Health

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.

The NYSC State Coordinator of Kano, Aisha Tata, has disclosed that two of her new corps members who just arrive at the NYSC Orientation camp have tested positive for coronavirus infection. The Coordinator made this known while speaking with journalists shortly after the swearing-in ceremony of the 2020 Batch ‘B’ stream ‘A’ corps members today.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed the agency has recorded fresh 112 infections of the coronavirus across the county. The Health agency made this known today that the infections were reported in 14 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT making the total toll of the infection to 64,996.