The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is transiting the country from acute emergency response to managing COVID-19 as part of integrated healthcare delivery for all infectious diseases.
This is followed by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
The NCDC, via its official website on Monday, said Nigeria had already de-escalated its COVID-19 response since 2022 in response to local epidemiology and focused on encouraging COVID-19 vaccination and recommended discretionary use of face masks and other public health safety measures according to personal risk assessments.
The Nigeria Public Health Institute said the move was complemented by efforts to leverage the pandemic response (lessons, resources, partnerships, etc) to improve national health security.
It said the improvement would be through health system strengthening, improving…
