^{By Tatenda Chimbwanda}

Maiduguri, 14 July, 2020 - Borno state government in collaboration with Federal ministry of Health and WHO, deployed about 8,000 community health care workers (including drug administrators, recorders, supervisors, monitors and community leaders) to deliver Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) to about two million children aged 3-59 months in Borno state. The main objective of the campaign is to protect children from malaria during this year’s peak transmission season. 

13 July 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3333 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, three hundred and seventy-eight (1378). To date, seven hundred and ten (710) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-six (26) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and sixty-four (664) and four (4) deaths.

12 July 2020 — Thirty-eight (38) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3021 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven (1337). To date, six hundred and eighty-four (684) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-one (21) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and forty-nine (649) and four (4) deaths. 

11 July 2020 — Forty-seven (47) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4060 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, two hundred and ninety-nine (1299). To date, six hundred and sixty-three (663) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty-eight (28) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and thirty-two (632) and four (4) deaths. The new death is a man of 78 years old.

10 July 2020 — Forty-two (42) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3898 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, two hundred and fifty-two (1252). To date, six hundred and thirty-five (635) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twelve (12) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is six hundred and fourteen (614) and three (3) deaths. 

Abuja, 10 July 2020 – Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama says “In this critical moment of a global fight against the COVID-19, Nigeria is behind the World Health Organization and urges you to remain focused in addressing not just the pandemic but other health challenges.”

8 July 2020, Juba – Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and other partners have vaccinated over 94 019 children aged 6 to 59 months against measles in Aweil East County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State to interrupt the transmission.

Maiduguri, 9 July, 2020 - The College of Nursing and Midwifery, Maiduguri in Borno state, has secured full accreditation from the regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

The accreditation comes 40 years after inception and made possible with recent donation of modern equipment and tools by WHO with funding support from the European Union.