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Nigeria To Distribute Vaccine Based On Rate Of Infection
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA) of Nigeria has announced that its criterion for Covid-19 vaccination would be determined by the rate of infection in each state of the country. The announcement was made via the agency’s verified website on Saturday alongside a publication of the latest infection rates for the disease by…
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Nigeria Orders Schools To Resume Amidst Increasing Number of Covid-19 Infections
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that January 18 remains the resumption date for all schools across the nation. The announcement was made by the national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, during a television programme. He revealed that the federal government had no plans of changing the resumption…
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In Four months, Federal Government Spent N226.8bn on COVID-19
The Federal Government has said it mobilised a total amount of N226.85 BN from multiple sources in response to the COVID-19 pandemic between March and June 2020. This was contained in the report released by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation and signed by the Auditor-General for the Federation, Anthony Ayine. Ayine said…
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Reach Highest Daily Record
Nigeria has set a peak on its daily record of cases reported within a week with over 8000 cases of COVID-19. In the first week of 2021, Nigeria recorded a total number of 8354 cases of COVID-19, the highest weekly record since the inception of the outbreak. During this week, the country has reported cases…
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Nigeria Sustains over 1000 Daily Record of Covid19 Cases
In the second week of the new year, reported cases of COVID-19 surpassed 9000 with an average record of 1360.5 cases reported in a day. The total number of cases reported between 8th of January and 14 of January 2021 is 9524. The highest daily record was 1585 cases on Saturday while 1024 cases were…
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Infection After Covid-19 Vaccination is Possible. Here Is Why
Experts are now warning of the risk of Covid-19 infection even after the vaccine has been administered. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that during trials, the vaccines were shown to be only about 95% effective — meaning that some vaccinated people were still infected. In line with recent reports, The Centers for…
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The Future Of Covid-19 Vaccination In Nigeria
A survey conducted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) between August and December 2020 showed that a predominant majority (79% average) of survey respondents in Africa would take a COVID-19 vaccine if it were deemed safe and effective. Another survey published by Medrxiv.com with approval from Global Health Focus Africa…
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Nigeria’s Inflation Hit Climax In Three Years
According to the latest Consumer Price Index report, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s inflation rate increased by 15.75 percent (year-on-year) in December 2020. This is the highest rate recorded since 2017. The report showed that the latest figures are 0.86 percent points higher than the rate of 14.89 percent recorded in…
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Nigerian Health Facilities In Turmoil Over Increasing Covid-19 Cases
The Minister of State for Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, disclosed this at a briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Monday, January 11, 2020. In his submission, Mamora revealed that the number of confirmed cases and the number of active cases have increased, correlating the latest data by the Nigerian Centre For…
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Nigeria Records 100,000 Confirmed Covid-19 Cases
The centre has reported that the nation has recorded a consistent increase in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the beginning of December 2020 to January 2021. New data disclosed that Nigeria reached the “100,000 cases milestone” on the 10th of January 2021, with 100,087 confirmed cases and 1,358 deaths hence…