The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has charged the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari to champion the battle against COVID-19 pandemic and also prevent the spread in the region. President Buhari today, Thursday 23rd of April via teleconference participated in extraordinary summit of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Abuja where he was giving the responsibility.
The Nigerian military through the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) has produced its first and Nigeria's first digital mechanical ventilator (DICOVENT) to help decrease the fatality ratio of COVID-19 in the country. Major General John Enenche, Coordinator Defence Media Operations during a media briefing at the Defence Headquarters Abuja stated that the newly designed low-cost machine is a simple mechanical ventilator that can deliver positive pressured ventilation using a volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) system.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Saturday revealed that the country has recorded 49 additional new cases in six states of the federation.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Friday announced 51 new confirmed cases in the country, making it the highest Covid-19 confirmed cases in a single day since index case in Nigeria. According to NCDC, the Cases were recorded in Lagos, Katsina, Kwara, Kano, Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Severe COVID-19 patients are now recovering faster and are being discharged less than a week after a hospital in Chicago treated its patient with Remdesivir. Anti-viral drug Remdesivir, formerly developed in the treatment of Ebola is been reported to be the only direct antiviral medicine that's being studied in the context of treatment for COVID-19. Hennepin Healthcare's infectious disease director, Jason Baker has revealed that the medicine has been ascertained as what directly attacks the virus.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu has said that their likelihood the coronavirus pandemic will spread to all states of the federation.
