Category: Eliminating Viruses From The Earth

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the Nation’s total COVID-19 infections had jumped to 188,243, across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as at of Tuesday August. These were the reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020 in the country. The NCDC said this […]

An agent of the National Institute of Public Hygiene (INHP) wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) suit against the Ebola virus disinfects the premises of the CHU of Cocody following the passage of a first Ebola patient, in Cocody on August 16, 2021. – Ivory Coast began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on August […]

Ambassador of Cuba to Nigeria, Clara Escandell (right) on a courtesy visit to Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (left) Cuba has developed five COVID-19 vaccines with two already approved by the medical authority of the country, the Ambassador of Cuba to Nigeria, Clara Escandell, has said. Escandell made this […]

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the number of persons in the state that died from COVID-19 related complications had increased to 506. He said this through his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi on Sunday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for August 20. He said that 11 persons died from COVID-19 related complications […]

Lagos State Ministry of Health has said that over 500 deaths have been recorded in isolation centres across the state. Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Health, Lagos State, ‘Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, made this known in a press statement on Sunday, titled, “COVID third wave mitigation: Lagos to sanction erring inbound passengers”. Ogunbanwo explained that inbound travelers […]

Nigeria gets 698,880 doses of AstraZeneca, second phase vaccination begins The Federal Government on Monday announced the arrival of another 698,880 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country. This is as it also commenced the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination. Recall that the country had earlier received 4,000,080 doses of the Moderna vaccine from […]

Nigeria has registered 541 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) as active cases continue to soar in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which made this known via its verified website on Monday morning, said the additional infections, though declined from the 655 recorded on Saturday, raised the cumulative cases to 182,503. The […]

The executive director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuaib takes COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja on Thursday, March 11, 2021. PHOTO: TWITTER/NPHCDA The Federal Government is set to begin the second phase of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccination today after taking delivery of 177,600 Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccines on August 12, […]

Buhari on arrival from UK. Photo: Facebook/Femi Adesina – Nigeria begins second phase vaccination today Monday Fresh from a trip to the United Kingdom where he had attended a global summit and had a medical checkup, President Muhammadu Buhari and some of his close aides who accompanied him on the trip are in isolation according […]