Nigerians have been placed on a monkeypox red alert by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. This came after Director-General of NCDC. Ifedayo Adetifa disclosed that the health agency has observed an uptick in monkeypox cases in the country. Adetifa who during a virtual media dialogue on monkeypox on Tuesday June 28, warned that if the current trajectory continues, Nigeria might match or exceed the peak number of cases seen in 2017 when monkeypox re-emerged. He also disclosed that since January 1, …
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has blamed youths for the rapid COVID-19 spread in the country. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the NCDC Director-General stated this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday, July 2, in Abuja. He said youths between the ages of 20 and 40 were responsible for the spread of COVID-19, while the majority of those who succumb to the killer disease are older people from 50 years and above. He said, “As …
Chikwe Ihekwazu, the Director-General of The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, has advised against the use of only Face shields as a protection against getting infected by the novel Coronavirus. In recent weeks, many Nigerians have opted to use Face shields instead of the popular face masks. However, while speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 today June 25, Ihekweazu said from available knowledge, Face shields are not sufficient enough to protect …
Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that no state in the country is COVID-19 free. Ihekweazu said this today June 22 while speaking at the daily briefing of the presidential task force in Abuja. He said a state can only talk about being COVID-19 free when it is testing and have the effective tool to fight the disease. In his words “No state in Nigeria is COVID-19 free. No country in the …
Human Rights organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, over “their failure to account for the public funds and other resources so far spent and used to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria.” The suit comes after SERAP made a Freedom of Information (FoI) request on 27 March 2020 to the Minister of Health and …
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has revealed that the nation still falls short on testing, saying that it is the weakest spot in it’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Ihekweazu the agency is working aggressively to increase the testing across the country, as it ambitiously targets 2 million tests in 3 months. Speaking on Wednesday, Iheakweazu said; “We are working very aggressively to increase the testing in Nigeria. …