The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has reported twenty-five fresh coronavirus cases in Benue State.

The W.H.O. surveillance officer for the state, Ogechukwu Chigbo, disclosed this at a one-day Civil Society Organizations and Media Engagement/Orientation meeting on the COVID-19 ramp-up in Makurdi, the state capital.

Chigbo cautioned that COVID-19 is still prevalent in Nigeria and emphasized the need for people to take advantage of the availability of vaccines to protect themselves.

Meanwhile, as of August, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it was monitoring the new EG.5 and BA.2.86 sub-variants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus reported in 51 countries.

She pointed out that the global organization had decided to integrate COVID-19 vaccination into the routine immunization exercise to further drive coverage in the state.

According to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), as of the 31st of October, 70 per cent of eligible persons in Nigeria are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 80 per cent of eligible persons in Nigeria are at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19.