“If you know someone who has recently met with a COVID-19 patient, please be supportive.”
He dialled the publicised hotline of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control , asking for immediate evacuation for testing, quarantine and treatment. Six weeks of relentless Whatsapp messages, SMSs and voice exchanges, yet no one has shown up. Apologetic voices at the other end keep telling Bunmi to exercise some patience as the institution had no test kits on the ground to test and process new patients.
Amidst the cloud of scepticism, conspiracy theories fly upwards like smoke from a witch’s cauldron. Social media regales the mind with unbelievable sights and sounds.
Meanwhile, Nigerians themselves have taken the initiative to demystify the disease. In our usual penchant to adopt the DIY approach to helping ourselves, our people have resorted to home-made face masks and nose covers to answer the need of the moment. The itinerant Obioma tailor can make three within the hour.
And for what? The jury is still out on whether the whole world did not press the panic button unnecessarily in the face of this NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. Scientists insist viruses have always been with us –from your pet dog to your bed, to your poo, to your toilet handle, in your toothbrush, in the air! Microbes fill everywhere! These microscopic neighbours are a million times more in population than all human race put together.
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