Francis Egbokhare, president of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) said it important to make clear the science in the fight against the virus.
The event will also be streamed live on our Facebook page.“Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to the virtual colloquium on divergent opinions from professionals on some of the pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical measures being adopted by relevant authorities to curb the spread of the virus”, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson and the anchor of the event said.
“Some professionals have also argued that handwashing with soap alone is not completely effective without the additional use of alcohol-based sanitizers, while some experts have argued that one can serve in place of the other”, organizers said. Also speaking, president of the Nigerian Academy of science, Sunday Bwala said the confusion on measures been adopted in the fight against the contagion might hamper the country’s national strategy and response to the disease.He said the confusion on the national response to COVID-19 was brought to fore when two states in Nigeria was in denial of the statistics and strategies used by NCDC, Nigeria’s infectious disease outfit.
He starts by sharing a story about a protracted debate about the health benefits of coffee and alcohol. Mr Adigwe said the agency used international best practices to checkmate the quality of hand sanitizers in circulation.Mr Sani, a former director of Nigeria’s Agency for the Control of Aids , recounts how COVID-19 started spreading in Nigeria.
He said on March 23, the national airports were closed and on March 30, Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun were locked initially and in mid-may, the easing of the lockdown started. Mr Aliyu said one of the major challenges is that the awareness is still low on various measures adopted for preventing and checking COVID-19.
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