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This marks the highest number in a single week so far.

“More than 170 countries have joined the COVAX facility,’’ Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in pre-recorded comments in a webinar ahead of Friday’s deadline to join the facility.

Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement signed by Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, on Sunday in Abuja

Its Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, gave the advice during a news briefing from Geneva on Monday.

WHO’s reaction followed reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months.

The Soldier was also accused of stealing a mobile phone and N600,000 from various persons on separate occasions

Ghebreyesus stated this during a virtual news conference in Geneva.

The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday

WHO Nigeria stated this in a statement posted on the website of the WHO Regional Office for Africa located in Brazzaville, Congo.

Ghebreyesus made this known at a virtual news conference on Monday at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva.

Ehanire spoke on Tuesday at the World Health Organisation virtual high-level commemoration of World Hepatitis Day and launch of the guidelines for prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B.

WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo disclosed this in a report posted on its official Twitter account on Friday

NCDC said via its official Twitter handle on Friday that a total of 20 deaths caused by the coronavirus were recorded in the country

Kazadi said this in a statement issued from WHO Nigeria Office in Abuja on Friday.

The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo disclosed this in a statement posted on its website.

WHO, in a statement posted on its website, said the experts would develop the scope and Term of Reference for a WHO-led international mission.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, on Saturday

Umahi made the declaration on Monday in Abakaliki during a meeting with the state COVID-19 response committee, officials of the World Health Organisation and other stakeholders.

The UN’s health agency gave the update in its regional official Twitter account on Saturday.

The agencies are WHO; United Nations Children’s Fund; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; and UN Special Representative for Ending Violence Against Children – with the End of Violence Partnership