There is therefore need to improve on our mass testing of the population, especially in densely populated cities and satellite states of Lagos and Kano in particular...
on Covid-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to curb community transmission of the pandemic.
We need to ask ourselves in Nigeria the following pertinent questions: Is social distancing possible in densely populated slums of big cities like Lagos and Kano – especially in shared houses of one-room apartment buildings, each with an average of 10 rooms and each room housing at least four to five occupants totalling a shared population of 40/50 people who share at best two toilets, two bathrooms and two...
Will hand washing for personal and community hygiene be possible and enforceable in houses, communities, markets and public places without public water supply? Even major cities in Nigeria lack public toilet facilities, with only petrol stations and eateries providing succour to people when pressed. With a conservative population estimate of 200 million Nigerians, and with a capacity of fewer than 50,000 that have been tested nationwide so far, the signs are ominous that we have not reached the zenith of the infection, talk less of flattening the curve.
There is therefore need to improve on our mass testing of the population, especially in densely populated cities and satellite states of Lagos and Kano in particular, both of which now appear to be the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria. More importantly, federal and state security agencies should continue to enforce strictly the president’s order banning inter-state travels except for exempted purposes.
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