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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has expressed optimism saying he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking at a conference in Geneva, on Friday, the head of the health organization said the Spanish flu of 1918 had taken two years to overcome. He added that current advances in technology in the healthcare sector could enable the world to bring to an end the virus "in a shorter time" according to the BBC.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night announced new 593 confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 50,488. The new cases were reported from 16 states: Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3). The deadly virus has so far claimed the lives of 985, while 37,304 patients have recovered.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported zero death and 453 new cases from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its twitter handle on Wednesday.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that as at yesterday Tuesday Nigeria has recorded an additional 241 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection pushing the toll to 10,819. Meanwhile, 15 deaths were also recorded from the deadly virus, bringing the total deaths to 314. Although,there was an observed decrease in the number of the infection on Tuesday when compared to that recorded on Monday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the end of the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak, This was after a successful decline in cases below the emergency threshold, and an epidemiological review carried out by the NCDC and the World Health Organization( WHO).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said there are at least 70 COVID-19 vaccines in development for the containment of the virus, of which three are in clinical trial stages. According to Science alert, the Public Health body published this in a recent updated list of vaccine efforts for the fight against COVID-19.