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What A Sad Story! Kano Loses 13 Important People Within A Day
Kano Loses 13 Important People Within A Day
Death which has become a common household name in Kano has caused fear in the minds of residents of Kano State over the unusually high number of deaths been recorded in a small amount number of hours.
In records, within 24 Hours, 13 prominent people have died. This death includes professors, a newspaper editor, and other professionals.
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The Nation Newspaper recorded the names of those who have died in the state within Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26, which are:
- Prof Ibrahim Ayagi
2. Dr. Musa Umar Gwarzo
3. Alhaji Dahiru Rabiu (former Grand Khadi)
4. Musa Tijjani (Editor of Triumph Newspaper)
5. Adamu Isyaku Dal, who was a former Executive Secretary of the State Universal Basic Education Board
6. Alhaji Salisu Lado
7. Hajiya Shamsiyya Mustapha
8. Hajiyaj Nene Umma
9. Alhaji Garba Sarki Fagge
10. Dr Nasiru Maikano Bichi, Secretary Student Affairs, northwest university
11. Prof Aliyu Umar Dikko of Physiology Department, Bayero University Kano
12. Ado Gwanja’s mother
13. Professor Balarabe Maikaba, a senior lecturer of mass communication at the Bayero University, Kano
Several people in the state are reported to have died from unexplained causes.
Reports have emerged that cemeteries in the state have witnessed an increase in the number of burials.
The increasing death rate amid the coronavirus pandemic is said to be causing fear among some residents in the state.
Meanwhile, following the mass deaths recorded in Kano state amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an investigation should be launched into the situation immediately.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on July 29, reported the highest case load of covid 19 in almost five months.
With 558 new infections recorded on Thursday, the NCDC stated that the cases were reported in 15 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
Lagos recorded 376 new infections, Oyo 33, Akwa Ibom 26, and the FCT 22
Others are Imo with 15 new cases, Bayelsa – 13, Ekiti – 13, Kano – 12, Ogun – 11, Plateau – 11, Delta – 9, Jigawa – 6, Rivers – 4, Zamfara – 4, Edo – 3, and Ebonyi – 1.
Two deaths were recorded on Thursday bringing the total number of deaths to 2,141, with total confirmed cases in the country put at 178,821, and 164,930 recoveries.
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Four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will go to Nigeria and 5.66 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to South Africa, the officials said.
The South Africa shipment is the single largest sent by the United States since it began sending vaccine shots overseas, one of the officials said. The latest shipments bring the total number of U.S. vaccine doses sent to Africa to 16.4 million.
The urgently needed help comes as amid growing concern about vaccination rates in Africa, which lag far behind those of advanced economies.
Experts worry that the highly contagious Delta variant could pose another setback, if countries begin requiring booster shots for fully-vaccinated individuals, a move that would slow shipments of urgently needed vaccines to developing countries.
The White House said equitable global access to safe and effective vaccines was essential to ending the pandemic.
“We are working to get as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people around the world as fast as possible,” one of the White House officials said in a statement.
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Nigeria expects to take delivery of 29 million doses of Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine in August, allowing it to ramp up its vaccination programme just as a third wave of infections takes hold, the health minister said.
Health Minister Osagie Ehanire told reporters on Monday, that the single-dose vaccine would be advantageous for Nigeria, given its partly nomadic population and weak systems for keeping track of people and arranging for second doses.
Ehanire said Nigeria was also expecting four million doses of the Moderna vaccine, 700,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and an unspecified quantity of Pfizer and Sinopharm doses. He said all of those were expected in the third quarter.
The minister also warned that the covid-19 infection numbers were rising due to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, noting that 216 people had tested positive in the last 24 hours, most of them in Lagos and Akwa Ibom.
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With an estimated 200 million citizens, Nigeria has so far vaccinated a tiny fraction of its population. The most recent data, in June, showed that 2 million people had received one dose and 700,000 had received two. In total, Nigeria has so far taken delivery of under 4 million doses.
The government had announced in March it was hoping to secure 70 million doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine this year through an African Union programme, with an initial batch of 30 million to be delivered in the third quarter.
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