As of April 9, Nigeria has 288 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, a 55 per cent increase in the figure recorded at the end previous week .
There have been an additional 104 cases in the last one week spread across Lagos, Edo, Osun, Ondo Oyo, Kaduna, Kwara, Rivers, Delta, Katsina, Bauchi States and the Federal Capital Territory. While states like Edo, Katsina and Kwara recorded their first cases, other states with high cases enforced lockdown and restriction of movements in a bid to curtail the further spread of the virus.
While these states have only recorded few cases, there exists a fear that the lifting of the ban on social gatherings could lead to the spread of the virus. The medical personnel would be training health workers at the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 and also oversee activities of the health workers.
NCDCgov As at today according to John Hopkins data published in WorldoMeter South Africa has done +73,000 test, Egypt 25,000, Nigeria with a population of 200M just did 5,300 test. We are not serious in stopping the spread.
NCDCgov Because there has been a moderate testing.
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