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Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 8.5m – Africa CDC

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2021 0

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,506,231 as of Thursday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the

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COVID-19: Benue won’t succumb to victim’s threat

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2020 0

Benue state government has maintain its stand on naming susan Okpe as the first carrier of coronavirus in the state despite her resistance of the result from the National Center for Disease control. The deputy governor and chairman of the COVID-19 surveillance team in Benue state, Engr. Benson Abounu who made the declaration while giving […]

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Coronavirus: Nigeria receives $18.2m aid from Japan

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2020 0

…As NASS leadership meets ministers on 2020 budget review …FG to give Lagos N10bn, pharmaceutical firms N1bn to fight pandemic …UN releases $2m to FG to procure medical supplies As part of Federal Government’s efforts to curtail and cushion the effect of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Nigeria has received a grant of US$18.2 million […]

Opinion

The Coronavirus challenge, Nigeria and other responses

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

The biggest threat to our collective humanity today is not the suspected threat of a Third World War, but a corrosive, debilitating, murderous pathogen known as new Corona Virus. The fear of a World War III was fuelled by tensions and differences among key super powers dictating contemporary geo-politics notably: the US, China, Iran, Iraq, […]

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Coronavirus: Port health services on alert at points of entry – NCDC

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2020 0

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria port health services are on alert at points of entry to curb the spread of coronavirus disease to the country. The novel coronavirus (nCoV) was first identified by Chinese researchers with the pathogen behind a mysterious illness that had sickened 59 people in Wuhan, a city […]

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Disease control: WHO, AUC strengthen ties to improve on health security in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2018 0

In its bid to curb the spread disease in Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) are strengthening their ties to tackle the health challenges facing the continent. Speaking during a two-day meeting earlier this month in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, the two organizations through its Africa Centres for Disease […]

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Diseases: Centre wants improved information sharing, data mgt

Ihesiulo Grace 20 July 2018 0

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Wednesday called for improved information sharing and data management in the country. Ihekweazu made the call on the sideline of a conference with the Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the aim of […]

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As death toll Jumps To 336 Nigeria Launches Meningitis Vaccination Campaign

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2017 0

LONDON – Nigeria is launching a mass vaccination campaign as part of its emergency response to an outbreak of meningitis in its northwestern states, as the death toll climbed to 336, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday. The number of suspected cases has hit 2,997, over 1,000 more than at the beginning […]