A Consultant Virologist, Dr Adeola Fowotade, has said that hot tropical climate as obtainable in Nigeria could help suppress the spread of coronavirus COVID-19.

Fowotade of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, said this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. According to her, some experts think the COVID-19 may behave like the influenza virus, which is a seasonal disease common in colder climate, making Nigeria too hot for coronavirus to spread.

“That is an extrapolation from what happened with influenza virus also known as the flu, which is most prevalent in colder climate during winter.

“We believe that if COVID-19 is a Respiratory Tract Infection, probably it will follow the same pattern. “There is a very high chance there will be some remission as temperature gets warmer in those temperate places. “But for us with tropical climate, we believe that this outbreak might not go on for too long and might abate very soon.

“This is because the droplets generated by the virus cannot travel far and this virus is an envelope virus. “Envelop viruses are very susceptible and cannot survive very long in hot climate,” she said.

Fowotade, however, emphasised that everyone including healthcare workers must continue to be vigilant and comply with standard hygiene rules. “We should still continue to take precautions because we found that this virus has a very high transmissibility, that is, when one person is infected that person has a high chance of infecting four more people.

“It is very important that we ensure that we prevent infections by observing best precautionary and preventive measures,” she said. Also, Dr Kemi Adekanbi, a Consultant Infectious Disease Physician at UCH, said that everyone should practise good hygiene for protection against infections.

According to her, good hygiene practices include regular hand washing with soap and water, cough and sneezing etiquette and maintaining a safe distance from people when they sneeze or cough.

NAN reports that COVID-19 was first identified in humans in Wuhan, China in December 2019.

Although it has since spread to over 50 countries and territories, killed more than 3,000 people and infected over 90,000 worldwide, the World Health Organisation is yet to declare the viral disease a global pandemic.

Dr Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the WHO, had on Monday said: “we appreciate that people are debating whether this is a pandemic or not.

“We are monitoring the situation every moment of every day, and analyzing the data. “I have said it before and I’ll say it again, WHO will not hesitate to describe this as a pandemic if that’s what the evidence suggests.”(NAN).

Source: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerias-hot-temperature-may-suppress-spread-of-coronavirus-virologist.html

Which one we wan believe now?

Lol

Hot weather makes people sweat alot..it's easier to come in contact with people's sweat especially in public transport..Las Las na God go protect us

GOD is not a wicked one, person can not be looking for how to eat 2-3 square meal in this lovely economy and also be looking for money to cure coronavirus.

The Lying scientists at it again
Nigeria is not hot like Saudi arabia, neither is it hot like Tunisia or isreali all of which have confirmed case
The truth is that
God always save his own people
Tribe of Judah, the envy of the world

God is a wonderful being... China is paying the price for banning religion

Fake Doctor

What of Saudi Arabia wey hot pass naija, dem don record corona there oo

Middle East and Australia are hotter and corona is spreading like wild fire there.

Lol. Has he tested it on himself first?

Una don come again abi



That virologist should be giving the chance to touch one of the infected to prove his point.

This man well so?

There's not enough evidence yet to support these claims

We hope this is true for the sake of us all.

Abeg make the heat increase more oooo!

This heat is far better than coronavirus

AUDIO VIROLOGIST, WHAT IS THE BASIS OF YOUR ANALYSIS, IS NIGERIA HOTTER THAN IRAN?

Is Nigeria hotter than Iran ?

God should help us because the frequent rainfall in some parts of the country has reduced the country's temperature drastically.

xareal:
Hot weather makes people sweat alot..it's easier to come in contact with people's sweat especially in public transport..Las Las na God go protect us

oga fli dosnt thrive in hot weather... coronavirus is inactive at 38 degrees...even trump expects coronavirus to die out as summer approaches

Ok

Wow

Una don't de theorise

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Romanoff:
Which one we wan believe now?

hot weather is the reason why coronavirus hasn't penetrated into Africa .....flu is associated with cold weather. coronavirus is inactive at 38 degrees

MAY kor, JUNE ni!

MAY MAY MAY MAY....

Let's see how it goes then!

Enemies of the country will be like this while the people will be like this

Zooposki:
Middle East and Australia are hotter and corona is spreading like wild fire there.

Where in the Middle East are you talking about
Kindly name the country and the current weather/temperature