Members of the WHO Emergency Committee deliberated until late on Wednesday evening as they continue to study an outbreak of the new respiratory virus first identified in China, as cases continue to rise.
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The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, denied the report in a statement on Thursday in Abeokuta.
Uchenna Orji, the Ebonyi Commissioner for Information and Orientation, gave the assurance in Abakaliki, while interacting with a team from the National Centre for Disease Control.
The Enugu State Ministry of Health on Thursday said it had deployed protective equipment to protect health care workers in Enugu State Teaching Hospital, Parklane.
The first case of a novel (new) coronavirus (2019nCoV) strain was confirmed in China on the 7th of January 2020.
The information was contained in a public health advisory by the NCDC on Wednesday.
The Novel Coronavirus was first identified by Chinese researchers with the pathogen behind a mysterious illness that had sickened 59 people in Wuhan, a city of 11 million in central China.
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.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, visited Nigeria Centre for Disease Control National Reference
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday visited the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, National Reference Laboratory in Gaduwa, Abuja as part of his routine visits to departments and agencies under Federal Ministry of Health.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has expressed concern over illnesses and deaths among tourists and students at the Yankari Game Reserve in Bauchi State.
The Director-General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said in a statement in Abuja that 14 cases were confirmed in the laboratory and no death was recorded.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control with the World Health Organisation and Ebonyi State Government are responding to the outbreak of yellow fever in the state, which has resulted in no fewer than 16 deaths, an official says.
NCDC and Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme to strengthen health security through field Epidemiology in the country and beyond.
A statement issued by Boade Akinola, Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, confirmed the termination of appointment of the current Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who has been on administrative leave.
The Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Joshua Obasanya, has advised Nigerians to get rabies vaccination as soon as possible after an animal bite.
There is apprehension in the Abuja head office of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, no thanks to the decision of the Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, to remain in office after the expiration of his tenure.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced the end of the emergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has launched the ‘Turn Nigeria Orange’ Project to strengthen the culture of hand hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control.