Plateau, WHO and partners conduct COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR)
Jos 23 March 2021 - The Plateau State Ministry of Health with the technical support of WHO and partners has conducted an Intra Action Review (IAR) of the current COVID-19 response in the state. The IAR provides key COVID-19 responders, an opportunity to collectively review strategies, share experiences and identify current challenges, as well as identify actions that are working in order to guide adjustments in programmatic decisions for controlling the pandemic.
Osun State Health Workers heave sighs of relieve as state commences COVID-19 vaccination
Abuja, 25 March 2021 - Health workers in Osun State heaved sighs of relieved as the state government flagged off the COVID-19 vaccination campaign with vaccines received through the COVAX facility.
Update COVID-19 24 March 2021
24 March 2021 — One hundred, and thirty-one (131) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3456 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-one thousand, one hundred, and six (21106). To date, nineteen thousand, four hundred, and forty-one (19441) patients have recovered, including one hundred and thirty-one (131) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and sixty-eight (1368) and two hundred, and ninety-seven (297) deaths.
Côte d'Ivoire eliminates sleeping sickness as a public health problem
WHO Nigeria hands over the Health Workforce Registry to the Federal Ministry of Health
Abuja, March 22 2021 - “I would like to appreciate the collaboration and commitment of the Department of Health Planning, Research and Statistics of the Federal Ministry of Health over the years towards the development of the National Health Workforce Registry”, stated Dr Kofi Boateng who represented WHO Nigeria country Representative during the technical handing over of the Health Workforce Registry to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) on March 19 2021.
Update COVID-19 23 March 2021
23 March 2021 — Sixty-eight (79) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4761 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty thousand, eight hundred, and ninety-two (20975). To date, nineteen thousand, two hundred, and fourteen (19310) patients have recovered, including thirty-four (96) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and seventy (1370) and two hundred, and ninety-two (295) deaths.
Eswatini launches nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Update COVID-19 22 March 2021
22 March 2021 — Sixty-eight (68) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2484 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty thousand, eight hundred, and ninety-two (20892). To date, nineteen thousand, two hundred, and fourteen (19214) patients have recovered, including thirty-four (34) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and ninety (1390) and two hundred, and ninety-two (292) deaths.
Update COVID-19 21 March 2021
21 March 2021 — Sixty-seven (67) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2831 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty thousand, eight hundred, and twenty-eight (20828). To date, nineteen thousand, one hundred, and eighty (19180) patients have recovered, including seventeen (17) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and fifty-eight (1358) and two hundred, and ninety (290) deaths.
WHO Donates Essential Medicines and laboratory supplies for COVID-19 and EVD Testings to the Government of Liberia
Monrovia, 19 March 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO) donated lifesaving medicines and laboratory supplies for testing COVID-19 and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) to the government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health.
The supplies included Praziquantel tablets to treat nearly 1 million people through community mass drug administration, and assorted laboratory reagents and supplies for testing 10,000 suspected COVID-19 samples and 100 suspected EVD samples.