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PRESS STATEMENT_COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CONTAINMENT IS POSSIBLE

March 13, 2020

The outbreak of the respiratory disease, COVID-19, as announced by China in December 2019 has since put the world on edge. With the diagnosis and announcement of a case in Lagos (a traveler from Italy) on the 26th of February, the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease is now a reality in Nigeria. In pursuit of her mission to help solve national problems through the instrumentality of science, The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) wishes to Read...

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Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS talks to BBC on COVID-19 in Africa

March 25, 2020

Past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS talks to BBC on COVID-19 in Africa. Watch interview here

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC Time to lock down the country

March 25, 2020

Regrettably, Nigeria has, during the last one week, seen a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases. It is now time for a national lock down, especially now that the disease has invaded the highest level of...

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The Nigerian Academy of Science held its 1st NAS Annual Scientific Conference

March 4, 2020

The Nigerian Academy of Science held its 1st NAS Annual Scientific Conference on the 4th and 5th of February, 2020 in Lagos. The conference, themed “The Role of Science in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framed around five...

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Lassa fever kills 1,047 patients, health workers in 50 years

February 19, 2020

Nigeria Academy of Science (NAS) has raised the alarm over the impact of Lassa fever yearly resurgence, saying since the first case was reported in Nigeria 50 years ago in January 1969, a total of 16,783 suspected cases have...

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Declare national emergency now; set up interdisciplinary One-Health Committee — NAS

February 19, 2020

A total of 1,047 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever since the first reported case in 1969, the Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, has stated. The NAS is the apex and official science academy of Nigeria, established in 1977...

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Lax lab analysis, late hospital admission cause of Lassa fever deaths —NAS president

February 19, 2020

As the number of cases of Lassa fever continues to rise all over the country, President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Mosto Onuoha, has called on the Federal Government to declare the ravaging disease a ‘public health...

Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS talks to BBC on COVID-19 in Africa

COVID-19 PANDEMIC Time to lock down the country

The Nigerian Academy of Science held its 1st NAS Annual Scientific Conference

Lassa fever kills 1,047 patients, health workers in 50 years

Declare national emergency now; set up interdisciplinary One-Health Committee — NAS

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PRESS STATEMENT_COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CONTAINMENT IS POSSIBLE

Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS talks to BBC on COVID-19 in Africa

COVID-19 PANDEMIC Time to lock down the country

The Nigerian Academy of Science held its 1st NAS Annual Scientific Conference

Lassa fever kills 1,047 patients, health workers in 50 years

Declare national emergency now; set up interdisciplinary One-Health Committee — NAS

Lax lab analysis, late hospital admission cause of Lassa fever deaths —NAS president

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