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Nigeria: Key COVID-19 Challenges for Nigeria - Testing and Co-ordinating 36 States
allAfrica, 23 April 2020
There are more than 200 million people in Nigeria, and with only 873 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, questions are being asked about the country's readiness to fight… Read more »
COVID-19 Testing and Nigeria's 36 States - The Key Challenges
There are more than 200 million people in Nigeria, and with only 873 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, questions are being asked about the country's readiness to fight COVID-19. The comparison to South Africa, Africa's other powerhouse, is inevitable - that country now has 3,635 cases of the virus, and 133,774 people were tested. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, and Dr Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce COVID-19 answer some questions...
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23 April 2020
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COVID-19 Task Force Boss Speaks on Nigeria's Challenges
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Dr Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force COVID-19, speaks about the challenges of coordinating a united response ... see more »
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23 April 2020
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How We Started From Zero With COVID-19 Testing - CDC's Ihekweazu
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Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, speaks about how "reassuring" the action that governors had taken in ... see more »
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Nigeria: COVID-19 Cases Jump to 873, Spread to 26 States
This Day, 22 April 2020
Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 873, the total number of confirmed cases in 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Read more »
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Africa: Coronavirus Testing Kits - How is Continent Shaping Up?
DW, 22 April 2020
African countries are racing against time to acquire testing kits that would help them step up their fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. The continent needs more than 15… Read more »
Faith Osamaye, a Youth Corps member is one of the young scientists working at the NCDC’s National Reference Laboratory as Nigeria responds for the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Nigeria: Governors Agree On 14 Days National COVID-19 Lockdown
Daily Trust, 22 April 2020
Governors of the 36 States of the federation on Wednesday "unanimously" agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate… Read more »
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