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To mitigate the impact of #COVID19 on the healthcare system, while also improving community surveillance and care for patients, rapid and accurate diagnosis are crucial. NCDC and its technical partners conducted a study to validate rapid diagnostic test kits to determine their accuracy and clinical utility in Nigeria.

This article assesses the capacity of symptom scores to predict COVID-19 positivity in Nigeria: a national derivation and validation cohort study.

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http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmjopen-2021-049699

Adherence to all non-pharmaceutical preventive measures of #COVID19 will help to curb the spread of #COVID19Nigeria.

✅#WashYourHands with soap under running water
✅Wear your face mask properly
✅Maintain a distance of 2m from the person next to you.

#TakeResponsibility

Field epidemiology helps form the backbone of public health emergency response.

Join us in celebrating our public health detectives, who are the boots on the ground in the fight for better health.

📌Use the hashtags - #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, #NCDCWFED2021
📌Follow and tag us in your posts - @NCDCgov

Feel free to use sample messages and graphics: https://sites.google.com/view/world-field-epidemiology-day/world-field-epidemiology-day

"Field epidemiologists work at the forefront of the One Health paradigm on problems related to human, animal and environmental health".

Join us to strengthen field epidemiology TODAY to stop health emergencies TOMORROW.

📌Use the hashtags - #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, #NCDCWFED2021
📌Follow and tag us in your posts - @NCDCgov

Feel free to use sample messages and graphics: https://sites.google.com/view/world-field-epidemiology-day/world-field-epidemiology-day

379 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-138
Rivers-44
FCT-26
Ekiti-23
Oyo-22
Akwa Ibom-18
Adamawa-17
Delta-17
Anambra-15
Edo-14
Ogun-13
Bayelsa-8
Niger-7
Kwara-6
Gombe-5
Plateau-4
Kaduna-1
Kano-1

195,890 confirmed
184,882 discharged
2,556 deaths

Today's report includes:

✅ Deaths (3) and Discharged (6) cases for Lagos for 5th September 2021
✅ 0 cases from Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, and Sokoto States

A breakdown of cases by state via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

In celebrating the First #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, NCDC joins the global scientific community to raise awareness on this life-saving profession.

Watch our very own Dr Abiodun Egwuenu this morning on Silverbird TV as she discusses the role of ‘Field Epidemiology’ in health security.

Time: 8:15am

Live stream: https://silverbirdtv.com/live/

A health threat anywhere is a health threat everywhere!

500+ public health workers in Nigeria have been trained in epidemiology through the Nigeria Field Epidemiology Training Program.

This #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, let us expand the footprints of disease detectives and strengthen field epidemiology across the world to stop health emergencies tomorrow.

#NCDCWFED #WFED2021

The Nigeria Field Epidemiology Training Program (NFETP) is a competency-based training & service programme in public health that builds capacity in strengthening disease surveillance & response systems.

Our field epidemiologists acquire grass roots level knowledge and experience that enables them to provide decision makers with information to generate strategies for effective health interventions and programs.

#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay #NCDCWFED

597 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-204
Rivers-89
Edo-65
FCT-50
Oyo-47
Enugu-46
Ekiti-24
Cross River-17
Delta-15
Gombe-15
Osun-12
Plateau-6
Benue-5
Kano-2

196,487 confirmed
185,159 discharged
2,573 deaths

Today's report includes 0 cases from Abia, Nasarawa, Ondo and Sokoto States

A breakdown of cases by state via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

#TakeResponsibility

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Nigerians are advised to avoid non-essential travel, especially to countries with increasing number of #COVID19 cases

📜Read the latest travel advisory
https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/media/files/PRESIDENTIAL%20STEERING%20COMMITTEE%20ON%20COVID-19%20corrected.pdf

#TakeResponsibility

According to the national guidelines on infection prevention and control (IPC) for viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF), during an outbreak, healthcare facilities are expected to have a well-equipped screening area at the entrance of the facility to identify any suspected case.

This peer reviewed article evaluates the infection prevention and control practices in Lassa fever treatment centres in the north-central region of Nigeria during the 2019 Lassa fever outbreak.

🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17571774211035838

559 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-232
Rivers-83
Enugu-66
Oyo-28
Kaduna-25
FCT-24
Delta-22
Akwa Ibom-19
Kwara-18
Ekiti-13
Bayelsa-9
Cross River-9
Ogun-6
Kano-3
Gombe-2

197,046 confirmed
185,379 discharged
2,578 deaths

Today's report includes:

✅ Deaths (2) and Discharged (6) cases for Lagos for 7th September 2021
✅ 0 cases from Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, Plateau and Sokoto States

A breakdown of cases by state via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

Practice these preventive measures to help slow the spread of #COVID19.

✔️ Wear a face mask properly in public
✔️Wash or sanitise your hands frequently
✔️ Always cough or sneeze into your elbow
✔️ Practice physical distancing, 2 arms length apart
✔️ Stay indoors and self isolate if you feel sick.

The power to stop #COVID19 requires a collective effort, #TakeResponsibility.

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Evidence shows that the #COVID19 Delta variant spreads more easily than other known variants.

✅Always wear a face mask in public places
✅Wash your hands frequently with soap under running water
✅Maintain a distance of at least 2 arms length from those around you
✅Cough/sneeze into your bent elbow
✅ Get vaccinated
❎Avoid large gatherings

For more FAQs on #COVID19 variants, visit: http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/faq/

#TakeResponsibility

727 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Rivers-257
Lagos-157
Edo-85
Imo-63
FCT-33
Delta-28
Kaduna-27
Benue-17
Akwa Ibom-13
Ekiti-13
Taraba-12
Bayelsa-5
Kano-4
Ogun-4
Oyo-3
Abia-2
Nasarawa-2
Plateau-2

197,773 confirmed
185,597 discharged
2,585 deaths

Today's report includes:

✅ Positve (12) cases for Taraba state are for 7th September 2021
✅Cases for Edo state are backlogs from 7th, 8th and 9th September 2021
✅ 0 cases from Ondo, Osun and Sokoto States

A breakdown of cases by state via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng