Iran’s confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at more than 682,000.
The major challenge faced in addressing the disease was insecurity in some local government areas.
An association of dentists held its annual conference in Abuja on Saturday.
It was not immediately clear how many lives have been claimed by the disease across the two communities.
A staff and four students have tested positive for coronavirus in the school, days after 181 people tested positive in another school.
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Nigeria, together with four other countries account for half of the under-5 deaths in the world.
The government banker says its interventions were largely in the areas of manufacturing, agriculture, electricity and housing.
COVID-19 so far killed 43 people in the state compared to the 124 killed by malnutrition in nine months.
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The Obama administration has signed onto the agreement in September 2016.
The South American nation is expecting a consignment of the vaccine from Russia by December, once the final clinical trial is successful.
