COVID19: Nigeria reports 14 new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that fourteen new cases of COVID19 have been discovered in the country.
According to NCDC of the fourteen new cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria as at Thursday 9th of April at 09:30 pm 13 were in Lagos and 1 in Delta State making the total so far 288
The NCDC said 288 confirmed Lagos has 158 FCT- 54 Osun- 20 Edo- 12 Oyo- 11 Bauchi- 6 Akwa Ibom- 5 Ogun- 4 Kaduna- 5 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Kwara- 2 Delta- 2 Benue- 1 Ondo- 1 Katsina-1
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Also the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that it will not mete out punishment on Prof. Salami, a Senior Consultant the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for alleged unethical conducts.
Dr Alihu Adebara, NCDC Team
Salami was accused of allegedly concealing his travel history, the management and eventual release of the corpse of a suspected COVID -19 patient who died in the UITH.
The Kwara Governor, Malam Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, however, had already called for the suspension of Salami, an expert in infectious diseases.
On the level of preparedness, Adebara said the NCDC had assessed the situation and level of preparedness in the state and found out the state government had put in place the necessary facilities.
“Basically, the NCDC has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 in the state and so many contact tracing of over 200 has commenced.
“We will offer the necessary support to compliment the state government’s efforts,” he said.
The NCDC Team Lead, warned that COVID-19 is real, and called on anybody who had been in high risks countries to self isolate for 14 days.
He urged people to abide by the social distancing directives of the Kwara Government, adding that hand washing and hygiene should be practised religiously
