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SirLakes:
You believe the figures coming from NCDC?

How many have tested and how many have contracted the virus?

Simple logic, results of most of those who tested CAme out positive.

Nigeria is a ticking time bomb on Covid.

The only thing I think right now is that maybe our immune system is kinda strong to the virus that's why we aren't recording casualties.

Maybe

Nobody has accurate figures. Do you really believe that the densely populated cities like Beijing and Shanghai really have no cases? Do you really believe that there are only 140k cases, 2,500 deaths in America which equates to a mortality rate of 0.58%? Experts suggest the mortality rate should be less than 0.2%, but it is high solely because only symptomatic individuals are getting tested and not the entire populace. Nigeria may be a ticking bomb, but until there are adequate testing kits to go around, only those with symptoms will be tested.

Mateen1000:
I don’t think you have sense at all, How can someone be so daft like this, So the symptoms needs to be very complex before someone get tested, You are sick

You are dumber than your name suggests. You should only get tested if you have symptoms, no two ways around it.

iswallker:
If you have name or you know someone who does you will get tested... So why re you blabbing...tesyed without symptoms oo..

Too bad, OP's surname is not Dangote, Adenuga or Ekwueme. Like it or not, life is unfair anywhere you go.

sulaak:
You think Nigeria has a better record than Isreal.

Right now Nigeria is not testing or record shit. We have never been good at record-keeping we don't even record the country birth and death records. We will only know the through numbers when the fatalities are all around us.

Maybe not, but we don't have enough testing kits to test healthy asymptomatic individuals. Sorry.

franciskaine:
and if you happened to be one of them? Anyone can be effected.

Give me lethal injection, cremate my body and bury my ash 100km beneath the ground in a remote jungle. I will be glad I left without infecting 100 people.

Jaqenhghar:
With no ventilators, no health facilities, no testing kits, no accurate number of corona cases but they are better off in Niggeria. SMH

Nigeria has ventilators, sure just in limited quantities. America is running out of ventilators, I have relatives there who said they are using Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BIPAP) machines as ventilators, which isn't ideal. They have all the money to buy ventilators, but there isn't adequate supply. When a patient's heart stops and they call a "code" the doctors don't even have enough N95 masks (airborne masks) to enter the room and resuscitate the patient. To limit exposure to the medical staff, they only do 1 or 2 rounds of CPR, if there's no pulse, they end it and allow the person die. So don't be too quick in thinking the foreign countries are that much better equipped or prepared than us.

Angrymode:
I had fever, sour and dry throat, chest pain and endless coughing but I didn't even bother to get tested because I know I will be dead before getting tested.

Well, all other symptoms are now gone beside the coughing which is mild.

Nothing is as it is painted in 9ja

Very good. Testing wouldn't have cured you. Self isolating yourself is the right thing to do. If you start having severe symptoms like dyspnea, seek emergency care.

Kizyte:
Did Chioma have symptoms?

Did she not have symptoms? You will have to send her a tweet @thechefchii.

sulaak:
Nigerian are not the smartest people.

The weather cannot control an airborne disease that has a similar characteristic as influenza and the cold ...idiot

You are the only idiot I see here. Where is the definite proof that it is Airborne. Also just so you don't go outside and make a fool of yourself, Influenza AKA H1N1 virus spreads by droplet particles, and not airborne. I won't charge you for this lecture.

ifeniceguy:
If only you know, you won't make such statement

I know. The numbers speak for themselves.

remedick:
sydney walker was showing symptoms and they did not respond to him until a cry out online with people calling them all out... that was when they attended to him.. meanwhile davido came back from US and his wife from UK, no symptoms but they got tested, even before sydney walker. una never jam.

I am thankful I know drugs to use should this bastard furk things up.

Sir/Ma neither me nor you can end inequality. It is human nature and it exists in all fabric of society. However, no one has confidently told me that Davido had no symptoms nor has anyone showed me proof that he even got tested. All hearsay.

baiaon:
I wish more monickers on this forum were as same,enlightened and logical like you.So many monickers here thrive on fear-mongering,mis-information and outright lies pertaining to this pandemic

Thank you for the kind words. There might be many logical people here but out of fear of being attacked and belittled, they conform with the sea of misinformed trolls.

GabinoMarket:
Lovely idea. Do you grant us permission to do that to you and all your loved ones if we test you guys and find you positive.
One for all mate- you’d sacrifice yes?

Absolutely mate! I will die for the greater good of this country.

