‘We will have infections because of what happened today,’ NCDC DG says Nigeria could go back into lockdown
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Ihekweazu says initial reports about the easing of the lockdown ‘are not too pleasing’.
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire believes President Muhammadu Buhari took a wise decision by easing restrictions [Twitter/@NCDCgov] The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, noted during the briefing that Buhari’s decision to ease the restriction was to ensure that people didn’t completely lose their livelihoods while the nation continues to battle the spread of the disease. “It’s a delicate balance that you have to make. We have reached a certain level in healthcare where you begin to balance the pros and cons. “A prolonged lockdown has effects, and you begin to see that the consequences of that lockdown becomes as grievous as the consequences of the disease itself. “It’s a very difficult decision, but the president has taken a very wise position taking that thin line between two sides,” he said. Nigeria has recorded 2,558 coronavirus cases in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as of May 3. 400 people have recovered and been discharged after medical treatment, but 87 people have died.
Zero petrol subsidy to save country $2bn yearly Peter Uzoho with agency As Nigeria anxiously expects oil prices to rise to a comfortable position and boost the country’s confidence to recover from the current shock, analysts have warned that such anticipated rise would instead present grave political risks to the country. The collapse in oil […]