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COVID-19: Cases of B117 variant in Nigeria increase
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Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and the African Centre for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemers University have detected additional six COVID-19 B117 variants.
Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, made the confirmation on Monday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing.
The variant was discovered in six samples – five from Osun and one from Kwara.
The coronavirus type first emerged in the United Kingdom.
“The five in Osun is most likely related to the fact that this is where ACEGID is and where they get a lot of samples from.
COVID-19: NCDC records 676 new infections, 21 more deaths in Nigeria
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The health agency disclosed this on its official Twitter handle, Monday night.
The NCDC said that twenty-one additional people died from coronavirus-related complications in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,607.
It stated that the 676 new infections were recorded in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours.
NCDC tweeted: “676 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
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The total number of active COVID-19 cases across the country has dropped to 9,270.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the revelation on Friday night while giving update on its official website.
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Abdulrasak, fondly called ‘Baba Osun’, died during an illness.
The deceased was the Dispatch Supervisor at the National Secretariat in Abuja.
Abdulrasak, born December 26th, 1959, was married with children. He hailed from Osun State.
He previously worked at the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), one of the APC legacy political parties.
Abdulrasak attended St. Bartholomew boarding school and Kufena College (both in Wusasa-Zaria); Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, Ikirun; Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and Advanced College of Economics, Zuba-Abuja, where he bagged an Ordinary National Diploma in Economics.
He served in different capacities at the Bola Ige Northern Youth Members, Northern Coalition for Democracy & Justice, Northern Youth Alliance, Integrity Social Friends, Pro-Aregbesola Support Group and Afenifere Renewal Group.