Abuja (Nigeria): Nigeria is now experiencing a fourth Covid-19 wave, the health authorities in the country have said, attributing it to the rise in Delta and Omicron variants infections.
Delta, Omicron variants lead to Covid-19 fourth wave in this country
Abuja (Nigeria): Nigeria is now experiencing a fourth Covid-19 wave, the health authorities in the country have said, attributing it to the rise in Delta and Omicron variants infections.
Nigeria has recorded 2,23,887 cases and 2,985 deaths in 36 states and the federal capital territory.[/caption]
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"The country is now in a fourth COVID-19 wave," Adetifa said, noting as of Sunday, Nigeria had recorded 2,23,887 cases and 2,985 deaths in the 36 states and the federal capital territory.
The health authorities in the country are intensifying risk communication efforts to remind Nigerians of the risk and the need to take collective responsibility to reduce transmission of the virus, the senior public health official said.
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The health authorities in the country are intensifying risk communication efforts to remind Nigerians of the risk.[/caption]
"The response to Covid-19 requires a whole-of-society approach. Therefore, individuals, families, and institutions also need to play their part in protecting each other by ensuring adherence to Covid-19 public health and social measures," he added.
Meanwhile, amid the Covid-19 variant Omicron spreading faster, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called on the world to pull together to end the pandemic within the next year.
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The most populous African country has recorded a 500 per cent increase in infections in the past two weeks.[/caption]
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said new Covid-19 variant Omicrom was spreading faster across the globe. He said the "fastest way" to get back to normal was to make "hard decisions".
He said, "Cancelling an event is better than cancelling a life. It is better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate now and mourn later," he added.
-PTC News
