Nasidi, who is also a pioneer Director of National Centre for Disease Control, said this in an interview on Monday in Abuja.
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Adetifa will lead the NCDC that has been at the centre of Nigeria’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The organisation also noted that based on the directives for school reopening in October 2020, the Federal Ministry of Education, National Centre for Disease Control and other stakeholders developed the National School Reopening Guidelines and readiness template to ensure the safe reopening of schools.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change, an Abuja-based NGO, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that many people doubt the existence of the pandemic.
The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dan Manjang, stated this in a statement on Sunday in Jos
The National Centre for Disease Control is pulling out all the stops and leaving no stones unturned in her campaign to galvanise Nigerians in the battle to stop the spread, and ultimately win the war against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NCDC said this represents a Case Fatality Rate of 18.9 per cent
The Minister disclosed this on Friday in Abuja
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has given details of how his son, who tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19), responded on his arrival to the country.
The National Centre for Disease Control, the Nigerian agency responsible for management of disease outbreaks, says Lassa fever death toll has increased to 161.
The Oyo State Epidemiologist, Dr. Akinfemi Akinyode, says no fewer than 10 cases have been investigated and screened for coronavirus in the state since the outbreak of the disease in the country.
Since the recent resurgence of Lassa Fever in some parts of Ebonyi State late December 2019, following the death of one Ephraim Ogaranya in Ndubia Igbeagu in Izzi Local Government Area, the State Government has not rested on its oars in ensuring that the scourge is contained.
This was disclosed at a press briefing jointly addressed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe
The doses were sent by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, an organisation that coordinates the provision of vaccine during outbreak emergencies
Earlier this week, the National Centre for Disease Control had put the death toll at 282
The petition was brought to the Senate on Wednesday
The three Nigerians, aged 79, 37 and four, had fever and their tests were being done at the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, an official release said