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Nigeria on Sunday recorded its lowest daily COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the second wave in December 2020.
The 520 new cases reported in 19 states on Sunday indicated a significant decrease from the 1,143 reported in the previous 24 hours.
Sunday’s relatively low figure occurred largely because no data was included from Lagos, the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria, which on Saturday recorded almost a third of the day’s total.
No reason was given by the
A similar situation has occurred twice this year with NCDC saying Lagos State health authorities did not turn in samples.
States are largely in charge of coronavirus management and response while the NCDC supports and receives daily reports from them.
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By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to vaccinate approximately 109 million Nigerians against the Novel Coronavirus disease COVID-19 in the next two years.
While Nigeria’s population stands at over 206 million, the country has just over 60, 000 vaccinators, with the Nigerian Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA promising to boost the capacity of the personnel and also expand the size.
Also, Nigeria said, it on Saturday recorded the second highest number of COVID-19 case fatalities, as 24 patients at its treatment centres succumbed to the virus within 24 hours.