Olamiju said: “Our isolation centres are not closed and people have come regularly for tests. We never stopped testing. As for the measure to contain the spread, we are here and also call on our employees to respect covid-19 protocols. You should avoid mass gatherings; People should take the vaccine and use disinfectant when hand washing is not possible. “Following the decline in compliance with safety measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has called on security authorities to work with religious bodies to enforce safety protocols during the Christmas season. The NCDC director general said the Omicron and Delta variants were responsible for the recent increase in the number of cases. “We have enough oxygen supply in our hospitals, so the more cases there are when ingested, the more oxygen we have to reach them. So we have enough oxygen for now in our cases,” Orji said. The team helped NCDC improve community-based COVID-19 surveillance by developing and implementing a standard protocol/SOP, processes and tools for COVID-19 contact tracing; training of field staff to improve case identification, investigation, contact tracing, isolation and reporting at the sub-national level; active surveillance and contact tracing at the subnational level to limit the transmission of COVID-19.

“It`s about making sure that people at the local level get the vaccines. When this happens, people show up at various times for tests and vaccinations. Isolation centres were never closed, although it seemed that the pandemic had subsided. The clinics have taken good care of anyone who tests positive for the virus,” he added. However, the NCDC noted that as of December 24, 2021, at 8:48 a.m. .m., the number of registration cases had risen to 16,569, an increase of 332.8 percent in one month. “The first known case of B.1.1.529 infection comes from a sample taken on November 9, 2021. As of December 20, 2021, a total of 13,758 sequencings had been uploaded to GISAID. In Africa, there are 1,296 countries reporting Omicron, South Africa; Botswana, 291; Nigeria, 45 years old; Ghana, 40; Malawi, three; Rwanda, two; and Senegal, one,” he said. As part of its support to ncdc, GU_CGHPI worked with NCDC to design and design the COVID-19 microsite. It was originally designed as a platform for effective communication during the early response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It has evolved into an interactive portal that currently integrates the BOT self-assessment, the COVID-19 Dashboard for Analysis, the Policy and Consultation Module, the COVID-19 Document Management System, the COVID-19 Laboratory Data Management System and the Nigeria International Travel Portal and has recently been updated to host the data generated by all other agencies working directly or indirectly on the COVID-19 response. in others to provide information based on consolidated data. The NCDC COVID-19 microsite also offers QR code technology to verify and validate COVID-19 results. The microsite has been developed to comply with the highest data protection standards, good scientific practices and open access guidelines. Other features of the portal include: “Security agencies are also encouraged to ensure consistency of messages to the community as generated by the relevant authorities and to identify the right communication channels. These include the federal Department of Health, state ministries of health, and the NCDC. However, Adetifa stressed that it is important for Nigerians to maintain physical distancing and avoid contact with people with symptoms of respiratory illness. During the virtual interactive session, Adetifa noted that the country has experienced a collaborative transfer of the variant. “Here, too, we have broadened our awareness and advocacy. We have increased the frequency of our radio and television messages to inform people that during this time, especially during the Christmas period, people should celebrate responsibly and pay attention to how they do things.

Filani said: “Our goal is to make sure we vaccinate as many people as possible; We have vaccinated just over 400,000 people. We will continue to increase that amount. According to information on the NCDC website dated November 24, 2021, there were only 3,828 cases at the time of admission. GU-CGHPI worked with the NCDC to provide technical support in COVID-19 case management. PUNCH reported that the presidential steering committee led by boss Mustapha had announced a limit on religious gatherings and threatened to introduce new restrictions after an increase in cases. The NCDC said a few days ago that Nigeria has slipped into a fourth wave of the pandemic after a 500% increase in cases in the past two weeks. Contacted by one of our correspondents, the special assistant to the FCT Minister of Health and Hospital Management, Dr. Ejike Orji, said there were enough precautions in place to meet oxygen demand after the increase in cases at admission.

The NCDC has indicated on its website that the number of registration cases has continued to increase. “The six previously discovered cases of Omicron were found in people with a recent travel history to South Africa.” Governor Seyi Makinde opened the exercise on Wednesday at the Alesinloye Market with his deputy, Rauf Olaniyan, and other senior state government officials. The NCDC said in a new guideline issued by its director general, dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, signed: “The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, the Federal Ministry of Health, as well as the NCDC and its partners, are intensifying their communication efforts to remind Nigerians of the risk we face and the need to take collective responsibility for reducing the transmission of the virus.