[TOP STORY] COVID fourth wave: Isolation centres beginning to fill up, says NCDC | TheCable COVID19
Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general, said this on Thursday while speaking on AIT’s Kakaaki programme.
“It is responsible for the increase that we’re seeing in COVID-19 cases, but it is also important to note that even as that is happening, the existing Delta variant is still persisting. It’s either slowly being replaced or has already been replaced by Omicron,“ he said.solation centres and treatment centres in some of our cities, especially those that typically have the highest burden, are already beginning to fill up.
Speaking on the reluctance of Nigerians to receive the vaccine, the director-general said by continuing in the disbelief of the existence of COVID-19 and not adhering to public health safety measures, or getting vaccinated, “we’re allowing transmission to continue in an unmitigated fashion which means that there’s a risk, even with moderate and severe cases, our health care system may get overwhelmed”.
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