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  • Women warned against risks of sharing makeup brushes

    Women warned against risks of sharing makeup brushes

    A Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife has disclosed that the use of unsterilised makeup brushes can cause skin infection, monkeypox, hepatitis or HIV.

    Cole-Adeife who works at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, said this in an interview on Tuesday.

    She said many women hired the services of makeup artists who use the same brushes for different clients without hygienically cleaning or sterilising in-between clients.

    “As a lady, if you love to have your makeup done by makeup artists, make sure you have your own set of makeup brushes or insist the brushes are sterilised properly.

    “This is because there are several infections you can get from unsterilised makeup brushes.

    “Remember that when you are doing your makeup, they may have to shave or shape your eyebrows, and there will be micro-cuts from that, and then they are using that makeup brush on your skin.

    “So, sometimes, if there are any germs, fungi, bacteria or viruses on those makeup brushes, they can get into your skin,” she said.

    The dermatologist said she had seen patients who had developed skin infections or severe breakouts after having their makeup done.

    Cole-Adeife said there were cases of patients developing monkeypox or hepatitis from makeup, stressing that it was possible to get viral infections, such as Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), from unsterilised makeup brushes.

    The dermatologist urged makeup artists to invest in proper sterilising equipment for their brushes.

    “You can use hot water or methylated spirit to clean and also learn about basic sterilisation of your makeup brushes and equipment.

    “Sterilise your brushes in between clients, and do not forget to wash your hands before you begin to touch anyone’s face,” Cole-Adeife said.

  • Nigeria records 1,547 COVID-19 infections

    Nigeria records 1,547 COVID-19 infections

    Nigeria recorded 1,547 cases of COVID-19 infections on Sunday bringing the country’s total to 237,561 since the outbreak of the virus on Feb. 27, 2020.

    The virus has also taken 3,022 lives in Nigeria so far.

    Nigeria has treated and discharged 212,550 of those infected. 193 of them were discharged from hospitals on Sunday.

    The National Centre for Disease Control stated on Monday that Sunday’s infections were recorded in nine states and the FCT.

    FCT took over the lead from Lagos State on Sunday as it recorded 806 infections compared to 401 recorded by the latter.

    Borno had 166 infections, Oyo State had 78 infections, Ogun State had 47, and Osun State had 30, while Ekiti State and Katsina State had seven infections each.

    Kano State had four new infections, while Jigawa had one.

    Nigeria has also taken 3,751,696 samples since the outbreak of the virus.

  • COVID: NCDC announces 197 infections, 2 deaths as Omicron variant hits 38 countries

    COVID: NCDC announces 197 infections, 2 deaths as Omicron variant hits 38 countries

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced two additional fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic on Friday with 197 fresh cases reported across five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    The NCDC made the disclosure in its daily COVID-19 report on Saturday morning .

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 197 additional cases reported on Friday indicate an increase from the 47 cases reported in the country on Friday, Dec. 3.

    NAN reports that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had said that the omicron variant, now detected in 38 countries, appears to be more contagious than the COVID-19 delta variant.

    The organisation had said there was a suggestion of increased transmissibility adding that , “what we need to understand is if it’s more or less transmissible compared to delta.

    “Omicron has some 30 mutations on the spike protein, which is the mechanism used to bind to human cells.

    “Some of these mutations are associated with higher transmission and the ability to escape immune protection,” WHO had said.

    Meanwhile the Nigerian Public Health Institute said the country’s fatality toll from the disease now stood at 2,980.

    The NCDC added that till date, 214, 513 cases had been confirmed with 207,403 cases discharged and 2,980 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

    “The 197 States- Lagos (138), Rivers (23), FCT (18), Imo (15), Bauchi (1), and Gombe (1),”It stated

    The Nigerian Public Health Institute said that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

    The agency added that a total of 3,580,510 blood samples have been tested since the pandemic began across the country.

    NAN recalls that since the reports of the emergence of this Omicron variant in the country , the Federal Ministry of Health through the NCDC, has intensified public health response measures to COVID-19 in the country.

    Meanwhile, South African scientists found that omicron is associated with a “substantial ability” to re-infect people who already had COVID-19 , compared with past variants of the virus.

    The study, published by the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, has not yet been peer reviewed.

  • COVID-19: Nigeria records 4 more deaths, 379 new infections

    COVID-19: Nigeria records 4 more deaths, 379 new infections

    Nigeria on Monday recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths and 379 new infections from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Nigeria.

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its Website.

    The NCDC attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.

    The NCDC noted that Lagos state recorded the highest infections with (138), while Rivers followed with (44) and the FCT (26).

