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Covid-19: NCDC Registers 238 Additional Cases, Two Deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered additional 238 Covid-19 cases in the country.
The NCDC made this known on its official website handle yesterday morning.
The Tide source reports that the new infections indicate an increase from the 203 cases announced a day earlier.
It said the country’s Covid-19 cases continued to rise for seven consecutive weeks across Africa, including Nigeria, signalling the third wave of the deadly Delta variant.
It stated that the 238 additional new cases were reported from five states.
“The Lagos State where a majority of the cases were picked on Wednesday reported 181, while Akwa Ibom registered 45, Oyo announced 8, while Ogun and Ekiti recorded 2 and 1 respectively,” it said.
It noted that Wedn-esday’s report included zero cases from Rivers, Osun, Ondo, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, and Nasarawa States.
The NCDC noted that the country’s confirmed Covid-19 cases stood at 170,122 as of July 21, while active cases stood at 3,251.
The agency stated that eight people who had recovered from the disease had been discharged from isolation centres across the country.
The NCDC added that till date, 164,741 recoveries had been recorded nationwide in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
It noted that there were two Covid-19 related deaths on Wednesday, and the country’s total fatality stood at 2,130.
The NCDC said the country had also tested more than 2.4 million samples for the virus out of the country’s roughly 200 million population.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The Alliance Française Port Harcourt in conjunction with the Embassy of France Nigeria over the weekend joined the globe to campaign against the 2025 gender- based violence (GBV) with the theme: “16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Voice”
The event which took place at the event Hall of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt was in collaboration with the Female in Gaming Network, ( FIGN) and partnership with Nexal a body that seeks to promote online safety and responsible digital behaviour.
The Tide reports that the project which was aimed at promoting digital safety and girls inclusion in Gaming, with the initiative tagged ‘Gameover Gender- Base Violence’was part of the global campaign against gender- based Violence.
The activity which experienced a flavour of festivity was full of fun and excitements as participants took part in tournaments on popular digital games such as Mario kart and EAFC 25, with an intent to creating safer and more inclusive digital spaces.
The Director of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs Marina Lacal said that these activities were designed to encourage inclusion of girls, team work and fair play on online gaming spaces, saying that the gaming world reflects these inequalities, where female players are often under represented.
According to her the main objectives of the initiative was to provide a supportive environment for girls and female in gaming network.
“GameOverGBV” is a project created to reshape this landscape by offering an innovative inclusiveness of girls on online digital Gaming community and digital environments that provide opportunities for creativity, learning and connection, but also fight against Gender-Based Violence Digital Gaming,”she said
She however, explained that the Digital Game, sport competitions, was launched to strengthen social and digital skills through games, workshops, and raise awareness among all young participants about respect, equality and digital citizenship.
The Tide News reports that in Port Harcourt, the competition brought together 100 young participants from three major universities: University of Port Harcourt, ( UNIPORT),Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE) and Rivers State University (RSU)as well as students from four selected secondary schools, Oginigba comprehensive Secondary.School, Vine lnternational, Virgo predicanda lnternational, and Excellent Montessori Secondary school.
“This is an approach where girls and boys can learn, play and collaborate in a more respectful and safe space for young women, while ensuring a safe, enjoyable and respectful digital environment. It also expose young women to cyberbullying, exclusion, sexist comments and online hate,” Mrs. Lacal said.
Earlier, a game developer Sophia Nei and her. team had engaged participants in an interactive session with the theme: “Can Video Games Be Safe Spaces For Girls?”
However, Mrs Nei and her team educated the girls on the benefits and violence on online digital gaming and urged them ( participants)to learn to say ‘No’ to Online hate, sexist and cyber bullying, while encouraging them(students) to stand up for themselves by reporting such issues to the appropriate authority.
Highlight of the competition was the awarding of prizes to winners by the Director of Alliance Française, Mrs Marina Lacal.
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