By Adelani Adepegba, Dayo Ojerinde, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole and Solomom Odeniyi • Variant detected in three persons with travel history to S’Africa, says NCDC • Contact tracing never effective, variant already in circulation – Virologists...
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Breaking: Two cases of Omicron variant confirmed in Nigeria
…NCDC Says cases linked to passengers from South Africa The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a...
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Chikwe Ihekweazu out as President Buhari Gives Ifedayo Adetifa New Role In NCDC
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Monday approved the appointment of Dr. Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media &...
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JUST IN: Fresh lockdown imminent as NCDC asserts Nigeria yet to see worst of COVID-19 pandemic
Fresh lockdown is looming as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) again predicted that the worst of COVID-19 is yet to manifest in Nigeria, going by the trend and the poor attitude of...
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