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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has yesterday disclosed that the country has recorded 40 fresh cases of coronavirus infections pushing the toll in the country to surpass 166,000 as at the time of filing this report.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has granted conditional approval for emergency purposes to the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Johnson&Johnson (J&J) medical device company. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, the Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr.Mojisola Adeyeye said the approval for the Janssen vaccine was done “after a thorough evaluation” of the product, adding that the agency’s vaccine committee “concluded that the data on the vaccine were robust and met criteria for efficacy, safety and quality”.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a new set of global guidelines for sodium levels contained in over 60 food and beverages categories, saying excessive salt in foods is putting people at great risk of fatal heart disease and strokes. The guideline is aimed at setting a standard for “countries and industry to reduce the sodium content in different categories of processed foods.”
The Federal Government has announced that foreigners who recently traveled to Brazil, India, and Turkey would be denied entry into Nigeria starting from Tuesday 4th May 2021. This was disclosed by the Secretary to the Federation (SGF) and the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID 19, Mr. Boss Mustapha.
Following the spike of covid-19 infections in some countries of the world, the Nigerian government has barred travellers visiting Nigeria from India, Turkey and Brazil. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 who is also the Secretary to the government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha gave the order in a statement on behalf of the federal government.
Following the daily records of Covid-19 cases that have been diminishing for a while, Nigeria as of Thursday recorded 62 new cases in 10 states.
