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 continent stands at 218,756. Some 7,910,522 patients across the […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]