The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
(NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has revealed that Nigeria still has some number
of weeks to go before reaching its Coronavirus peak.
Chikwe however stated the agency he heads is instituting different
measures to ensure the nation’s health system does not get overwhelmed
by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
He said on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’;
“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.”
The NCDC DG who decried the limiting factors making the transmission
of coronavirus possible in the country, said they are completely outside
the control of the health sector.
Chikwe added;
“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.”
