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  • NCDC reports 643 new cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria, total infections now 34,259

    NCDC reports 643 new cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria, total infections now 34,259

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 643 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 34,259.
    The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Wednesday.

    The centre said that 643 new confirmed cases and six deaths were recorded in the country as of July 15.

    The agency said that no new state had reported a case in the past 24 hours.

    According to the centre, till date, 34,259 cases have been confirmed, 13,999 cases discharged, while 760 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    It said that the 643 new cases recorded were reported from 19 states thus, Lagos (230), Oyo (69), FCT (51), Edo (43), Osun (35), Rivers (30), Ebonyi (30), Kaduna (28), and Ogun (27).

    Others were, Ondo (23), Plateau (20), Benue (17), Enugu (16), Imo (10), Delta (6), Kano (4), Nasarawa (2), Kebbi (1), and Ekiti (1).

    Meanwhile, the agency in line with the national strategy on testing has continued to scale up diagnostic capacity for COVID-19 in the country.

    ‪Therefore, ”53 laboratories have now been activated for COVID-19 testing across 31 states in the country.

    ”These include Federal‬, State‬, Private, and GeneXpert laboratories,” it announced.

    ‪The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NCDC said it has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in a whole-of-society approach.

    It added that its primary goal is to ensure that states took ownership and drove the response.

    According to the agency, COVID-19 spreads mainly among people, who are in close contact with one another less than six feet.

    It stressed the need for the wearing of a cloth face-covering in public settings and when around ”people not living in your household”.

  • China is confident to contain COVID-19 by the end of April: Zhong Nanshan

    China is confident to contain COVID-19 by the end of April: Zhong Nanshan

    Chinese top respiratory specialist Zhong Nanshan said on Thursday, February 27, although the
    COVID-19 outbreak first appeared in China, that does not necessarily mean it originated here.
    Zhong made the remarks at a press briefing jointly held by the Guangzhou government and
    Guangzhou Medical University, in which Zhong noted that China is confident it will be able to
    contain the COVID-19 outbreak by the end of April this year.
    But Zhong pointed out the development of new drugs against COVID-19 is impossible to
    complete in 20 days or even a month, which requires long-term accumulation.
    According to Zhong, one COVID-19 patient can infect an average of two to three people, making
    it more severe than SARS. However, he said that ideally, cured COVID-19 patients are unlikely to
    be reinfected, referring to the news that 13 recovered and discharged patients from Guangzhou
    tested positive again in checkups recently.
    “Treatment first, research second,” said Zhong, noting that new drugs will be first carefully tested
    in a controlled trial before they are used on patients.
    Zhong also praised the timely intervention from Chinese government and nationwide joint
    prevention and control efforts, which have successfully prevented a mass COVID-19 outbreak in
    China.
    Zhong also disclosed that he will share China’s experience with the European Respiratory Society
    (ERS) this weekend through livestreaming.
    More international cooperation is needed, including setting up a long-term mechanism, said the
    Chinese respiratory specialist.