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26% of emergency calls a hoax – NCDC
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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control says 26 per cent of the calls its emergency centres received last week were ‘hoax’ calls. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr.

Chikwe Ihekwazu, said this during the briefing of the Covid-19 Presidential Task Force on Monday.

The NCDC boss said such calls clog the phone lines and make it difficult for genuine cases to contact the agency.

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