The United States government has supplied additional three point two million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Nigeria. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has visited the National Strategic Warehouse to see the latest supplies. Ambassador Leonard visited the facility together with the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Doctor Faisal Shuaib.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control now has a new Director-General, in the person of Doctor Ifedayo Adetifa. President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of Doctor Adetifa as a replacement for Doctor Chikwe Ihekweazu. Adetifa’s appointment comes after Doctor Ihekweau was appointed as Deputy Director General of the World Health Organisation. Senior Special Assistant to the President…
There has been an outbreak of bird flu Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed cases of the H5N1 variant of the Avian Influenza in the seven northern states. NCDC Director General, Doctor Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the announcement while briefing newsmen in Abuja. The Avian Influenza is a…