Proper handling of CLOTH FACE MASKS helps reduce the risk of #COVID19 spread.

✅ Wash the mask after purchase
✅ Wash/sanitise your hands before wearing the mask
✅ Ensure it covers your nose & mouth with no open gaps
✅ Wash immediately after each use

#TakeResponsibility

Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae. It occurs in Nigeria mostly during the rainy season and more often in areas with poor sanitation.

Read more on the transmission, symptoms and prevention of #cholera 👇🏾

https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/factsheet/50

Our weekly #COVID19Nigeria situation report(Epi Week 26) has been published.

The weekly #COVID19 situation reports provide a summary of the epidemiological situation, datasheet & response activities in Nigeria.

Download:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=14&name=An%20update%20of%20COVID-19%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria

#TakeResponsibility

Irrespective of #COVID19 variants, the virus is more likely to spread when people gather without public health and social measures.

#TakeResponsibility,
✅Wear a face mask
✅Wash your hands frequently
✅Observe physical distancing
✅Disinfect frequently touched surfaces
✅Avoid large gatherings

📢

"The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2.

The variant was detected in a traveler to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja."


📜Read full press release:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/333/confirmed-case-of-delta-variant-detected-in-nigeria

There is evidence that the #COVID19 delta variant has a higher level of transmissibility, compared to other variants of concern.

#TakeResponsibility,

✅Wear a face mask properly in public places
✅Wash your hands frequently
✅Observe physical distancing
❎Avoid large gatherings with poor adherence to preventive measures

ICYMI

Watch our Director of Programmes Prevention and Knowledge Management, Dr. Chinwe Ochu's interview on Tvcnewsng as she addresses the:
- Detection of the delta #COVID19 variant in Nigeria
- #COVID19 risk situation in Nigeria and need for adherence to preventive measures.

📺 catch up:
https://youtu.be/DfXVKwLxMqs

📢15 days to go

The Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology begins in 15 DAYS!

Theme: Building back better: COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks

For more information and registration, visit:
nicafe.ncdc.gov.ng

#NiCAFE2021

Ensure you wear a face mask and wash your hands with soap & running water before going in to your place of worship.

#TakeResponsibility, reduce the risk of spread of #COVID19

✅Observe physical distance
✅Cough/sneeze into your elbow
✅Avoid hugs/ handshakes