The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, says the country is at a very high risk of increased Lassa fever transmission. The Commission in a statement disclosed that the number of Lassa fever confirmed cases has risen to 244 with 37 deaths. The NCDC also revealed that it has activated the national multisectoral Emergency Operations […]
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34 deaths have been recorded due to a diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria according to the Centre for Disease Control. Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general, disclosed this during an interview at the weekend. “At the time of the report, Kano had recorded about 25 deaths but actually in total, at this week-ending, there have been about 34 […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC says 106 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country from 15th to 21st October 2022. The commission in a statement on its official Twitter handle said the 106 new cases were reported from 12 States- Lagos (32), FCT (22), Rivers (14), Cross River (12), Nasarawa (8), […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC says 56 persons have died of cerebrospinal meningitis across the country this year alone. Director-General of the commission, Ifedayo Adetifa disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the deaths resulted from 961 cases of suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) recorded. “Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) is an epidemic-prone disease, […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, says Rivers State recorded one case of monkeypox between July 25th to 31st July 2022. The commission in a post on its official Twitter handle said there were fifty-six new cases reported from 19 states. “There were fifty-six (56) new suspected cases reported in Epi week 30, 2022 […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says Rivers State has recorded 1 case of monkeypox. The commission disclosed this on its official Twitter page over the weekend. It also said a total of 66 suspected cases have been reported from January to May 2022. “A total of 66 suspected cases have been reported between […]
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Rivers State recorded 6 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 16,576 with 16,362 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, made this known on its Twitter handle yesterday. In total, Nigeria recorded 31 new cases. Lagos recorded the highest number with […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced an outbreak of measles in Rivers State and seven other states. The Commission, made the announcement on its official website on Friday. It stated that 908 cases have so far been reported in the affected states which includes, Rivers, Jigawa, Katsina, Anambra, Enugu, Delta, Sokoto and […]
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Rivers state recorded 4 new cases of covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 16,314 with 16,016 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Sunday. In total, Nigeria recorded 228 new cases. FCT recorded the highest number with -110, Gombe-38, Lagos-32, Osun-14, […]
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Rivers state recorded 25 new cases of covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 14,350 with 13,501 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Wednesday. In total, Nigeria recorded 1355 new cases Lagos recorded the highest number with -1,036, Nasarawa-92, Delta-58, […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says 21 persons lost their lives to the dreaded COVID-19, on Christmas Day. The commission made this known in a statement on Sunday. It said 236014 cases have been confirmed while 212357 cases have been discharged and 3014 persons have died till date. “No fewer than 21 people […]
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Rivers state recorded 78 new cases of covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 14,261 with 13,052 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Saturday. In total, Nigeria recorded 1305 new cases. Lagos recorded the highest number with -705, […]
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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, says 45 cases of the Omicron covid-19 variant have been detected in the country. The commission, made this known during a virtual interaction session with journalists in Abuja on Friday. The NCDC, added that it is doing everything within its powers to curb the spread of the pandemic. […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has advised Nigerians to protect themselves against the Lassa Fever and not just covid-19. The commission, in a statement during its routine situation report of the disease yesterday, in Abuja, said 80 persons have so far died from Lassa fever as of Thursday. It also said about 434 […]
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Rivers state recorded 3 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 12,959 with 12,753 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Monday. In total, Nigeria recorded 167 new cases. Lagos recorded the highest number with -113, FCT-22, Plateau-16, Kano-4, Abia-3, Kaduna-3, Rivers-3, Bauchi-2 […]
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Rivers state recorded no new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. The total number of confirmed cases in the state still stand at 12,956 with 12,734 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Sunday. In total, Nigeria recorded 55 new cases. Lagos recorded the highest number with -37, Edo-6, Osun-5, Oyo-4, Ogun-2 and Ekiti-1. This […]
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Rivers state recorded 6 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 12,922 with 12,714 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Tuesday. In total, Nigeria recorded 105 new cases. Lagos recorded the highest number with -43, Gombe-21, FCT-16, Niger-10, Rivers-6, Plateau-5, Edo-2, […]
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NCDC Statement on Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variant The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are aware of reports of a new COVID-19 variant – the B.1.1.529 lineage. This SARS-CoV-2 variant has now been designated a variant of concern (VOC) and named; Omicron by the the World Health Organisation (WHO) as […]
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Rivers state recorded 3 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state 12,739 with 12,537 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Saturday. In total, Nigeria recorded 216 new cases. Imo recorded the highest number with -I53, Plateau-30, FCT-10, Kano-9, Kaduna-8, Lagos-3 and […]
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Rivers state recorded no new case of Covid-19 yesterday. The total number of confirmed cases in the state still stands at 12,695 with 12,469 discharged and 154 deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its official website on Saturday. In total, Nigeria recorded 89 new cases. Bauchi recorded the highest number with -22, Edo-17, FCT-17, Lagos-15, Plateau-10, […]
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