By Jonathan Ugbal Two new cases of the SARS – CoV – 2 have been recorded in Cross River State says the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC. The NCDC announced 131 cases for Thursday with the following distribution. This means the state has now recorded a total of 85 cases. It is the first
By Patrick Obia The Calabar Canaan City Lions Club, a service organisation on Wednesday in Calabar, witnessed the first eye surgery performed at an eye theater complex it donated in 2019 to the Cross River State Government. The complex is located at the General Hospital Calabar and is managed by the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF).
By Jonathan Ugbal The Commissioner for health in Cross River state, Dr. Betta Edu has said that the seeming discrepancies in the data for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases is due to the strict standing order of procedure (SOP) of the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC). There have been discrepancies in the reported number of
By Jonathan Ugbal The number of confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) cases in Cross River now stands at 58, four and 53 more than Taraba (54) and Kogi (5) states respectively. Data from the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that the state recorded 13 new cases on Sunday. The country recorded 304 new cases
Governor Ayade of Cross River state has earmarked N24billion for COVID-19 relief and recovery. The figure was contained in the reviewed 2020 Budget of Olympotic Merristemasis sent to the State House of Assembly, yesterday for consideration. The initial budget of 1.1trillion which the governor signed in January 2020 was reviewed downward to N147,130,166,996 and 16.3
By Jonathan Ugbal The chronicles of the SARS – CoV-2 in Cross River remains one of discordant tones as the state’s chapter of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has written the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) decrying what it perceives to be sharp practices. The association said while the two
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper The Cross River Government yesterday faulted the July 22, 2020 petition by the State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to the Minister of Health, Dr. Ehanire Osagie, accusing it of undermining the existing COVID-19 protocols of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Presidential Task Force
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced three more cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) for Cross River state. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 40. According to the NCDC, there are 28 active cases in the state. The NCDC announced 555 new cases of the SARS