    Others are Ekiti (23), Oyo (22), Akwa Ibom (18), Adamawa (17), Delta (17), Anambra (15), Edo (14), Ogun (13), Bayelsa (8), Niger (7), Kwara (6), Gombe (5), Plateau (4), Kaduna and Kano (one) respectively.

    It added that the four COVID-19 related deaths reported on Monday increased the country’s fatality figure to 2,556.

    The NCDC said that the number of active coronavirus infections has risen to 8,429.

    The agency said that over 2,884,034 million people have been tested out of the roughly 200 million population.

    The centre said that Nigeria have so far treated 184,882, COVID-19 cases following the discharge of 353 additional people on Sunday.

    The Public Health Agency added that the multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level II, continued to coordinate the national response activities.

    Meanwhile, the agency announced that its toll free number has been changed to “Dial 6232 for FREE

    “Reach out to our 24/7 connect centre for verified information on Lassafever, Cholera, Meningitis, COVID19, YellowFever and other infectious diseases.

    “Please lets endeavor to used the toll free number responsibly as we continue to take responsibility,” the NCDC said

  • COVID-19: Nigeria’s active cases surpass 9,000, as infections continue to surge

    COVID-19: Nigeria’s active cases surpass 9,000, as infections continue to surge

    The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), says the number of active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased to 9,066 with 565 additional cases confirmed on Friday.

    The NCDC made this known via its verified wedsite on Saturday morning .

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country’s new active case indicates an increase from 9,033 cases, registered a day earlier.

    The NCDC stated that 76 people had recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres in the country on Friday.

    The Public health agency said that till date, 165,409 recoveries had been recorded nationwide in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    According to it, Friday’s statistics is the total of reported cases across 16 states of the federation and the FCT.

    According to the latest NCDC data, Lagos has the highest number of infections with 348 cases. Rivers 70, while Akwa Ibom comes next with 45 infections.

    Others were Oyo (36), FCT (24 ), Ekiti (15), Kwara (7), Ogun (7), Gombe (3), Anambra and Kaduna reported 2 cases each, while Beyalsa, Cross River, Edo, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto registered one case respectively.

    The NCDC added that Nasarawa, Ondo, and Osun reported zero cases as of Friday.

    The agency stated the country had confirmed 177,142 cases, noting that 2,178 people had died in 36 states and the FCT.

    It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.

    It said that the country had also tested more than 2.5 million samples for the virus out the country’s roughly 200 million population.

    The NCDC said that the country’s COVID-19 average test positivity rate was 6 per cent.

  • Lagos records six COVID-19 deaths, 519 infections in two days

    Lagos records six COVID-19 deaths, 519 infections in two days

    The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded six COVID-19 related deaths within two days.

    Abayomi made the disclosure through his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi, on Sunday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for July 30 and July 31.

    He said that the deaths increased the state’s COVID-19 related mortality to 384.

    According to him, 4,437 tests were conducted on the reported dates, out of which 519 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed.

    “The new infections increased the state’s total COVID-19 infections to 63,872,” Abayomi said.

    He said that there are currently 2,783 active COVID-19 cases in communities being managed under the state’s Home Based Care.

    Abayomi disclosed that the number of patients receiving treatment at the state’s isolation facilities had increased from 128 to 136 persons.

    He further said that 56,127 of the infected people had recovered in communities, while 4,399 had recovered in the state’s COVID-19 isolation centres.

    The commissioner added that the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since inception of the pandemic stood at 607,803.

    Earlier, Abayomi, said that the state was currently under a severe stress and strain of COVID-19 third wave with emergence of between 100 and 300 new cases daily.

    He said that isolation facilities were filled up and being overstretched necessitating creation of more spaces to accommodate patients.

    “I hereby appeal to everyone either in Lagos or neighbouring states that COVID-19 is not yet over.

    “We have quite a long way to go and we do not know how many more waves of infections ahead.

    “It is therefore important to continue to adhere to non-pharmaceutical interventions and build indigenous capacity to be less vulnerable, but be more resilient to deal with shocks,” he said.

    He advised that the elbow greeting should be adhered to as COVID-19 was a contact contagion.

    Abayomi stressed that COVID-19 safety protocols should be strictly adhered to as practice of handshaking still poses high risk for transmission of the virus.

  • COVID-19: NCDC registers 110 new infections

    COVID-19: NCDC registers 110 new infections

    Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 110 new COVID-19 cases, with no related death in the daily infection chart.

    The centre disclosed this on its official website on Thursday morning.

    The public health agency noted that the country’s fatality toll stood at 2,122, while the new cases jerked up total infections to 168,110.

    It added that the 110 cases were reported from six states and the FCT, with Lagos State recording 88, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the state to 59,987, with 58,515 discharged and 456 deaths.

