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The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria disease has killed at least 35 persons in the country. Dr Adetifa said this during a programme on Arise Television on Friday night. The NCDC had in an advisory …

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, has predicted that Nigeria will likely see an increase in COVID-19 cases and a decrease in hospitalisation over the holiday season this year.   Adetifa, in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, claimed that the increase in travel …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has rated Nigeria’s risk of an Ebola outbreak as high. This was contained in a statement by the NCDC on Tuesday as Uganda continues to grapple with an outbreak of the deadly disease. The statement read in part, “Based on available …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 10 new cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in six states. Recall that the NCDC had reported 21 cases and one death as of May 28. Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people. It …

Nigeria reported 339 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 7,016. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in a tweet via its official handle, confirmed the new figures. According to the health agency, Lagos reported 139 new cases, Kano had 28, Oyo 28, Edo …

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Tuesday, commissioned a 60-bed isolation centre for Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of LUTH, made this known while briefing journalists shortly after the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, and the Presidential Task Force for the Control of the Coronavirus inspected …