TalkBoutIt:
Bollocks!!!!!! Germany alone does half a million COVID-19 tests weekly with a population of just above 80 million people, the story about testing kits bring limited us complete nonsense....how would Nigeria not have at least 50,000 test kits on standby?? Is it expensive? At least I know a ventilator cost more than $25,000, and Nigeria as a country don't got 1000 ventilators. Is this a country? Why are you defending mediocrity
God

You are a pathological liar. Germany is not testing asymptomatic individuals. God I love the internet!

kingxsamz:
But Davido, Chioma and his crew got tested without showing any symptoms...

The rich and powerful will always get their way around things. It happened 10,000yrs ago, it will happen 10,000yrs from now. Didn't you already know that? But how are you sure they had no symptoms?

Johnsinia:
Not true, they evacaute their citizen because they believe we are corrupt and as such would not be able to handle the case properly.

Sure they can "believe" whatever they want but facts don't lie. I will rather take my chances in a country with less than 150 cases than travel to one with over 3,000 cases and 80 deaths. Its simple arithmetic.

babaolofin:
Don't you know that you have exposed your foolishness in the public domain without any deep intellectual meditation. From specialist hospital to NCDC offices, no organization accepts responsibility for testing, you are talking about testing based on symptoms. Do you know how many Nigerians have the symptoms you mentioned above that are walking about the streets? Do you know if any of them have such symptoms? In Lagos center, despite the money made available to NCDC and the large population of people in a crowded state such as Lagos, how many have they attended to? If Lagos State has relied on NCDC, situation of things would have gone out of hand. The same thing happened during Fashola regime when there was Ebola virus, NCDC was virtually on holiday. Even, if person on emergency on covid - 19 had been taken to those places, that is exactly how responsibility would have been shifted from one organization to the other, but if it is to share WHO, USAID, EU, CIDA, JICA and other donor organization funds, then everybody will claim to be involved. You people better wake up.

I don't know how many people walking the streets of Nigeria have symptoms. Stay focused. All I know is that OP did not have any symptom and wanted to get tested. Not gonna happen.

babaolofin:
How are you sure they have no symptoms? Can American organizations shift responsibility even before the patient is tested?

No symptoms, no test. There's not enough testing kits to go around even if you have all the billions to buy them.

9jakool:
Who told you that? Coronavirus is different from the common cold. Yes it's true that high humidity can cause the virus to hang in the air for lesser duration of time, but it doesn't kill the virus and the virus can still fall on surfaces. The reason why New York metro is the epicenter is because it's highly densely populated and is the largest domestic and international transport hub in the US.

Warm weather didn't stop Indonesia, a country on the equator from recording a spike in cases. It now has over 1,000 cases and growing with almost 10% fatality. The situation is more dire in Nigeria, because it's a country without an adequate health care system and with very little social programs due to corruption and negligence. We don't even have up to 500 ventilators for 200 million people.

Many people still have to put food on the table and pay bills. How can they afford to self quarantine or isolate when they have to earn a living? Unless the government issue more measures, suspend utilities bills and provide some financial assistance, this situation can get worse.

Yes they should offer assistance just like foreign countries are doing, that too may come. I'm not commenting on that area obviously. However, its not just about population density if not, the cases in Houston or LA will be just as bad as New York. Even Indonesia, the 4th most populous country still has far less cases than the U.S.

babaolofin:
You are a liar. USAID should not release any fund to NCDC again. The money released through WHO is wasted already with people like you around.

I'm in my 1 bedroom apartment typing this, when did you say my share of the money is coming again? Its funny how a set of people have convinced themselves that their government is out to ruin their lives. Paranoia to the extreme.

jolak5:
I don't respond to replies like this but I strongly believe you're either ignorant or you choose not to be honest. Did elrufai present symptoms? What about Davido, Aba kyari and the rest of the governors and politicians that have been tested?

It's a game of important people first. We need to demand for accountability from them. Why don't they have enough test kits with this virus being around for over 3 months. Why are we just creating isolation centres when we could have banned travelling?

Abeg, don't let me start.

I didn't proofreed, so forget about typos and focus on the message

Lol, so now you are in the same echelon as El Rufai? Guy please stop making laughable arguments, it will permanently soil your online reputation, remember your comments can be dug up later in life. President Trump displayed no symptoms either, but he was in a meeting with people who tested positive and he had to get tested. Of course members of the top ruling class such are presidents, prime ministers, governors etc should be tested if they think they might have come in contact with anyone who tested positive. Do you know how chaotic Nigeria will be if President Buhari was to test positive and die from COVID-19? Now imagine the same thing happening to Trump the leader of the free world. It will be chaotic and disruptive. The stock market will crash even further, there will be destability, and that my friend is one of the reasons why people like El Rufai get tested, symptomatic or not. Moreover, how do you know he had no symptoms?

