Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 110 new COVID-19 cases, with no related death in the daily infection chart. The public health agency noted that the country’s fatality toll stood at 2,122, while the new cases jerked up total infections to 168,110. The public health agency noted that the country’s active COVID-19 cases were still over 1,500, with 1,016 in Lagos State alone. xIt, therefore, urged Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine as it was safe and effective. It noted that “the fight against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is an aggressive one that requires Nigerians to play their role.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2021 08:15 UTC