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Lagos leads as NCDC reports 31 instances of COVID-19 in six states

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Nigeria on Friday recorded 31 cases of COVID-19. Here are five updates about the pandemic this Saturday.

Moderna recalls over 700k COVID vaccine doses in Europe

Moderna says it is recalling 764,900 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine made by Rovi, its contract manufacturer, after a vial was found contaminated by a foreign body.

The drugmaker, in a statement on Friday, said the impacted vial was punctured and was not administered.

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“The lot is being recalled due to a foreign body being found in one vial in the lot manufactured at the Company’s contract manufacturing site, ROVI, in Spain,” the statement reads.

“Moderna, through its marketing authorization holder, Moderna Biotech Spain, S.L., and ROVI, were alerted to this issue through a product complaint from a vaccination centre in Malaga, Spain.

“The vial was returned for forensic assessment and investigation. This lot, which consisted of 764,900 doses, was distributed in Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden from 13-14 January 2022.

“Moderna conducted a cumulative search of its global safety database, and no safety concerns were reported in individuals who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from this lot. To date, no safety or efficacy issues have been identified.

About one in 13 people in England had COVID-19 last week, says ONS

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Office for National Statistics (ONS) says about one in 13 people in England, Wales and Scotland had COVID-19 last week.

ONS said the estimated rate in Northern Ireland was one in 16 people.

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According to ONS, the Omicron COVID variant was the dominant strain in all regions of the United Kingdom.

Nigeria logs 31 COVID cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 31 new COVID cases across the country.

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The agency in its updates for April 8, 2022, said the infections were logged in five states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

A breakdown of the cases is presented below:

Lagos-20
Rivers-3
Abia-2
Delta-2
FCT -2
Kaduna-2

The agency said 32 persons were discharged after they recovered from the infection. No death was reported as the fatality figure remains at 3,142.

The NCDC said the report includes data for April 7 and 8.

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Nigeria now has a total of 255,606 confirmed cases and 249,718 recoveries.

Gavi secures $4.8 billion in funding for COVAX

The global vaccine alliance Gavi has secured $4.8 billion in funding pledges for the vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX.

The secured fund is below the group’s earlier target. The organisation has said it will require an additional $5.2 billion to continue distributing COVID-19 vaccinations on a large scale as part of its worldwide vaccination campaign for poorer countries.

“It is really putting us in a very comfortable position,” Marie-Ange Saraka-Yao, Gavi’s managing director for resource mobilisation, said.

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South Africa targets undocumented people for COVID-19 vaccination

South Africa says it will target the “undocumented, vulnerable and those in remote areas” in the coming COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

The department of health disclosed this on Friday.

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“A key feature of this Vooma Vaccination Weekend will include the vaccination of vulnerable people, including undocumented citizens and individuals who have lost their identity documents,’’ Foster Mohale, spokesperson for the health department, said.

“Our message as a country has always been that no one will be left behind because no one is safe unless we are all safe. The COVID-19 vaccine is the most effective way of ensuring this is achieved.”

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UNIJOS students protest water scarcity, blackout

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Students at the University of Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, locked the institution’s gates protesting water scarcity and lack of electricity supply to their hostels.

The protesting students held placards with different inscriptions such as: ‘No light to soak gari’ and ‘We no get SUG.’

Others held empty buckets to symbolise the lack of water in the institution.

Some of the students, who spoke to our correspondent, lamented their plight and said that the situation had caused untold suffering to them and impacted negatively on their academic activities.

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One of the students, who gave his name simply as Josiah, said, “We don’t know what the school management wants the students to do. There has been no water in the hostels for the past two or three days. Even the blackout, which has been ongoing as well, has left several students completely stranded.

“Apart from that, we are also not happy with the school management over the dissolution of the Students Union Government because right now, the students have no direction because they don’t have any leadership.

“The VC and the school management have refused to give us a listening ear. They (school management) came here this morning and said we should send representatives to negotiate, but how can we be told to negotiate for our rights? This is not proper.

“The school management has now directed the students to send in representatives for negotiations. However, no one has volunteered to go since the protest was not led by the officials of the student body as the last SUG executives were dissolved in February and a new government has not been formed.”

It was learnt that following the protest, the university authority quickly deployed security operatives to the institution to prevent the protest from being hijacked by hoodlums to cause havoc, but the students were said to have vowed to stay at the gate until the issues were resolved.

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Some staff members of the university who were caught up in the protest, however, condemned the action of the students, describing it as unnecessary.

One of the staffers who refused to give his name said, “We got here this morning and discovered that the gate had been locked. Everything is not about protest. There was no official notice. We just started seeing students at the gate. I believe that if they had brought their complaints to the school management, they would have got immediate solution because the VC does not joke with the welfare of the students.”

Contacted, the university’s Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, acknowledged the challenge of water scarcity and blackout in the students’ hostels.

The Dean, who blamed the situation on the Jos Electricity Distribution Company over an outstanding debt, however, said that the problem had been resolved following an intervention by the Vice Chancellor.

“It is true that there was no water before now, but water has been supplied to the hostels. The JED severed our supply because of outstanding bills. The VC has intervened, and they are going to reconnect the light. As I am talking to you, water has been supplied. The light will be reconnected any moment from now and with the light restored, we won’t have the problem of water again,” the Dean assured.

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Police foil gunmen attack on Anambra station

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The Anambra State Police Command has said that it foiled a planned attack on the Police Divisional Headquarters in Nneni, in the Anaocha Local Government Area of the state.

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants, in the early hours of Thursday, invaded the police station, throwing explosive devices which burnt part of the building.

A source and one of the residents in the area said the hoodlums were attempting to free some inmates at the facility, but they were unsuccessful as police officers on duty repelled the attack.

When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack but added that no life was lost and the assailants were repelled.

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“In Nneni, no life was lost, no policeman was whisked away, and no arm was taken away. Instead, the hoodlums threw IEDs into the police facility which torched part of the building.

“Our operatives gallantly resisted the attackers which made them flee. Operations are still ongoing and further development shall be communicated, please,” Ikenga said.

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Oyo to punish teachers over illegal fees collection

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The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Nureni Adeniran, on Thursday, warned teachers in the state against the collection of illegal levies in public schools, saying any errant staff caught would be punished.

This is coming on the heels of reports that some errant teachers compelled pupils to pay for the ongoing second term unified promotion examination for public primary schools.

Adeniran, who gave this warning while monitoring the examination exercise in Ibadan, the state capital, said the present administration has been responsible for the printing of question-and-answer sheets for its unified examination exercise since inception of the current government.

He explained that the government had ensured the examination timetable was adhered to by all schools in the state.

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The chairman said, “The government cancelled the payment of fees by pupils and students in public, because it discovered that some errant staff imposed illegal fees in some areas. I, therefore, want to advice parents and guardians to report any case of collection of illegal fees to the board.

“Let me begin by apologising to parents and guardians whose pupils were forced to bring money for examinations. This is not from the board, and I will appeal to such parents to report the teachers to the board. The government has ensured that all necessary arrangements are put in place for a hitch free examination exercise. We paid for the printing and delivery of question and answer sheets.

“We are committed to the free and compulsory universal basic education, hence, no school or head teacher found imposing or collecting any levy not approved by government, will go unpunished.”

Adeniran said Governor Seyi Makinde had been regular in the payment of the state counterpart fund with the Universal Basic Education Commission, adding that the board access its funds and use them to develop infrastructure and capacity of personnel.

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He also commended the smooth conduct of examination in the centres visited.

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The Schools visited on Tuesday were, Community Basic School 1&2, Olorunsogo; Community Primary School, Olosunde; Atolu Model School 1-4, Oremeji; among others, while the schools visited today (Thursday) include, UAMC School, Eleja, Odo-Ona; AUD Primary School; UMC Basic School, Oke-Ado; Abiola Jacobs Schools 1,2,3; and Army Children School, Iwo-road.

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