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Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja that the agency was pleased with the activation of the two laboratories for inclusion in its molecular laboratory network.

Tayo Haastrup, Deputy Director and Head of Information and Protocol for the hospital, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday.

The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of the National Biotechnology Development Agency in Abuja.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has declined a request by Senator Dino Melaye for a restraining order against the House of Representatives in relation to its planned consideration of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020, otherwise known as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Bill.

A team of doctors, anaesthetists and nurses at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos has delivered another COVID-19 patient of twins.

According to an analysis carried out by P+ Measurement services for Week 3 of May, Nigeria recorded a total of 1,565 new cases of the novel virus, 816 discharged cases and a total of 39 deaths.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it will provide guidance for businesses to take responsibility and re-open safely, as it continues to work to stop the spread of Coronavirus.

The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 has donated more extraction kits and silicon swabs to the National Centre for Disease Control to increase the number of COVID-19 tests by 32,500 in the country.

I write on behalf of Lawyers Alert, a human rights nonprofit organization in Nigeria, regarding one Mrs. Susan Okpe, a female Nigerian who has been under your care in the isolation centre, Abuja for over 50 days as at the time of writing this letter.

Four new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Niger State out of the 26 results received from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The Nigeria Medical Association has decried the continued obstruction of the National Centre for Disease Control by the Kogi and Cross River State Governments.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the proactive steps by Africa CDC to National Public Health Institutes in strengthening the response capacity of Coronavirus pandemic is commendable.

The Kogi State Government said on Tuesday said 111 persons it tested for coronavirus had returned negative.

The House of Representatives has urged the National Centre for Disease Control to critically evaluate Susan Idoko-Okpe, a lady held in an isolation centre in Benue, with a view to discharging her.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 10 more people have tested positive to Coronavirus in Kwara State.

The Adamawa State Government says its COVID-19 index case was among the five patients discharged on Monday in Yola.

The Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known at the daily media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.

Some 5,300 more deaths could be linked to the coronavirus pandemic in New York City than the official toll suggests, according to a report released by US health authorities on Monday.

The governor broke the news in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday night, warning that residents needed to be more cautious about the pandemic.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said it has activated three additional laboratories in the country, bringing the total number of laboratories in Nigeria to 23.