Daily COVID Tracker: NCDC logs 45 cases in six states, 71 recoveries

March 29, 2022 7:45 am

Nigeria has reported 45 cases of COVID. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Tuesday.

COVID travel restrictions should be lifted, says Brazil’s health regulator

Brazil’s health regulatory agency (Anvisa) says COVID-19 travel restrictions should be eased in the country.

Anvisa said COVID cases and deaths have declined in the country, recommending a quarantine for unvaccinated travellers should be lifted.

The health agency also said people who have not been vaccinated must still present proof of a negative COVID-19 test result before entering the country but quarantining should be abolished immediately.

If COVID-19 cases are found aboard, cruisers and cargo ships will be quarantined and must remain in isolation when moored, with only health officials allowed to board, according to Anvisa.

Germany kicks against COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he has not agreed to a planned intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines.

Scholz said patents are a critical means of motivating corporations to continue investing in new research.

Before being adopted, the waiver proposed by the US, European Union, India, and South Africa in March would need formal approval from the WTO’s 164 member countries, including Germany.

Months of negotiations about how to speed up COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in underdeveloped nations, where vaccination rates have lagged behind those in wealthier countries, resulted in the prospective waiver arrangement.

According to him, a better strategy for making vaccines available would be to transfer vaccine production facilities to Africa.

Nigeria logs 45 infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 45 cases of COVID-19.

The agency in its update for March 28, 2022, says the new cases were logged in five states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

The new cases as reported by the states are presented below:

Lagos-27
FCT-10
Rivers-3
Bauchi-2
Kaduna-2
Kano-1
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Seventy-one persons were discharged after they recovered from the infections.

No death was reported leaving the total fatality figure at 3,142.

The NCDC said Monday’s report includes data for March 26, 27, and 28.

Nigeria now has a total of 255,341 infections and 249,566 recoveries.

Ghana reviews COVID protocol

The Ghanaian government says the use of face masks will no longer be compulsory.

The updated COVID protocol which took effect on Monday was announced by Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana.

According to him, the decision to review Ghana’s COVID protocol was as a result of the declining number of infections as well as the success recorded with vaccination.

Fully vaccinated travellers into Ghana are no longer required to take PCR tests from the country of departure to allow them entry into Ghana and will not be tested on arrival.

China imposes COVID lockdown in Shanghai as cases spread.

China has imposed a COVID lockdown in Shanghai to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak.

Shanghai, China’s financial capital, has recorded a surge in COVID cases in recent days.

The citywide lockdown is expected to curb the spread of the virus.