A Jos-based virologist, Dr Solomon Chollom, has attributed the spike in COVID-19 nosocomial infections in the country to weak Infection Preventive Control (IPC) measures. Chollom told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that COVID-19 infections had assumed a nosocomial dimension in some states, with health workers and hospitalised patients involved. A ...

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has asked the House of Representatives not to suspend plenary over coronavirus. Dr Ihekweazu who was on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday urged the lawmakers to support the efforts of experts by providing a budget that is sustainable in curtailing ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 812 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this on Tuesday at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 press briefing. He said that 29 officials of the NCDC were among the health workers who got exposed ...

The Kogi state government has rejected the two COVID-19 positive cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In its daily report of new cases on Wednesday, the NCDC said Kogi had recorded its first two cases. Kogi state and Cross River were previously the only states not to have recorded a case of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated  additional two laboratories, bringing the total number of its laboratories to 28. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that the agency was pleased at the activation of the  two laboratories for inclusion in its molecular laboratory ...

NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu   The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Thursday said the agency does not share test results of individuals publicly and the test results of Nigerians evacuated from Dubai, UAE; the United Kingdom and the United States is not an exemption. Ihekweazu said this during ...

SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha   The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 will engage about 3,300 informants to report suspected cases of coronavirus in Kano State. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja. He made the disclosure when he led members of ...

  DG NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says it relies on Nigerians to take responsibility for their health as we continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The NCDC in a series of tweets on Tuesday noted that until we have a vaccine for COVID-19, we should focus on limiting transmission ...

Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health   The Federal Government has advised medical facilities in the country to stop rejecting patients, especially emergency cases. Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in the country. Ehanire, however, noted that it is unethical not ...

DG NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu   The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the federal government might be forced to implement another lockdown if Nigerians do not comply with social distancing measures, leading to a new explosion of infections. At the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Monday, Director-General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, ...