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Africa: Nigeria's COVID-19 Infections Among Highest in Sub-Saharan Africa - Premium Times Study
Premium Times, 1 July 2020
An analysis of coronavirus data of seven selected sub-Saharan African countries - Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, and Uganda - revealed that Nigeria is an… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Govt Can't Reopen Schools Now - NCDC
Daily Trust, 29 June 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says with "the onset of the wet season which comes along with an increase in flu-like diseases", children run the risk of contracting… Read more »
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Nigeria: New COVID-19 Cases Rise for Six Consecutive Weeks
Premium Times, 28 June 2020
The number of new coronavirus cases across Nigeria rose last week for the sixth consecutive week, a PREMIUM TIMEs review of official data shows. Read more »
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Nigeria: Don't Replace Face Masks With Face Shields - NCDC Warns
Daily Trust, 29 June 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has advised Nigerians against using face shields in place of face masks. Read more »
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Nigeria: Plateau Reads Riot Act to Citizens Over Violation of COVID-19 Protocols
This Day, 29 June 2020
Plateau State Government has said its COVID-19 enforcement teams will wage a robust action on defaulters of protocol to curtail the spread of the virus from today. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Records 490 New COVID-19 Cases
Premium Times, 29 June 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 490 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,567. Read more »
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Nigeria: Has Kano Flattened the Curve of COVID-19?
Daily Trust, 29 June 2020
From recording hundreds of COVID-19-related deaths within five weeks, Kano State, with its about 20 million population posted a total of eleven new cases from June 21-27, according… Read more »
Riot Act Read on COVID-19 Rules as More Nigerians Infected
An analysis of novel coronavirus data of seven sub-Saharan African countries - Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, and Uganda - by Premium Times has revealed that Nigeria is an outlier, with infection rates up to 35 times more than Uganda, for instance, and a recovery rate that ranks among the lowest in the region.
InFocus
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that over 20,919 cases have been recorded nationally, with 525 deaths - this as the Presidential Task Team announced that no ... Read more »
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The government has restarted the evacuation process for Nigerian citizens stuck overseas due to the COVID-19 outbreak, following the implementation of the new policy which is ... Read more »
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Presidential Task Force chief Dr Nasiru Gwarzo says 80% of the people who died in the state of Kano have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, while Health ... Read more »
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has waived the requirement for the provision of guarantors by households and small and medium enterprises applying for its U.S.$129 million targeted ... Read more »
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Nigeria's Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said his ministry will not endanger children by being in a hurry to re-open schools. In preparation for the ... Read more »
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