Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Anthony Iwuoma Nigeria, on Tuesday, continued to reel under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic, recording a new highest daily figure of 663 new cases and four deaths. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC), the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Wednesday announced 34 new positive cases of coronavirus in the country. The health agency said this on its verified twitter handle @NCDCgov on Wednesday evening with a breakdown of :…

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has urged Nigerians to continue to comply with Federal Govervenment directive by staying at home as they celebrate Easter. Ihekweazu said that…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday dispelled rumour of a certain woman who recently arrived Badagry from USA with symptoms suspected to be of coronavirus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials…

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says Lagos State still has the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 44 cases. Ihekweazu made this known to the News…

 Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor, Director of Policy and Advocacy of Nigeria Health Watch, has said without health the nation could do nothing, urging the government to invest in the health sector. Nsofor said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 2019…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded 82 suspected cases of cholera from seven local government areas in three states, namely Adamawa with 60 cases, Bauchi, two cases; and Katsina State, 20 cases. The Director-General…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday announced the end of the emergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak in the country. This was made known in a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe…

The Federal Government is introducing a funding mechanism to carter for patients with confirmed cases of Lassa Fever in the country, the Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said.…

Edo has recorded 186 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 991 suspected cases since the outbreak of the outbreak in January, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Dr Chioma Nwafor, Incident Manager, National Lassa…