[responsivevoice] You may go to jail for contravening COVID-19 guidelines as federal government goes tough on enforcement. President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, January 27, 2021, took the COVID-19 guidelines beyond the realm of advice by signing the CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) HEALTH PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 into law in Abuja. It provides for a fine or a term…
NCDC Warns of Spread of Covid-19
[responsivevoice] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has warned of the consequences of Nigerians being indifferent to the consistent spread of covid-19 since December 2020. A statement by the agency has, therefore, put out an advisory on how to contain the spread. This is coming at a time states are experiencing an upsurge in…
FG in Dilemma over Surge in COVID-19 Cases
[responsivevoice] The Federal Government of Nigeria is facing an unenviable dilemma over the resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria. As at Monday January 4, a total of 1,204 new cases, the highest daily incidence since the first case on February 27, 2020, were reported across the country with Lagos State confirming the highest figure of…
There Might Be Another Lockdown, NCDC Warns
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said there might be another Lockdown in some parts of the country. According to him, this is possible if Nigerians fail to limit the risk of virus transmission from one person to another. Speaking on Monday during the daily briefing of the…
Antiviral Drug for COVID-19 Excites Ihekweazu, NCDC DG
Advises review of anti-quarantine law be put on hold The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, is excited about the prospect of an antiviral drug, Remdesivir, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, United States of America for the treatment of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19 which has been ravaging…
State Governments Deporting Almajiris are Irresponsible – Clement Nwankwo
Calls for public scrutiny, debate of NCDC Bill The Executive Director of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, PLAC, Clement Nwankwo has frowned at the actions of some state governors who have recently been deporting almajiris from their respective states to their supposed states of origin, describing any state government doing so at this time of COVID-19 pandemic…
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