According to the
latest update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, 52 new cases
were recorded in 6 and the Federal Capital Territory in the past 24 hours.
In the same period,
the health officials also recorded one new death, taking the country's total
number of virus-related fatalities to 2,978.
While the total number
of people recovered and discharged stands at 207,312 after 8 COVID-19 patients
were discharged in the past 24 hours across the country.
There are 3,980 active
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria – up from 3,937 it was the previous day, NCDC said.
The public health officials
in its breakdown via its official Facebook
page on Wednesday said that Lagos recorded the highest number of cases with 29
infections, 12 in FCT, Kaduna had 4, Bauchi had 3, Kano had 2, Ogun and Oyo recorded
1 case each.
According to the updates, Delta, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Sokoto states reported no cases of the virus on Wednesday.
However, to ensure all civil servants are fully vaccinated before December 1, 2021, the Nigerian government has commenced office-to-office COVID-19 vaccination in federal ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs).
The Executive Director
of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib,
said this at a briefing by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on
COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.
Mr Shuaib said the
move is to further ease access to COVID-19 vaccines by government employees.
“We have also
commenced office-to-office vaccination in Federal Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs). What this simply means is that government employees who are
yet to be vaccinated will find a vaccination site around their offices to
register and get vaccinated,” he said.
He noted that “this
will help in preventing the excuse of having to leave their place of employment
to a distant vaccination site”.
The executive director
said “from time to time, civil servants will be picked at random to check or
assess their COVID-19 antibody titre”.
He said this will help
detect persons who may have fraudulently acquired the COVID-19 vaccination
cards without vaccination.
“Anyone who has been
found to have fraudulently obtained the vaccination card without vaccination
would be handed over to the law enforcement authorities,” he said.
He noted that the
agency is collaborating with the Nigerian Military, Police, and the
Para-Military institutions in the establishment of mass vaccination sites in
their locations around the country.
“We will also be
assisting with the deployment of our vaccination teams to all sites identified
by these institutions,” he said.
Mr Shuaib said as of
Monday, over six million eligible persons have received the first shot of the
COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria.
He also said over 3.5
million persons have received their second shots, making them fully vaccinated.
“As of Monday the 29th
of November 2021, 6,504,043 eligible persons have received the first dose of
the COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.
“3,586,812 persons
have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19,” he said.
He also said none of
the vaccinated persons have died as a result of taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mr Shuaib also said
over 30 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are on ground with the country
expecting another 60 million doses before the first quarter of 2022.
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