    The NCDC said that Rivers recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19, noting that “this brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 7,351 with 7,187 discharged and 101 deaths.”

    Other states were Akwa Ibom; 4, Jigawa; 2, Ogun; 2, while the FCT and Kano State recorded one each.

    The agency also discharged three people from isolation centres across the country after they have been successfully treated, bringing the total number of discharged cases in the country to 164,408.

    The public health agency noted that the country’s active COVID-19 cases were still over 1,500, with 1,016 in Lagos State alone.

    The NCDC said that the country had tested a total of over 2.3 million samples from its roughly 200 million population.

    It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

    It, therefore, urged Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine as it was safe and effective.

    It noted that “the fight against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is an aggressive one  that requires Nigerians to play their role. To return to life as we know it, we must increase vaccine acceptance.”

    The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has also assured Nigerians that the COVID-19 vaccine has no electromagnetic ingredients that can cause side effects.

    The NPHCDA disclosed this while reacting to reports on social media that electronic devices recognised people that had received the AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine.

  • Lagos daily Covid-19 caseloads surge again

    Lagos daily Covid-19 caseloads surge again

    Lagos State recorded whopping Coronavirus cases on Sunday to take the nation’s infections figures higher.

    Of the 163 new cases declared by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday, Lagos recorded a whopping 113 cases, posting more than twice the national figures.

    The State has been recording slump in cases in recent times, but it suddenly roared back to life on Sunday to cement its place as the Coronavirus epicentre.

    Lagos had raked in just 23 cases the previous day, but it topped 113 cases on Sunday.

    The nation’s 163 new cases represented a rise in infections from 111 cases on Saturday to 163 cases on Sunday,

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    So far, 60,266 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria, with 51,735 survivors discharged and 1,115 deaths raked in.

    However, Sunday’s infections were recorded in 11 States and the FCT.

    See full figures below

    Lagos-113
    Kaduna-21
    Osun-8
    Ondo-5
    Oyo-5
    Ogun-3
    Bayelsa-2
    Taraba-2
    Edo-1
    FCT-1
    Katsina-1
    Plateau-1

    60,266 confirmed
    51,735 discharged
    1,115 deaths

  • Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases surpass 50,000 with 593 new infections

    Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases surpass 50,000 with 593 new infections

    Nigeria’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed 50,000 mark on Wednesday as the nation records 593 new cases.

    The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, puts the nation’s overall infection at 50,488, with 37,304 recoveries and 985 deaths.

    In the last four days Nigeria has been recording increasing cases after more than two weeks of downturn.

    In the 593 infections recorded on Wednesday, Plateau State topples Lagos, ramping up 186 cases, with Lagos raking in 172 new cases.

    Plateau and Lagos record more than half of the cases churned in on Wednesday.

    According to NCDC, “till date, 50,488 cases have been confirmed, 37304 cases have been discharged and 985 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”

    It added that “the 593 new cases are reported from 16 states- Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3)”

    The total confirmed COVID-19 cases were derived from 363,331 tests conducted nationwide.

    Currently, the nation has 12,452 active cases of the virus to manage.

    How the States stand on Wednesday

    Plateau-186
    Lagos-172
    FCT-62
    Oyo-27
    Delta-25
    Rivers-20
    Ondo-19
    Edo-18
    Kaduna-17
    Enugu-12
    Akwa Ibom-10
    Ogun-7
    Abia-6
    Gombe-6
    Kano-3
    Osun-3

    50,488 confirmed
    37,304 discharged
    985 deaths

  • Nigeria records second lowest Covid-19 infections figure since June, 950 persons dead

    Nigeria records second lowest Covid-19 infections figure since June, 950 persons dead

    Nigeria on Monday recorded 290 new coronavirus infections, the second-lowest daily figure since June 8.

    Five deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, pushing the total number of deaths to 950.

    Monday’s figure is slightly higher than the 288 daily cases recorded exactly one week ago.

    Nigeria has continued to record cases below 500 for the past two weeks, a sign that the country’s epidemiological curve is heading downwards.

    The latest figure brings the total number of infections in the country to 46,867, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

    The NCDC in its daily update of the infection on its Twitter handle @NCDCgov said out of a total 46,867 infected persons so far, more than 33,000 have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    The 290 new cases were reported from 16 states- Lagos (82), Plateau (82), Oyo (19), FCT (18), Edo (16), Kaduna (15), Enugu (9), Ogun (9), Kano (8), Kwara (8), Cross River (5), Ondo (5), Rivers (5), Ekiti (4), Imo (3) and Borno (2).

    Lagos is the hardest-hit state with about a third of Nigeria’s cases (over 15, 000) recorded in the country’s commercial capital.

    The second most affected place in Nigeria is Abuja, the capital city, with more than 4,000 cases.