philip0906:
Lol...Them go dey alright las las.

Our problems for here, big pass coronavirus...we have been battling lassa fever on a low, man made disasters (like the explosion yesterday), economic hardship, corrupt and inept government...we have coped just fine and still find a way through.

Even if the virus dey spread for naija (which I strongly suspect), na just mild symptoms majority go get and maybe lots of asymptomatic people. I mean, when you dey face all these kind problems for this country, plus acute malaria join, na coronavirus wan make you loose sleep?

Hopefully, in the next month or two, there will be a drop in cases and things can begin to get back to normal, so the media can allow us rest with the sensationalism.

philip0906:
Lol...Them go dey alright las las.

Our problems for here, big pass coronavirus...we have been battling lassa fever on a low, man made disasters (like the explosion yesterday), economic hardship, corrupt and inept government...we have coped just fine and still find a way through.

Even if the virus dey spread for naija (which I strongly suspect), na just mild symptoms majority go get and maybe lots of asymptomatic people. I mean, when you dey face all these kind problems for this country, plus acute malaria join, na coronavirus wan make you loose sleep?

Hopefully, in the next month or two, there will be a drop in cases and things can begin to get back to normal, so the media can allow us rest with the sensationalism.

destinie2019:


My dear, ignorance is running riot in the Nigerian government. You are similarly spouting ignorance. Pray for mercy. This thing is not a joke.

sexylassie2:
Many of you are walking corpses but you don't know.

Lagos is the new Wuhan.

In my office, We are all working from home till the virus is contained.

id911:


Don't you think it's unhygienic for you to do the bolded?

nope it's been a standard for decades

CanadaOrBust:
Well the Italian guy’s diagnosis had nothing to do with the airport. He was reported by the factory in Ogun when he got sick.

B4 u test for corona u must first eliminate malaria, then other respiratory ailments, then look at the person’s itinerary. Otherwise you’d be wasting time and effort as virtually no Nigerian has corona.Believe me it is not easy to miss corona.
Other places have also dealt with this theory. See below

tysonnn:
Yet our fvcking government refuse to close our border.

ovadozes:
If this thing enters Nigeria, I swear it's going to be crazy. We may not be able to face it, countries with established health structure can't even contain it not to talk of our rotten healthcare system.
God save us.
What does it take to temporarily close our borders??

ZombiePUNISHER:
Something West Africa would have done.

Now even Benin Republic got corona

That's a very bad news to Afonja land.... Those guys eat and breath.. Lasgidi

wolfenstein:
I have been reading alot of comment here and most of them are funny while most are educative. People who are insisting boarders should be closed, if they close it or declare a lock town, you will be the same people shouting for it to be opened. COVID-19 shouldn't make us pannick this way, it's already scientifically proven that it doesn't survive in an area of 28°c and most Nigerian states are above that. we should just be grateful it's not an influenza (airborne) but rather can be contacted by droplets which isn't bad. Please be positive and stay alive

MrBrownJay1:
already in France, as from today 6pm, you can no longer get out of your home for the next 45 days (unless for shopping in the nearest convenient store/pharmacy from your house). you must decide where you want to stay for next 45 days and DONT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.

all bars, restaurant clubs, gym museum etc are closed for the next 45days....only place that are allowed to stay open are pharmacy and supermarket.

only people allowed to leave their homes are doctors/medical people, cops/military personel (use to control the "couvre feu" or people with special permit!

MikoB:

That is a lie, they only closed commercial shops, restaurant, you can still go to work that explains why the city buses were not affected, though flight coming in to eu has been suspended for 30days and schengen border closed

TheSuperb:


You are the walking corpse. Ode

MrBrownJay1:


dont you think Nigeria/Africa should close their borders too?! there are many infected people outside Europe... here is a simple clue: many Chinese people for example OR people who've been in China (or in contact with Chinese people)?

Calculux95:
It's not just Europe closing its borders. South America is doing so and Asia especially China has restricted travel since early February

All I'm saying that since our government is being unreasonable about closing the border.....it doesn't mean that all hope is lost.

philip0906:
Lol...Them go dey alright las las.

Our problems for here, big pass coronavirus...we have been battling lassa fever on a low(double digit mortality rate), man made disasters (like the explosion yesterday), economic hardship, corrupt and inept government...we have coped just fine and still find a way through.

Even if the virus dey spread for naija (which I strongly suspect), na just mild symptoms majority go get and maybe lots of asymptomatic people. I mean, when you dey face all these kind problems for this country, plus acute malaria join, na coronavirus wan make you loose sleep?

Hopefully, in the next month or two, there will be a drop in cases and things can begin to get back to normal, so the media can allow us rest with the sensationalism.

gnykelly:


Nigeria government have shown great capability in early detection of contagious disease identify and isolate... your Almighty USA and UK don't even have scope of how to curtail or early detection... the current lockdown in the USA is not even enough to curtail it as there is still free movement inter and intra state without any detection for isolation...we got it right this time

EDON76:
I'm an Engineer working at dangote refinery and fertilizer plant, a classified mail from the clinic of one of the sub-contractors known as ONSHORE leaked yesterday. One of the Indians who just arrived the country is showing serious symptoms of the virus and they are handling it on code and the multiple effect can't be imagined. We know that India has this virus and have recorded about 6 deaths yet they keep bringing them in here in their hundreds daily. This shit is so scary now cos I'm so close to these guys and we work together.

MrBrownJay1:


Italian dude pass through the airport because the airport screening is just temperature check, while we all know that a person can be contaminated and show no symptoms until much later after leaving the airport, like the Italian did. when the italian started showing symptoms, and his background was checked, they had to SEND HIM TO ISOLATION PLACE IN LAGOS for treatment. Ogun state did not have the capacity to take care of such person. now imagine how many people could be infected and left to their own device because, instead of checking a proper doctor (like Italian did) they go see some BS native doctor?!?!?!?!



here enjoy:

The prevalence of malaria in Africa could complicate the diagnosis of novel coronavirus in the continent, said the epidemiologist leading the fight against the new disease in Nigeria.

Nigerian health officials are racing to prevent the spread of coronavirus after the first case of the illness in sub-Saharan Africa was identified last week in Lagos, the nation’s business hub. Since then only three more cases have been identified in Senegal and South Africa, while the number of infected have surged in other regions after the illness first appeared in China.

Similar symptoms such as body aches at the onset of both diseases could make it difficult to diagnose the coronavirus early on, said Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

Already exhausted from testing for monkeypox and Lassa fever, Nigerian molecular bio-engineer Nnaemeka Ndodo had to work well past midnight earlier this month to find out if six Chinese construction workers were infected with the coronavirus.

Ndodo had to collect samples from a hospital an hour away in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, then wait for six hours to get the results in what’s one of only five laboratories able to test for the virus in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, with about 200 million people.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/widespread-malaria-may-complicate-coronavirus-fight-in-africa

from the above in red we can clearly see that testing for COVID-19 in Nigeria is not that easy, nor it is easy to differentiate early from malaria, as you claim.

aimuan:
After 45 days will the virus die?

Chuzoetoh:
Apart from Antarctica, there's one place DAT dis virus can never affect n dat's Chile.