Health

The toll for COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased yesterday by 917 fresh cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its Twitter handle on Sunday, January 3, 2021, announced the new figure, stating that nine new deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours in the country. According to the public health agency, the total number of infections in the country currently stands at 90,080. The number of discharged cases stands at 75,044, while the total number of deaths in the country is 1,311.

China has promised to provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all its citizens. Deputy Head of the National Health Commission, Zeng Yixin, made the disclosure at a news conference on Thursday. The vaccine is a public good by its nature, and the price may vary based on the scale of use, but an important premise is that it will be provided to the public for free," Yixin said. China approved its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine for general public use on Thursday, with officials promising to provide the general public with free inoculations. The approved inactivate vaccine has shown 79.34 percent efficacy against COVID-19, according to the interim results of the phase-3 clinical trials unveiled by its development on Wednesday.

The Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 on Wednesday revealed to Nigerians that the vaccine for the deadly coronavirus will be administered free of charge when vaccination commences in Nigeria. National Coordinator of PTF, Sani Aliyu, who made the disclosure on Wednesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari has given the PTF his consent to proceed with preparations with regard to the vaccine. “Yesterday, the President gave the PTF the mandate to proceed with preparations with regard to the vaccine.

Nigeria recorded nine hundred and ninety-nine (999) new COVID-19 cases across the country on Tuesday December 22, 2020, bringing the toll of confirmed cases to 79,789. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), revealed the figure on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday night. According to the health agency the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos had the highest number of cases with FCT recording 416 and Lagos having 324. Kaduna state followed with 68 infections.

Nigeria has recorded 169 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday November, 26. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the cases were from 12 states. From the data on the agency’s website, the country’s total number of cases is 66,974.

Nigeria has recorded about 155 new Covid-19 cases bringing the total number of cases to 66,383 confirmed cases, with 62,076 recoveries. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the revelation on its website on Monday November 23. According to the health agency the death toll in the country has risen to 1167.