This was contained in a statement signed by Prof. Olatunji Kolawole, the Director of the Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology of the university
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He said the state government had put its facilities on high alert with the deployment of adequate resources
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this while answering questions from newsmen on Friday in Abuja on measures put in place to prevent the spread of the disease
The case, which was confirmed on Thursday, is the first to be reported in Nigeria since the outbreak in China in January 2020
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Tuesday
The upper chamber, accordingly urged the Federal Ministry of Health to immediately mobilise focal persons to the area to investigate and ascertain the nature of the disease, which has so far claimed 15 lives
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, made the release available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, who disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the current figures were as at January 24
Senator Adeleke Mamora, Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Health, says he will make a case to President Muhammadu Buhari, to honour Nigerians, who fought to end the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
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, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the centre is reviewing the technical guidelines for Nigeria’s Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy, alongside government and international partners.
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 on Monday reported a decline in the number of Lassa fever cases reported weekly in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday confirmed that 275 cases of Lassa fever were recorded since its outbreak in parts of the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and its partners will host the first Lassa Fever International Conference between January 16 and 17, 2019 in Abuja.
The Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing of an Act establishing the agency.
The latest outbreak comes less than three months after the state was declared cholera free
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Monday, says that Nigeria needs N4 billion to tackle infectious diseases.
MSF also called Doctors without Borders disclosed that 101 persons were confirmed dead of the disease of the 146 total deaths recorded since the outbreak in the country.
Dr Adesola Ogunleye, Cholera Technical Working Group, NCDC, said this at the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Emergency Working Group meeting in Abuja.