Encourage your family & community to practice these healthy habits to help slow the spread of #COVID19

✔️ Wash or sanitize your hands 🙌🏾 frequently
✔️ Wear a face mask in public 😷
✔️ Always cough or sneeze into your elbow
✔️ Practice physical distancing, 2 arms length apart
✔️ Stay indoors and self isolate if you feel sick
✔️ Get vaccinated

The power to stop #COVID19 is in our hands 🙌🏾

#TakeResponsibility

📣 #CelebrateResponsibly

The response to the #COVID19 pandemic requires a whole-of-society approach. Individuals, families and institutions need to play their part in protecting each other by ensuring adherence to public health and social measures.

Our yuletide season campaign - #CelebrateResponsibly, focuses specifically on measures Nigerians need to take to protect themselves and their loved ones during this period.

Read press release with more information on the campaign:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/352/celebrate-responsibly-campaign%3A-ncdc-intensifies-covid-19-awareness-ahead-of-the-yuletide-s

1368 new cases of COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-844
FCT-209
Oyo-58
Abia-51
Ondo-39
Ogun-30
Kaduna-26
Delta-20
Akwa Ibom-17
Osun-15
Ekiti-12
Anambra-7
Zamfara-7
Cross River-6
Kano-6
Kwara-6
Rivers-6
Bauchi-5
Gombe-3
Plateau-1

225,255 confirmed
211,660 discharged
2,985 deaths

Today’s report includes:

▪️7 confirmed cases reported from Anambra state for the 19th December 2021
▪️26 confirmed cases reported from Kaduna state for the 19th (10) & 20th (16) December 2021
▪️11 discharged cases reported from Anambra state for 19th December 2021
▪️13 Discharged cases reported from FCT for 20th December 2021
▪️ 0 cases reported from Sokoto State

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

#TakeResponsibility

Join the #CelebrateResponsibly campaign!

Together we can #TakeResponsibility to reduce the spread of #COVID19 this festive season:

😷 Wear a face mask
🚫 Avoid large gatherings
🚶‍♂️↔🚶‍♂️ Observe physical distancing
💦 Wash hands frequently with soap & water
💉 Get vaccinated

Download the campaign resources via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/resource/

#CelebrateResponsibly! Protect others!

Do not mingle with others if you have  symptoms suggestive of #COVID19.

A sudden loss of taste & smell with fever, headache or runny nose may be #COVID19

Please do not ignore these symptoms. #TakeResponsibility to prevent the risk of spread.

#Lassafever is spread through contact with:

✅ Body fluids such as urine, saliva or blood of infected rats
✅ Household items or food contaminated with body fluids of infected rats
✅ Body fluids of an infected person

Read more 🔗
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/350/lassa-fever-public-health-advisory

2123 new cases of COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-1552
FCT-197
Edo-155
Rivers-81
Delta-44
Plateau-33
Kwara-30
Kano-16
Enugu-12
Gombe-2
Bauchi-1

227,378 confirmed
211,761 discharged
2,989 deaths

Today’s report includes:

▪️33 confirmed cases and 10 discharges reported from Plateau state for 20th December 2021
▪️12 confirmed cases reported from Enugu state for 20th December 2021
▪️ 0 cases reported from Sokoto State

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

#TakeResponsibility

Are you organising or attending an event? Outdoor activities are highly recommended

➡ Ensure venues do not accommodate more than 50% of normal capacity
➡ Ensure sitting arrangements allow for physical distancing
➡ Ensure adequate hand hygiene facilities or hand sanitiser at the venue
➡ Ensure proper use of face mask by all attendees
➡ In closed settings, ensure adequate ventilation or air conditioning in addition to other prevention measures

#CelebrateResponsibly to prevent the spread of #COVID19

#CelebrateResponsibly

There is an increase in confirmed #COVID19 cases recorded in Nigeria

We encourage all Nigerians to take collective responsibility

✅Wear a face mask properly to cover your nose & mouth in public

✅Wash your hands regularly with soap under running water

✅Practice physical distancing

#TakeResponsibility

#LassaFever is an infectious disease spread mainly by rodents & can cause outbreaks

✅ Store foodstuff in well covered containers
✅ Eliminate rodents (rats) in homes & communities by setting rat traps
✅ Always keep your environment clean

📌 Learn more:
https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/L

4035 new cases of COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-3,393
Rivers-260
Edo-62
Akwa Ibom-42
Kaduna-39
Ekiti-38
Oyo-38
Delta-31
Kano-31
Ogun-30
Abia-26
Bauchi-15
Ondo-14
Enugu-9
Kwara-7

231,413 confirmed
211,853 discharged
2,991 deaths

Today’s report includes:

▪️Additional 2,536 confirmed cases reported from Lagos state for 13th (37), 14th (365), 15th (197), 16th (577), 18th (742) & 19th (618) December
▪️42 confirmed cases reported from Akwa Ibom state for 20th (13) & 21st (29) December
▪️ 9 confirmed & 6 discharged cases reported from Enugu state for 21st December
▪️0 cases reported from Gombe, Osun and Sokoto State

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

#TakeResponsibility

📣LIVE

Join our NCDC Director General - Dr Ifedayo Adetifa live NOW on AIT Online Kakaaki to discuss NCDC’s response to the #COVID19 4th wave in Nigeria & safety measures

Live stream
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDQjJPhB180

#CelebrateResponsibly

Not every #COVID19 infected individual shows symptoms.

Everyone needs to maintain a HIGHER index of suspicion for #COVID19 and #CelebrateResponsibly

✅Always wear a face mask
✅Wash your hands regularly with soap under running water
✅Cough/ sneeze into your elbow
🚫Avoid gatherings with poor adherence to prevention measures

It is important to #CelebrateResponsibly and adhere to public health advisories to limit the spread of #COVID19 this festive season.

Read and share our public health advisories for:

➡ Security Agencies and Personnel in Nigeria
➡ Religious Organisations and Community Leaders
➡ General Public

🔗Read via https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/press

#TakeResponsibility