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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 168 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases in the country to 201, 798. But out of the 201, 798 confirmed cases, 190, 563 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 655 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 8590 active cases, while 1 patient died in the last 24 hours

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 336 new cases of Coronavirus Pandemic , bringing all time cases in the country to 201, 630. But out of the 201, 630 confirmed cases, 190, 288 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 654 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 8688 active cases, while 5 patients died in the last 24 hours

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) [2] and Speak Up Africa, have announced Conrad Tankou, CEO, GIC Space (Cameroon); John Mwangi, CEO, Daktari Media (Kenya) and Imodoye Abioro , CEO, Healthbotics (Nigeria) as the winners of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award [7]

Foreign Affairs Ministers from across the Commonwealth met yesterday for the 21st annual Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM). The meeting was held virtually for the second year in a row due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Oyo State Government in collaboration with UNICEF on Thursday, advocated for increased awareness on COVID-19 vaccine (COVAX) among residents in the state. This advocacy was made at a one day advocacy meeting organized by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism in collaboration with UNICEF for Local Government Information officers and Media practitioners on improving COVAX confidence and uptake at grassroots in Oyo State held in Oyo Town

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 337 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 201, 294. But out of the 201, 294 confirmed cases, 189, 608 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 649 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 9037 active cases, while 9 patients died in the last 24 hours

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 299 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 200, 356. But out of the 200, 356 confirmed cases, 188, 927 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 640 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 8789 active cases

Lagos State Government has dismissed a nurse who got into the state public service with fake certificate. The fake nurse, Olufunke Adegbenro was uncovered during professional audit and verification exercise.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 299 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 200, 356. But out of the 200, 356 confirmed cases, 188, 917 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 640 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 8799 active cases, while 3 patients died in the last 24 hours

Lagos State Government is set to scale up interventions for endemic Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) especially Schistosomiasis and soil –transmitted helminth in local government and wards with prevalence of the diseases, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has said.