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COVID-19: NCDC releases new guidelines for elections, urges politicians to put lives of electorate first (See full document)

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released new guidelines for the conduct of elections in Nigeria in view of the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic. 4wardwego reports that the guidelines provide key public health guidance to be considered while conducting elections. Equally important, the wide-ranging documents delivers specific action points to beContinue Reading

No evidence face shield alone can provide primary protection’ – NCDC

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there is no evidence that face shields alone can provide primary respiratory protection against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the remark in an interview on Wednesday, June 24, in Abuja; while reacting to the increasing use ofContinue Reading

COVID-19: Official death toll gets close to 200 as confirmed cases hit 6175

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The official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is inching ever closer to the 200 mark. On Monday, May 18, 2020, nine new deaths were reported across Nigeria, thereby taking the death toll to 191; just nine shy of 200. Furthermore, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria has risen to 6175.Continue Reading

NCDC issues new guidelines, to discharge patients who test positive once

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reviewed its testing strategy for COVID-19 regarding the management of confirmed cases. It was gathered that the new guideline requires patients to be discharged after testing negative once for the disease, unlike it is usually the case. This was contained in a statementContinue Reading