The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),
Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19
is running against time because Nigerians want to return to normal life.
He also explained that Lagos State has more testing capacity than
Kano State because the first COVID-19 outbreak happened in Africa’s
largest commercial city.
Ihekweazu spoke during a virtual press briefing by the World Economic Forum/World Health Organisation on Thursday.
He said: “We will be transferring some of our knowledge from states
to states. We are running against time because people are pushing to
live normal life.
“At the same time, we are confronted with the escalation phase of the
figures. So how to balance this will be very a difficult decision to be
made in the coming week.
“We wished we had the laboratories and ventilators we need, but we
simply don’t, and the supply chain of these things are fragmented at the
moment, so we will have to make do with what is available,” he added.
