“Most African countries, including Nigeria, are banking on benefitting from the COVAX programme, which was set-up to divide over a billion doses of vaccines across 92 low-and middle-income countries.”
“Nigeria recorded its highest number of daily infections of coronavirus in six months with 675 new cases. The latest figure beats the 601 cases reported August 23, which until last night was the second highest recorded on a single day in the country. With Thursday’s high returns, the country’s caseload is now 71,344 amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic.”
“Some COVID-19 isolation centres located inside Karu and Asokoro general hospitals had earlier been closed following reduction in the number of patients. Ahead of a possible second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian government has ordered the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres in the country.”
“The federal government has ordered the reopening of all schools in Nigeria. The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, made the announcement during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He advised all institutions to obey and adhere to the guidelines for the reopening of schools, earlier announced by the presidential task force.”
“The African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease has been named one of the regional repository and bioinformatics centres by the WHO and Africa CDC to provide sequencing, data analysis and other technical support services to the countries where they are located as well as to neighbouring countries and countries in their sub-regions.”
“The African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease has been named one of the regional repository and bioinformatics centres by the WHO and Africa CDC to provide sequencing, data analysis and other technical support services to the countries where they are located as well as to neighbouring countries and countries in their sub-regions.”
“The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja. It stated that the suspension of such charges should be part of the panacea to ease the burden on poor Nigerians during the lockdown.”
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