“Now, COVID-19 is on
a much larger scale – at the moment in 22 states but it will grow to every
state in Nigeria, there is no reason why it won’t – it is a respiratory
virus."
The Nigeria Centre
for Disease Control has said that there is no reason why Coronavirus won’t
spread to all 36 states of the federation.
According to
Director-General of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, the disease will spread further
because it was highly contagious.
He made the comments
while speaking on a programme on Channels Television on Thursday.
He said, “We have
responded to Lassa smoothly and nobody shut down the country because it wasn’t
necessary, the response was fairly efficient.
“Now, COVID-19 is on
a much larger scale – at the moment in 22 states but it will grow to every
state in Nigeria, there is no reason why it won’t – it is a respiratory
virus."
At the moment,
Nigeria has 407 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and 12 recorded deaths.
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