Nigeria Records 114 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Rises To 1095

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 114 new cases of the coronavirus in the country.

In a tweet on Thursday night, the NCDC said that the new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 1095. The centre said that 80 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, 5 in FCT, 2 in Zamfara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna, 1 in Sokoto.

WHO Appoints Okonjo-Iweala As COVID-19 Special Envoy

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday named former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

She is to serve alongside British business executive, Sir Andrew Witty in the same capacity, to mobilize international commitment to the initiative. Director-General of the organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement during the launch of the ACT Accelerator from Geneva.