts have been put in place in different parts of the state to prosecute violators of COVID-19 safety protocols....
CALABAR — The University of Calabar COVID-19 Task Force Committee has commenced the fumigation of the campus ahead of the Feb. 5 resumption date for academic activities. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Calabar that the fumigation was part of the institution’s preparation and readiness for resumption of academic activities. Obi said that the fumigation of the administrative buildings and other...
LAGOS –– The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos branch has called on the Federal Government to enforce the guidelines and protocols of COVID-19 to mitigate the spread of the virus. The branch Chairman, Mrs. Adebola Kolawole, made the call at the side-line of the NRCS 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday in Lagos. Kolawole decried the wanton violation of COVID-19 guidelines by the citizenry. She added that those flaunting the protocols encourage the spread...
