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Nigeria records 244 cases of Lassa fever, 37 deaths – NCDC

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) registered 244 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever in 16 states and the FCT as of Jan. 22. The Centre’s Director-General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, told newsmen yesterday, in Abuja, that the centre also recorded 37 deaths, a case-fatality rate of 15.1 percent. The Lassa fever infections were recorded in Ondo State (90); Edo (89); Bauchi (13); Taraba (10); Benue (9); Ebonyi (9); Nasarawa (7), and Plateau, (5). Others are Kogi (4); Anambra (2); Delta (1); Oyo (1); Adamawa (1); Enugu (1); Imo…

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Marburg virus alert: “Avoid unnecessary travels”, FG tells Nigerians

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to avoid non-essential travels to locations where the outbreak of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) has been reported for the time being. This advisory, among others, is coming from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as the Ghanaian authorities declared an outbreak of the MVD, which was confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the 17th of July 2022. While the NCDC stated the overall risk of both importations of the disease and its potential impact on the Nigerian population is moderate,…

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NCDC issues Lassa fever alert, as death toll hits 102

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), has issued a warning over Lassa fever cases, which it says has risen to 4,632, with 102 deaths. The NCDC, in its latest advisory on Monday, announced the possibility of Lassa fever presenting malaria-like symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat, general body weakness, cough among others. The centre said it has sent letters to states on the dangers of Lassa fever and the symptoms to look out for. Since the last outbreak of the disease in 2016, the agency observed that there…

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COVID-19: Nigeria records 859 infections, two deaths on Monday

Ishaku Yohanna

859 persons have caught the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria on Monday. The country also lost two persons to the virus on the same day. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, stated on Tuesday that Monday’s figures raised the country’s infection tally to Two Hundred and Thirty Eight, Four Hundred and Twenty and the death toll to Three Thousand and Twenty-Four. It stated that the two deaths were recorded in the FCT. In Monday’s 859 infections, Lagos State took the lead with 555 victims up from the 401 infections it recorded on Sunday.…

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Omicron: NCDC confirms 3 new cases as UK detects virus in 7 Nigerian travellers

Aminu Imam

…Senate, Reps. kick over travel ban The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), yesterday, confirmed three additional cases of Covid-19 with the Omicron variant. The three cases were in addition to the three earlier announced on December 1. This brings the tally of confirmed Omicron cases in Nigeria to six. The NCDC, in a statement by its Director-General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, noted that all the Omicron cases, so far, were detected in persons with recent travel history to South Africa in November. This came as the United Kingdom government said…

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Reps query NCDC over payment of N9bn Covid-19 Intervention Fund to personal accounts

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has queried the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), for paying part of the N9 billion it received as special intervention fund by the Federal Government for Covid-19 response into the personal accounts of some of its staff. The Director-General of the Agency, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, who appeared before the committee to give an account of the agency’s spending, said from March to December 2020 the Agency got N620 million; for March 2020 to March 2021 it received N5 billion; and from January…

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Cholera claims 2,141 lives ― NCDC

Aminu Imam

..Affects 65,145 Nigerians The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC), has announced a total of 65,145 suspected cases of cholera including 2,141 deaths, a Case Fatality Rate, (CFR), of 3.3 percent have been reported from 23 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as of Sept. 2, 2021. NCDC disclosed this on its Cholera Situation Weekly Epidemiological report, via its official website. The report indicated there was a 62% decrease in the number of new suspected cases in week 33 (2,127) compared with week 32 (3,098). Bauchi (855), Katsina (396)…

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479 killed, as cholera spreads to 18 States – NCDC

Aminu Imam

…Records 62.5 % increase in monkeypox cases A total of 479 people have been killed in the current outbreak of Cholera in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), which disclosed this in its latest situation report. said since the beginning of this year, a total of 19,305 suspected cases have been recorded and that the disease has spread to 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The States were listed as Benue, Delta, Zamfara, Gombe, Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kano, and Kaduna. Others are Plateau, Kebbi,…

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NCDC records 59 suspected monkeypox cases in Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), Chile Ihekweazu, says 59 suspected cases of monkeypox, with 15 cases already confirmed, have been registered in the country. Ihekweazu stated this yesterday in Abuja, while reacting to the case of a Dallas, Texas resident who tested positive for the disease after travelling from Nigeria. Monkeypox, which is in the same family of viruses as smallpox, is a rare but potentially deadly viral infection that begins with flu-like symptoms and progresses to a rash on the face and body. The…

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NCDC D-G commissions Molecular Laboratory in Ebonyi

Aminu Imam

The Director-General, National Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, yesterday commissioned the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, (AEFUTHA) Molecular Laboratory, in Abakaliki, the State capital. The Laboratory was built by the NCDC and equipped by the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health. It is located at the Viral Research, Treatment and Control Centre of the AEFUTHA. Ihekweazu, while commissioning the project, urged the management to ensure the capacity-building of the workers for optimum use of the laboratory. He further urged the management and staff of the…

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