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By Abujah Racheal Abuja, Feb. 1, 2021 The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and the African Centre for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemers University, Ede, have detected additional six B.1.1.7 variant in the country. Dr Chikwe, Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, National briefing. “On January, 30, our partners at ACEGID detected the B.1.1.7 variant in six additional samples – five fro...

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3 min read The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has found six more cases of the B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant in the country. This is the same variant currently causing anxiety in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world. The Director-General of NCDC, Chikwe Iheakwazu, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Monday, said the cases were detected from samples collected from Osun and Kwara states by scientists at Africa Centre of Exc...

“ On January, 30, our partners at ACEGID detected the B.1.1.7 variant in six additional samples – five from Osun and one from Kwara State. This is the variant of concern that first emerged in the UK. “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. In total, we have detected the B.1.1.7 variant in seven cases within Nigeria. “This could imply community transmission of this variant of concern. We are currently sca...

Total Number Discharged – 147,899 Total Deaths – 2,030 Total Tests Carried out – 1,684,305 According to the NCDC, the 86 new cases are reported from 7 states- FCT (33), Lagos (28), Ondo (11), Kano (7), Akwa Ibom (3), Rivers (3), and Kaduna (1) Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 57,210, followed by Abuja (19,525), Plateau (9,006), Kaduna (8,848), Rivers (6,852), Oyo (6,823), Edo (4,867), Ogun (4,610), Kano (3,881), Ondo (3,129), Kwara (3,067), Delta (2...

Date Time Voices: Dr. Lesa Thompson This article is an excerpt from the research magazine “Tackling Global Issues vol.3 Fighting the menace of zoonosis.” Click here to see the table of contents. Dr. Lesa Thompson Hokkaido University alumna Dr. Lesa Thompson is a Regional Project Officer at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific (RRAP) office in Tokyo. Here, she talks about the OIE, Hokkaido University’s Research Center for Zoonosis...

TODAY January 23, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has raised the alarm about COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, saying the country currently has a critical situation on its hands with the rising number of cases recorded daily. On the same day, Nigeria recorded 1483 new cases of COVID-19, taking the number of confirmed cases to 118,138 nationwide, with 94,150 discharged and 1490 deaths. Osinbajo spoke yesterday at the Reference Laboratory of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in Gaduwa, ...

Share Due to the diligent work of Nigeria’s health workers and experts across the nation, the country has expanded its public health response capabilities and is making a progress in the public health sector since after the nation’s first COVID-19 case last year. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, stated this on Friday at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Reference Laboratory, Gaduwa, Abuja, where he underwent a facility tour, accompanied by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Eh...