Tag: Akin Abayomi

As of March, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that Nigeria has the highest TB burden in Africa.

Over 20 people have died from the cholera outbreak in Lagos in recent weeks.

NCDC said Nigeria has placed an order for more cholera vaccines from donor agencies, even though the date of delivery ...

Mr Abayomi hinted on Monday that the identified cholera strain is highly aggressive and contagious.

The number of fatalities from Cholera in Lagos has increased from five reported on 12 June to 15 deaths attributed ...

As of 28 April 2024, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that Nigeria has recorded 815 ...

The state health commissioner reasoned that funds raised through such a policy could be channeled specifically to the areas of ...

The assembly had earlier rejected 17 nominees, including former commissioner for health, Mr Abayomi and former commissioner for information, Mr ...

Some party loyalists say some nominees are not known in their constituencies and did not contribute to the success of ...

The government said there are about 10,000 registered traditional medicine practitioners in the state.

Speakers decried the abuse of the environment by man and the inherent dangers to the society.

The agency took the step after a Twitter user, Trimple Mchaty, shared how his pregnant wife died in the hospital ...

Health security aims to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. In practice, this is limited to specific activities, ...

The government said the school health programme, which was expanded in 2012, has reached 235,515 pupils with 2,178 pupils presented ...

According to the statement, the new PCR fee regime commences on January 28, 2022. A test will now cost cost ...

This is coming after the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi announced the end of the fourth wave of ...

The first documented reduction was from 29 per cent on December 21, to 15 per cent by December 28, 2021

Mr Abayomi noted that 3.42 per cent of the targeted population had received two doses of the vaccines.

The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state since the inception of the pandemic stands at 690, 562.

"It is important to note that mixing one brand of vaccine with another brand in this exercise is not allowed."

The deaths, recorded between August 24 and 25, increased the number of the state’s fatalities to 525.

The oxygen treatment sites and sample collection centres were established during the first and second waves of COVID-19.

The commissioner says administration of the second dose of the vaccine, which began on May 28, would end on July ...

About 317,916 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Lagos.

The commissioner said the state would adopt the 'ring vaccination' strategy in which family members of a COVID-19 positive individual ...