The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 454 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The information is on the centre’s official Twitter page on Friday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the latest cases, Nigeria’s total infections now stand at 27,564. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. According to it, till date, 27,564 cases have been confirmed, 11,069 cases have been...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has arrested 121 persons for contravening the Quarantine and Restriction of Movement (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020, on compulsory use of face mask in public places. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Nnudam Fredrick, said this in a statement issued in Uyo on Friday. Fredrick said all the arrested offenders would be charged to court to serve as deterrent to others in the bid to contain the spread...
The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Regional Office and ECOWAS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on response to COVID-19 in West African countries. The signing of the MoU took place on Friday, by Mr Yao Ydo, UNESCO Regional Director and Mr Leopoldo Amado, ECOWAS Commissioner for Education, Science and Culture in Abuja. Ydo said the response was in line with UNESCO’s mission of contributing to the building of a culture of...
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General (DG), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that young people, aged between 20 and 40, are driving the transmission of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF), media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. The DG said that investigation had established that persons from 50 years and above were most prone to the virus, with three out of five deaths from...
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has announced a total easing of the lockdown imposed on the state to check spread of the novel coronavirus. Ganduje made the announcement on Thursday in Kano while briefing newsmen on the COVID-19 pandemic at Government House, Kano. He said, however, that restriction of movement from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. would continue. The governor also directed civil servants on grade level 12 and above to resume work from...
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has said that all government hospitals in FCT would become COVID-19 sample collection sites so that walk-in cases could have samples taken for testing. The Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, who announced this during the PTF briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said that the move was geared towards scaling up the number of daily tests conducted in the country daily. “This assures users and caregivers of reduced bottlenecks and improved...
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the centre has not relaxed its guidelines on mass gathering in the coronavirus (COVID-19) protocol. Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. “We are on the verge of opening our flights, airports and we have relaxed intercity travel. “We know that we have family, loving people and that over the next few weeks, we will all...
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is likely to launch the first COVID-19 vaccine by Aug. 15 in partnership with Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturing company Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), a letter said on Friday. “It is envisaged to launch the vaccine for public health use latest by 15th August 2020 after completion of all clinical trials. “BBIL is working expeditiously to meet the target, however, final outcome will depend on the cooperation of all clinical...
The United States’ COVID-19 emergency aid to Nigeria rose to 41.3 million dollars (N15.5 billion) as of Thursday, according to the Department of State. This represents an additional 11.3 million dollars (N4.2 billion) compared with the 30 million dollars (N11.2 billion) assistance to Nigeria announced by the U.S. in May. In a statement on Thursday, the department said the amount was part of a 1.3 billion dollar (N488.8 billion) COVID-19 aid so far announced by...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 626 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 27,110. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle. The NCDC also said Nigeria reported 13 deaths, bringing the total to 616 deaths in 35 states and the FCT The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. .The NCDC said that Lagos State reported the highest number of cases with 193...
