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Abuja, Jan.22, 2021 Nigeria has expanded its public health response capabilities and is making progress in the public health sector after the nation’s first COVID-19 case last year. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this on Friday at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Reference Laboratory, Gaduwa, Abuja, where he underwent a facility tour. He was in company with the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire; Minister of State for Health, Dr Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora; and the Directo...

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it has expanded its public health response capabilities and making progress in the sector since the country’s first COVID-19 case last year.

Contributing Writer, MedPage Today With the start of the 2020 flu season, co-circulation of SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal influenza viruses could complicate the early detection of COVID-19, experts warn. A diagnostic test that can discriminate between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A and B viruses is urgently needed, according to Fabiola Mancini, PhD, and colleagues from the COVID-19 National Reference Laboratory and the National World Health Organization (WHO) Influenza Center of the Istituto Superior...

COVID-19: Nigeria in critical situation, Osinbajo laments Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday raised the alarm that the country is currently in a critical situation with the increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President made the observation when he toured the facilities of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s Reference Laboratory, Gaduwa, Abuja, acc...

Nigeria now has 120 laboratories set up for swift COVID-19 testing nationwide  Development of Nigerian COVID-19 vaccine underway 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) R...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday lauded the efforts of the operators and managers of the nation’s healthcare sector, noting that much development had been recorded in the sector since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Professor Osinbajo stated this at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Reference Laboratory, Gaduwa, Abuja, where he underwent a facility tour, of the facilities. Osinbajo, who was accompanied by the Minister of Health, D...

INVESTIGATION: Superstition, ill-equipped PHCs threaten Yellow fever vaccination in Enugu, Delta (1) Yellow Fever is again becoming endemic in Nigeria due to vaccine resistance and low vaccine storage capacity at the countrys primary healthcare centres 11 min read Yellow fever is again becoming endemic in Nigeria due to two major reasons: superstition leading to vaccine resistance and poor vaccine storage, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation in two states that witnessed the outbreak r...

Yellow Fever is again becoming endemic in Nigeria due to vaccine resistance and low vaccine storage capacity at the country's...

Published January 19, 2021, 12:46 PM The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has declared the Philippines free from avian influenza or bird flu less than a year since the fatal animal disease crept back into the poultry farms of the country. As of January 8, the country is now free of the last remaining A (H5N6) strain of the Avian Influenza (AI), the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) announced on Tuesday. (MANILA BULLETIN) The OIE declaration came less t...

01/19/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/18/2021 23:49 Phl declared bird flu-free The Philippines is now free of the Avian Influenza (AI) A(H5N6) virus. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI), announced that the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared that as of January 8, 2021, the country is now free of the last remaining A(H5N6) strain of the Avian Influenza (AI). The country was able to resolve the outbreaks of AI A(H5N...