18 September, 2020 | Abuja - NCDC COVID-19 Media Bulletin - 15

Updates on the Public Health Response to COVID-19
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📊 Daily COVID-19 Situation Reports
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/sitreps/?cat=14&name=An%20update%20of%20COVID- 19%20outbreak%20in%20Nigeria


🧑🏽‍💻 NCDC Completes Roll-out of SORMAS For Real-time Disease Surveillance In Nigeria
https://twitter.com/ncdcgov/status/1306243534421401600?s=21


🥴 ’COVID-19 Has Stretched Nigeria’s Health System And Economy’
~NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe
https://punchng.com/covid-19-has-stretched-nigerias-health-system-economy-ncdc-dg-ihekweazu/


🗣 ‘It Is Critical International Travelers Follow Protocols So We Don’t Lose The Gains Achieved So Far In The Response’
~PTF Coordinator, Dr Sani
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=aOTDhwc875o


💵 Payment For COVID-19 Tests By Travellers Are Sent Directly To The Private Lab They’ve Chosen on The NIT Portal
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/263/14-september-2020-%7C-abuja-–-update-on-the-nigeria-international-travel-portal


📚 ’COVID-19: Schools To Conduct Mandatory Risk Assessments To Reduce Risk Of Virus Spread In Schools’ ~NCDC Head of Disease Surveillance, Mrs Ilori
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8lxO7_Wshys


📢 ‘Decline In Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Doesn’t Mean We‘ve Flattened The Curve’
~NCDC Head Of Prevention & Programmes, Dr Ochu
https://youtu.be/X1lRBKxL2-c


📰 Nigeria Media And The Fight Against COVID-19 Misinformation
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/10/nigeria-media-and-the-fight-against-covid-19-misinformation/
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🌍 GLOBAL UPDATES

🦠 Why Is There A Fixation On The African Continent’s COVID-19 Numbers?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/furahaasani/2020/09/16/why-is-there-a-fixation-on-the-african-continents-covid-19-numbers/amp/


🚨 ’We’ve Been Set Back About 25 Years In About 25 Weeks By The COVID-19 Pandemic’
~Bill & Melinda Gates
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/report/2020-report/


💉 List Of Vaccine Candidates That Have Made It To Phase 1 And Beyond
https://bit.ly/3bpuxAj
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https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

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