One of the city's most senior civil servants has said it is "never too late" for children to get the MMR vaccine, as statistics reveal more than one in 10 very young children are not fully protected from measles.
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Last week, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day and World Immunisation week.
The commemoration was done amidst the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed over 3 million lives globally and over 2,000 lives in Nigeria.
As Nigeria continues to record few new COVID-19 cases, the fatality from the virus has also declined with only two deaths recorded in the last 18 days.
More Nigerians are still taking shots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and approximately 1.2 million persons have received their first dose of the vaccines=, according to data by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today.
There are also no new cases to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities.
The total number of active cases in New Zealand today remains at 23.
Our total number of confirmed cases remains at 2,257.
Since 1 January 2021, there have been 49 historical cases, out of a total of 441 cases.
Testing information
The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 2,018,845.
On Thursday, 5,303 tests were processed. The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 3,734 tests processed.
Brisbane Airport green zone breach
We are in contact with Queensland Health officials today following this reported breach and will be able to provide updated information as soon as we can.