…Confirms spread in 170 LGAs Nigeria is battling a severe outbreak of diphtheria, a bacterial infection that has claimed the lives of 309 people and infected 7,784 others across 170 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 21 states. The Nigeria Centre…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday announced that suspected Lassa fever cases in the country have risen to 7,973, with 982 confirmed cases. The cases were recorded across 127 Local Government Areas in 28 states between…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says there are 55 confirmed cases of Monkey-pox (Mpox) in Nigeria. The centre made this known via its official website, noting that the 55 cases were confirmed from the935 suspected cases across 39 local…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that 48 cases of Mpox have been confirmed from a total of 868 suspected cases across 35 local government areas in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it registered seven additional new cases of Lassa fever from Edo, Bauchi and Kogi states. The NCDC said this via its official website on Friday, adding that the seven cases were…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that the country has recorded 103 deaths and 3,623 cases since the outbreak of cholera in the country this year. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Director General…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said as of July 15, it has recorded 3,623 suspected cases of cholera and 103 deaths across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of July 15, 2024. The…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Monday has disclosed that Lagos State is at the epicentre of the cholera outbreak in Nigeria, with 104 new cases reported in the last week, out of…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it registered 63 deaths and 2102 suspected cases in the ongoing cholera epidemic across the country. The Director-General of the centre, Dr Jide Idris, said this during a news conference…
The Federal Government has initiated discussions with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) to secure additional supplies of cholera vaccines. Dr Jide Idris, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), confirmed this in an…
