A virologist and chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has faulted calls by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC) that six states and Abuja should be placed...
A virologist and chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has faulted calls by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 that six states and Abuja should be placed on red alert following the impending third wave of the pandemic in the country and confirmation of the Delta variant of the disease.
But Tomori, who is also the pioneer vice chancellor of Redeemer’s University and a consultant to the World Health Organisation , said: “This proclamation and red alert is the typical short sightedness and failure to be proactive. COVID-19 goes where we take it – from Ikotun Egbe in Lagos to Oba in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.“The entire country should be on alert.
According to the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Ms Winnie Byanyima, the report shows how COVID-19 lockdowns and other restrictions have badly disrupted HIV testing and, in many countries, this has led to steep drops in HIV diagnoses, referrals to care services and treatment initiations.
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