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Abuja, 8 March, 2021 - When Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, government officials and stakeholders heaved a sigh of relieve.

For Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, “It is a feeling of relief and elation that at last we are joining the community of nations who can vaccinate their citizens against COVID-19 disease  which has been raging across the world. We have to some extent lagged but are relieved that we can now start vaccinating our citizens. 

07 March 2021 — Forty-two (42) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2735 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases nineteen thousand, five hundred, and fifty-one (19551). To date, seventeen thousand, eight hundred, and forty (17840) patients have recovered, including forty (40) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and forty-three (1443) and two hundred, and sixty-eight (268) deaths. 

World Health Organization (WHO) Gambia trained 60 local journalists on prevention and management of misinformation in the context of COVID-19.  From 18^th to 19^th January 2021, journalists were equipped with skills to deal with misconceptions and fake news like “COVID-19 is over".

06 March 2021 — Eighty-three (83) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5122 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases nineteen thousand, five hundred, and nine (19509). To date, seventeen thousand, eight hundred, and ten (17810) patients have recovered, including fifty-nine (59) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and forty-two (1442) and two hundred, and sixty-seven (267) deaths. 

05 March 2021 — Ninety-two (92) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4534 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases nineteen thousand, four hundred, and twenty-six (19426). To date, seventeen thousand, seven hundred, and fifty-one (17751) patients have recovered, including sixty-nine (69) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and eighteen (1418) and two hundred, and sixty-seven (267) deaths. 

KAMPALA- Friday, 6 March 2021– The Ministry of Health has today received 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX facility—the world’s facility for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines.