COVID-19 Update: Nigeria had recorded a total of 13 cases of the UK variant 

09 Feb COVID-19 Update: Nigeria had recorded a total of 13 cases of the UK variant 

Other highlights of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing yesterday:

Nigeria has kept abreast of global development and supports the call of WHO for fair and equitable distribution of vaccines, since covid19 is a threat to mankind; Nigeria is expecting 58 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX and African Union AVATT platform.

International travellers, who violate the guidelines on preventing the spread of the virus, risk imprisonment.

Monday Cases: There were 643 new cases and 6 deaths in Nigeria yesterday. So far, there are 140, 391 confirmed cases, 114635 recoveries and 1673 deaths.

The 643 new cases were reported from 19 states: Oyo (88), Lagos (86), Rivers (55), Edo (54), Akwa Ibom (53), Adamawa (52), Plateau (45), Kaduna (41), FCT (34), Kwara (27), Benue (20), Kano (19), Delta (18), Nasarawa (16), Niger (15), Bayelsa (11), Borno (5), Bauchi (2), and Sokoto (2)

CACOVID vs BUA Group: The Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, has disowned the BUA Group’s move to buy vaccines for the country, stating that no individual or company can purchase vaccines directly from any legitimate and recognized manufacturer.

But the Group has released details of what transpired at the CACOVID steering committee where the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele announced that CACOVID had been given the opportunity through the Afrexim Platform to access and pay for 1million doses, provided payment was made today or tomorrow – failure which the opportunity to get those doses next week may be lost.