Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is yet to reach its peak in the country.
The NCDC Boss who made the disclosure in an interview on Channels TV. siad that Nigeria still has more “weeks to go” before reaching the peak of the virus.
He said: “From our projection, we are not near the peak yet; we still have a number of weeks to go.
“But we are trying to stretch out these weeks even further so we can push the peak a bit further out but make sure that the peak is not as steep as it would otherwise have been if no measures were put in place.”
“Of course, we are over-stretched … but we will not stop because we really don’t have an option NCDC boss admitted.
“At the moment and from what we know, we will not be able to radically stop in a day or two, or even a few weeks but what we are trying to do is really to stretch out that curve so that the health system can cope with the number of cases coming in.”
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