Coronavirus: The world cannot return to normalcy until 2021 – NCDC DG

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The director-general of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , Chikwe Ihekweazu, has stated when Nigeria and the rest of the world would not return to normalcy.Ihekweazu spoke at the 24th edition of The Platform, hosted by Poju Oyemade’s Covenant Nation.

“We are faced with a difficult reality and we are not unique in this, every country is right now looking at the same challenge and how to get us back to some level of normalcy, but the reality is that we are going to live with COVID-19 for the next year at the very least,” he said“The emphasis on handwashing, sanitisers, respiratory hygiene; my goal as the leader of the NCDC is that we continue this forever,” he said.

“The thing about mass gathering, it will be a big challenge for us, but we have to try. Every business, every church… every religious gathering of any form, social gatherings, weddings, we really have to rethink how we do this in the short term. He added

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