Tag: NCDC

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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New Covid-19 variant discovered in Nigeria, 15 countries – NCDC

Aminu Imam

…’AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive within one week’– FG The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that a new variant of Covid-19 has been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries. Disclosing this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 briefing yesterday in Abuja, the NCDC Director-General Chikwe Iheakweazu, said that researchers and scientists were still working hard to understand if the variant had any effect on the virus’ transmissibility, immunity as well as diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics. “As we shared the vaccines, a total of 54 cases…

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COVID-19: January will be tough – NCDC

Aminu Imam

Ø  Lagos State to fine curfew defaulters The Director-General, (DG), of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has predicted that January 2021 is going to be tough for the country because of a spike in COVID-19 infections. Recall that in the past two weeks, the daily count of COVID-19 cases shot up significantly, with the country recording over 10,000 new infections, with the Federal Government saying that within one week Nigeria entered the second wave of infections in December, 16 out of every 100 tests returned…

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Second wave: Nigeria records all-time highest daily Covid-19 cases

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) on Wednesday, announced that 930 new confirmed covid-19 cases were recorded in Nigeria, taking the total tally to 75,062 confirmed cases and 1,200 deaths, year to date. This represents the highest ever number of daily cases recorded since the outbreak. The last time Nigeria recorded a daily number of Covid-19 cases in this region was on the 11th of December 2020, when 796 cases were recorded, followed by 790 cases recorded on 1st. The spike in new cases suggested a looming second wave…

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COVID-19: NCDC confirms 343 new infections

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 343 new infections of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website. The agency also reported two additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,179. It said that the infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 68,303. The NCDC stated that a total of 64,291 patients were discharged from various isolation centres after treatment, including 452 new patients discharged in the last 24 hours. It added…

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