Tag: NCDC
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Yellow Fever: NCDC reports 14 deaths in 10 states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever from January to July 2022. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday. It listed the affected states as Abia -one, Bayelsa -one, Benue- one, Imo- one, Kaduna- one, Katsina…
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Severe complications from COVID-19 ended – Prof Abayomi
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi on Friday said that the State had exited the fifth COVID-19 wave, noting that severe complications from the disease had ended.
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Ondo, Edo lead as NCDC announces new Lassa fever cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the states of Ondo and Edo are leading the country’s Lassa fever cases as it announces five additional cases in seven days, from Aug.15 to Aug. 21, 2022. The NCDC via its official website on Monday said that the two states accounted for 57 per cent of…
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COVID-19: Experts call for research on local remedies
As the country continues to record more cases of COVID-19 , experts urge the government to intensify efforts on research for local remedies . Newsmen reports that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country had been on the rise since July 2022. Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director-General of the Nigerian Institute Of Medical Research (…
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USCDC understudies Nigeria’s capacity building for global health security
The United States of America Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC), has sent a delegation to Nigeria to learn capacity building for global health security. The American team will also understudy Nigeria’s disease detection, preparedness and response. The Director of Global Health Advocacy, United Nations Foundation, Mr Brian Massa, led the delegation to the…
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COVID-19: Lagos leads as NCDC records 144 new cases
Lagos State is ahead of other states of the federation in the latest COVID-19 cases, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says. This is as the centre reported 144 additional infections from Aug. 14 to 15. On its official website on Tuesday, the NCDC stated that out of the
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Lagos has highest cases of monkeypox in the country – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 157 cases of Monkeypox across 26 states with Lagos having the highest number of cases in the country. This piece of information was made available by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its latest Monkeypox situation report for week 30.
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Monkeypox: NCDC confirms 157 cases, records four deaths
In the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) latest report for week 30, the agency has confirmed 157 cases of monkeypox across 26 states in the country with four deaths recorded. According to the agency from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded from 4 states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo…
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MonkeyPox: Nigeria records 10 additional cases in 7 days – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ) has recorded 10 additional Monkeypox cases in the last seven days in the country.
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Batch B: Call up letters to be out on Sunday
The Call Up Letters for prospective corps members that will participate in the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Orientation course would be available on Sunday. This was disclosed by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Director-General, Brig-Gen Muhammad Fadah, during a webinar jointly organised by the NYSC and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as part of…