With Nigerians becoming lax about contracting coronavirus despite the rising cases, the private sector Coalition Against COVID19 (CACOVID) has launched a grassroots mobilisation and enlightenment campaign.
With a mission to educate people on COVID-19, CACOVID flagged-off the pilot phase in Lagos and Rivers states and the Federal Capital Territory .
In most of the communities visited, the teams corrected misinformation and false beliefs that alcoholic drinks, popularly calledAccording to Chiejina, with measures by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and state governments to ease the lockdown and reopen the economy, there is the fear of an imminent spike in the number of cases.
Chiejina said the scepticism is further fueled by the thinking that COVID-19 is a disease for the rich. The multidisciplinary team comprises about 20 health professionals. Armed with various instructional posters and banners, it has been supplementing CACOVID’s work as a sub-team.He said: “This kind of reminder is what we need at this time and we need it as often as possible.
Chima said as the team buses inch along the campaign trail, obvious gains of the exercise could be observed. In the FCT, the campaign train took the awareness drive to communities in Nyanya, Kutunku, Mpampe, Gwarinpa and Kubwa.
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