Tag: NCDC
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COVID-19: NCDC opens two more testing laboratories
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at the weekend opened two more laboratories to test for COVID-19. The laboratories located at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Adamawa, and Acunnalysis laboratory, Nnewi in Anambra State bring to 26, the number of NCDC laboratories nationwide. The Tweet announcing the new laboratories also noted that three more…
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COVID-19: Gates foundation clears air on NCDC bill
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday categorically stated that it did not offer members of the House of Representatives or their leadership any monetary grant in respect of the Control of Infectious Disease Bill, 2020. Country Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Paulin Basinga said this while appearing before the House…
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COVID-19: NCDC says Cross River deserves to be Coronavirus free
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has described Cross River State as deserving of its Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) free status. NCDC stated this on Monday during a verification visit to the state. The leader of the NCDC team, Dr Omobolanle Olowu, lauded the state governor, Sir Ben Ayade for his strong leadership in the…
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Confirmed cases of COVID-19 test negative in Enugu
The Enugu State Ministry of Health says two of the 10 Coronavirus disease COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in the state have now tested negative. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, said in a statement issued on Sunday that they were being assessed for discharge from the isolation and treatment centre where they had…
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Nigeria records 288 new cases of Coronavirus, 179 in Lagos alone
Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus, with Lagos recording 179 of the new cases. This takes the overall Coronavirus cases in the nation to 5,445. In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday, Kaduna recorded 20 fresh cases, while Katsina and Jigawa recorded 15 cases…
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TESTIMONY: Doyin Okupe, diagnosed with diabetes, cancer narrates COVID-19 ‘escape’
Doyin Okupe, a former Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan has shared testimony of how he survived the dreadful Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Doyin Okupe narrating how himself and his wife survived the disease, revealed his battle with hypertension, diabetes and prostate…
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COVID-19: NCDC reveals age range more susceptible to Coronavirus in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says people within the 31 to 40 years age bracket are more susceptible to contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. According to the centre, however, more deaths have been recorded among older people of 60 years and above. In a report on Thursday in Abuja, the NCDC…
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BREAKING: Delta State loses another COVID-19 patient
Delta State Government has announced the death of another Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in the State, bringing the total number of death cases in the State to 4. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the State Government made this known, revealing that the only COVID-19 case confirmed for Oshimili North Local Government Area of the State died on…
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COVID-19: NCDC validates new PCR testing centre in Edo
Following efforts by Edo State Government to boost the state’s capacity to test for coronavirus (COVID-19) and achieve its target of testing 1,000 residents daily, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has validated a new Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing centre at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick…
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Our mission to support Kogi’s Covid-19 response failed – Health minister
The federal government’s effort to support Kogi State in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Friday. Mr Ehanire, while speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing, said the team sent to the state returned to Abuja without accomplishing its mission. He said…