Tag: NCDC
Nigeria’s Monkeypox cases hit 141
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 141 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been reported in the country, up from the previous 110...
CITAD calls for measures to tackle Monkeypox
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on stakeholders to deploy proactive observatory measures in tackling Monkeypox virus outbreak recently confirmed...
NCDC: Nigeria has no laboratory where Monkeypox is generated
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has dismissed the report that Nigeria has laboratories where Monkeypox virus is generated.
The NCDC made the clarification...
NCDC reports 21 Monkeypox cases, one death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its latest report on Monkeypox, said the country has recorded 21 cases in 2022.
The NCDC said...
Lassa fever kills 40, four health workers infected in January
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 40 Lassa fever-related deaths in January, adding that four health workers were also infected following the...
My harrowing experience with COVID-19, by FCT Minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has narrated the harrowing experience he went through when he contracted COVID-19.
Bello, who...
Lassa fever: Ondo records over 50 cases in January
Over 50 cases of Lassa Fever had been recorded in Ondo State in January, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka, has said.
Ajaka...
COVID-19: With 18m cases last week, WHO says worst is over
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed optimism that the worst of latest wave of COVID-19 is over, in spite of spread of Omicron...
FCT Minister recovers from COVID-19
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, has recovered from COVID-19 infection.
The minister on Tuesday declared his negative status.
Bello had on December...
COVID-19: Nigeria records 8 deaths, 301 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 301 additional infections of COVID-19 on Sunday.
The NCDC via its verified website on Monday morning,...
