Yenagoa, 19 April, 2021 - The maiden Bayelsa Health Summit with the theme, Achieving Improved Health Systems Performance through Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement”, opens today in the capital city Yenagoa. 

18 April 2021 — Twenty-two (22) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3172 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, eight hundred, and eighty-eight (23888). To date, twenty-two thousand, two hundred, and forty-one (22241) patients have recovered, including one hundred, and fifty-nine (159) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and twenty-two (1322) and three hundred and twenty-five (325) deaths. 

17 April 2021 — Fifty-four (54) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4324 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, eight hundred, and sixty-six (23866). To date, twenty-two thousand, and eighty-two (22082) patients have recovered, including sixty-seven (67) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and sixty-two (1462) and three hundred and twenty-two (322) deaths. 

16 April 2021 — Sixty-eight (68) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6014 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, eight hundred and twelve (23812). To date, twenty-two thousand, and fifteen (22015) patients have recovered, including two hundred and ten (210) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and seventy-five (1475) and three hundred and twenty-two (322) deaths. 

15 April 2021 — Seventy-two (72) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 6289 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-three thousand, seven hundred and forty-four (23744). To date, twenty-one thousand, eight hundred, and eighty-five (21805) patients have recovered, including two hundred and eleven (211) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, six hundred, and eighteen (1618) and three hundred and twenty-one (321) deaths. 

The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Jonas Chanda officially launched the COVID-19 vaccination on 14 April 2021 at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. Zambia received the first consignment of 228,000 doses of the vaccine from the COVAX facility, a global Initiative representing a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO), Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) working on the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

Abuja, 15 April, 2021 - “I received the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine because I was opportune to get the right information to make a sound decision. I got the right information from the social mobilization and community campaign conducted by the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency and the World Health Organization”, says Emmanuel Nthor, a lecturer at the College of Health Technology, Calabar, Cross River State. 

Abuja, April 14, 2021 - “During this COVID-19 pandemic, I had serious challenges getting access to health care, especially my daily medication. Due to the lockdown, moving around was difficult as well as getting to the hospital. 

I also remember missing my medication for two days because of the constraints in accessing healthcare”, says Asabe Audu a 35-year-old female, HIV positive civil servant that resides in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.