Associates of Lawan
Inuwa, member of the Yobe State House of Assembly, who has been infected with
the virus, told SaharaReporters on Thursday that they are worried they might
have also contracted the virus and have no support from the Nigeria Center for Disease
Control or the state government.
Residents of Yobe
State are reporting more deaths of family, friends and neighbours, who have
showed Coronavirus symptoms.
Associates of Lawan
Inuwa, member of the Yobe State House of Assembly, who has been infected with
the virus, told SaharaReporters on Thursday that they are worried they might
have also contracted the virus and have no support from the Nigeria Center for
Disease Control or the state government.
"The NCDC or
state government have not sent anyone to investigate the deaths in Nguru and
people are really in panic.
"Close to my
house someone died three days ago, it's almost a daily occurrence. Some of them
are friends and some of them are family. The symptoms that they are developing
is similar to COVID-19," a credible source said.
"Most of them
couldn't breath well prior to their deaths, oxygen was used to help them but
they couldn't make it.
"There are two
isolation centers, one in Damaturu and another in Nguru, which is not fully functional
but there's no activity," the source added.
The source went on
to say that there were no government officials on the ground to sensitise most
people of the state, who believe that the virus does not exist.
Commissioner of
Health in the state is said to be addressing journalists on the latest
developments in Yobe.
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