Health

Instead of going on social media, the FCT Department of Public Health has  advised food business handlers in the territory to channel their complaints to its office.  The appeal was made by the director in charge of the department, Dr  Josephine Okechukwu, in an interview with the Nigerian News Agency on Wednesday in Abuja. She said that “some food business owners prefer to say their grievances on social media, with...

157 new Coronavirus infections (COVID-19) have been announced in  the country by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).  On Monday, the centre made  this known through its checked website.  The Nigeria News Agency reports that there has been a  rise of five cases from the 152 reported on Nov. 15.  Since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was revealed on Feb.  27, NAN estimates that the country has screened 705,809 individuals.  The NCDC announced that the new cases came from nine states, pointing out  that no deaths due to coronavirus have occurred in the past 24 hours.  Out of 157 news infections, 97 were registered in the state of Lagos, 37 in  Oyo, nine in the state of Kaduna and three each in Balyesa, Edo and Ekiti.  In Ondo and Osun, two were  registered each, and one in Plateau The public health agency announced that the overall number of deaths had risen to 1,163,  while 61,162 of the 65,305 patients were discharged after negative tests from separate isolation centres.  It reported that a multi-sectoral national Level III Emergency Operations  Centre (EOC) had been enabled to coordinate the national response activities.  In the meantime the NCDC has urged Nigerians to take responsibility for  reducing the risk of COVID-19 spread by ensuring preventive steps are taken....

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163 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection have been announced  in the country by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).  On Sunday, the NCDC made this  known on its official twitter account.  The public health agency said the 163 new infections brought  the reported infections of COVID-19 in the nation to 60,266.  It also reported that 12 states  have been notified of the new infection.  The NCDC also reported the discharge from  isolation centers across the country of 24 patients.  According to the agency, with 113 cases , the state of Lagos recorded the highest  number of cases in the country, followed by the state of Kaduna with 21 cases.  Osun State recorded eight cases, while  five cases were reported by Ondo State. Other states include Oyo-5, Ogun-3, Bayelsa-2,  Taraba-2, Edo-1, FCT-1, Katsina-1 and Plateau-1, respectively.  However, the department indicated that 553,037 studies have been  carried out since the first confirmed case was discovered.  Nigeria now has a total of 60,266 cases, according to the study, of which 51,735  have been discharged and 1,115 have been registered in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. ...

The Latin American roll-out of a potential COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca could be set back after the biotech company...

Egypt has detected more than 100,000 Covid-19 infections and reported 5,541 deaths from the virus disease, the health ministry said...

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China’s leaders held a triumphant ceremony to celebrate beating the coronavirus on Tuesday, as billions of people around the world...

French authorities have placed seven more departments covering major cities such as Lille, Strasbourg and Dijon on high alert as...