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  Patrick Otim, programme area manager for emergency response at the WHO Regional Office for Africa, explained the virus in a video answering questions. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has explained that Ebola survivors may transmit the virus through sexual intercourse if it persists in their semen after recovery. In contrast, survivors who have met the criteria for discharge from …

If no further confirmed or probable cases are detected and the country meets the conditions stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Federal Government has said Nigeria could declare the Ebola outbreak over as early as December 7, 2026. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this on Monday evening in a post …

The World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Prof. Mohamed Janabi, says Nigeria currently has no Ebola cases following the medical evacuation of the infected patient and her husband to Switzerland. Janabi disclosed this in a post shared on X on Monday, saying the patient and her husband, who is also her contact, were evacuated earlier in the day. PUNCH …

Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, on Monday confirmed that the first imported Ebola virus disease case in the country has been flown out of the country to Switzerland. Pate made the confirmation on his X handle, stating that the index patient, who has clinically improved, is stable and conscious, was evacuated along with her husband, …

  Mr Pate said 21 states had already updated their Ebola response plans, while the remaining 15 states are expected to expedite the establishment of appropriate preparedness and response mechanisms. The federal government has urged 15 states to speed up preparedness as Nigeria steps up measures to contain the country’s first confirmed imported case of Ebola disease. The Coordinating Minister …

The World Health Organization (WHO) says Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus has spread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya and Nigeria, requiring strengthened regional surveillance and coordinated response efforts.Nigerian news analysis The organisation said in a statement that as of Oct. 20, the DRC had recorded 9,704 confirmed cases and 4,687 deaths, representing a crude …

The Gombe State Government has declared a cholera outbreak in Kedo village, Todi Ward, Billiri Local Government Area, following reports of diarrhoea and vomiting that claimed two lives on October 4. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Adamu-Danladi Bojude, disclosed this during a media briefing in Gombe on Wednesday, adding that 74 patients had been treated and discharged, with no active …

Following the confirmation of an Ebola Bundibugyo case in Nigeria, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has called for urgent international support for the country.Nigerian news analysis The Director-General, Dr Jean Kaseya, said this through the agency’s official X handle on Tuesday. Kaseya also urged partners to provide immediate funding, medical supplies, diagnostics and trained emergency …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked the news making rounds that a Corp member whose death occurred in Enugu died of effects of substandard and falsified medicines.General news updates This is contained in a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja on Friday. The statement noted that the …

The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA), Edo State Chapter, has called for the recruitment and deployment of more optometrists to Primary Health Centers (PHCs) across the country, warning that inadequate access to professional eye care could expose more Nigerians to preventable blindness. The association said strengthening eye care services at the grassroots level would help tackle quackery, wrong prescriptions and harmful …