Tag: Director-General of NCDC

The new case brings the total number of confirmed cases of Mpox to 40 out of the 830 suspected cases.

No deaths have been recorded from the outbreak.

A recent situation report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that Nigeria is currently facing a second wave of ...

The survey was conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant was first detected in the United Kingdom and has since spread to other parts of the ...

Chikwe Iheakwazu says Nigeria is struggling to keep up with the rate of new infections, as treatment centres are filling ...

“It is very important that we test on arrival and we are trying to make this easier for people to ...

Nigeria has recorded over 46,000 cases of covid-19 and 942 as the pandemic has infected over 19 million people and ...

With the activation of the three laboratories, Nigeria now has 33 laboratories to carry out tests for COVID-19.

The number of people who recovered from coronavirus in Nigeria also reduced for two consecutive weeks.

Two deaths were recorded on Friday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 261.

According to data from the NCDC, 7,526 cases have been confirmed in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The directive is meant to boost the manpower at the public health agency.

LUTH is one of the five functional molecular laboratories for testing samples from the South-West states of Nigeria.

The ‘Turn Nigeria Orange’ Project aims to strengthen the culture of hand hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in ...

The disease has killed at least 114 people in the country this year.

50 years after it was first discovered in Nigeria, a yearly outbreak of the fever continues to take a heavy ...