The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has warned 80 to 90 percent of residents in Lagos, Enugu, Nasarawa and Gombe states are still susceptible to the COVID-19 virus, according to a recent COVID-19 Household Seroprevalence Surveys carried out by the NCDC and the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research .
Speaking during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on covid-19 in Abuja, Ihekweazu added that the country has 54 cases of the United Kingdom’s variant of the COVID-19 virus. “Concerning the covid-19 household prevalence survey just completed, between September and October 2020, a household seroprevalence for covid-19 was carried out in four states in Nigeria – Lagos, Nasarawa, Gombe and Enugu state.“Following up on our epidemiological analysis, we now have the results which we will include in shaping public health response.
“The findings for this survey showed that the highest estimated prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the population was 23 percent in Lagos and Enugu States, 19 percent in Nasarawa State, and 9 percent in Gombe State.