1Dray:
You just registered day before yesterday. Do you realized I've been on Nairaland since the early days of 2006. Can't do this with you. I'll pass.

Hahaha, your duration as a Nairaland member does not exempt you from being lectured or corrected. You harbor such disdain for your government, you don't think logically anymore.

iamwhat:
Don't be foolish, and stop misinforming the public, No European country turns their back at citizen willing to get tested, even USA just approved a 5 minutes test kit.
Did you read the post at all? How many confirmed cases in Nigeria exhibited COVID-19 symptoms before they got tested? Any responsible citizen that had contact with a positive person must present himself/herself for a test and according to the OP, such a person would be treated the same way and the virus would continue to spread.
Our Government is irresponsible because of irresponsible people like you that defend them.

You are another dyslexic person who cooks up stories in his head to justify his beliefs. I repeat, USA is not testing anyone without symptoms. Abbott came out with a 5 minutes test 2 days ago, it hasn't been massed produced and there still isn't enough tests right now to randomly test 300 million asymptomatic people. Read the foreign news media more often, stop thinking your government is out to sabotage you.

tonididdy:
My friend will you shut up and don't say what you don't know. Anybody can be tested upon request.

Get tested only when symptomatic. You sound a bit edgy and rude. I might block you.

chinene1:
When it's your life on the line, you are free to judge as you like. Someone comes into the country without symptoms and decides to take people to go get tested is hailed for having forsight when one of them tests positive even without showing symptoms cos he is well known. Another ordinary citizen tried same but did not succeed and he is selfish but the governor who had the test done 6 times isn't.
Hopefully if you find yourself or someone close to you in a similar situation, you will have the opportunity to take your advice or offer your opinion.

It will be considered foresight if you start dating a new partner and you both had unprotected sex and now all of a sudden you are worried you might have an STD. Hooray! Bingo! you are the model citizen for asking to get tested. Why? Because you are taking the initiative to not only get tested and probably have your partner get tested, but ultimately, there is enough testing kit to go around for STD but just not corona virus. I hope that analogy makes sense.

1Dray:
You know what the say about "Empty barrels"

No, please tell me, you look like one.

ozoneboy:
So if he came back from Italy or China,he shouldn't go and get tested?,he should wait until.he sees symptoms?,both u and the people that liked ur comments need to visit the nearest psychiatric home.

Absolutely, its that simple, no symptoms, no test. It doesn't matter if he shook hands with UK prime minister Boris Johnson.

gabriel4u:
You are yet to understand. We should appreciate citizens coming for test willingly 1. 2. NCDC is not serious, do they have to pass the innocent man around? 3. Is It my problem we don't have enough test kits. 4. And mind you, if the same person turned down enemies has it and infect your relatives too before test is okay? 5. Donation made 2days back get to Lagos State today and await usage in 5more days to come??

Lastly, what your problem Are you part of NCDC?

We should encourage only those with symptoms who are seeking tests, everyone else should remain home. You ask if its your problem that we don't have enough test kits? Think for a second, this is a new virus that originated in late 2019. Nobody randomly stocks up test kits to detect an unknown virus unless of course you have a time-travel-machine that allowed you to travel into the future, witness the pandemic then ask your government to stock pile 200 million testing kit for a new virus. Even I got a headache typing that.

Caleb17:
What do you mean by limited number of testing kits? Why must our own be always limited? Where are the Billions donated?
Have snakes swallowed them as usual? We Nigerians are too stupid to a fault. Our neighborhood countries like Ghana have enough testing kits while we are still on garbage in garbage out. Thank God the virus paid a courtsey visit to aso rock when it landed if not our useless and hopeless leaders won't even give a damn..

Everybody's supply is limited and not just Nigeria. Stop thinking your government is that bad, there just isn't enough supply and anyone telling you otherwise, is flat out lying to you.

1Dray:
In your little mind.

Oh ye of great mind, and all you could compose is a four word sentence.

Geofavor:
There isn't an unlimited supply, but there should be a lot of it. Maybe not available to all, but available to most. The actual number of cases, hopefully, shouldn't have reached 5 figures yet. At this point, we still stand a good chance. If anyone feel they might have it, let them be tested. The government is not giving out incentives to its citizens like the countries you mentioned. Let them use all the money they would have otherwise used for that and the money they're getting to create and equip many testing centers now that it hasn't gotten out of hand ( hopefully).
If asymptomatic people are not getting tested, they will keep spreading and even those who were tested before and tested negative will eventually get infected.
Let's be wise.

No it doesn't work like that. There is a limited supply of testing kits right now so therefore, they need to be selective in screening. Now if you have 200 million testing kits laying around, absolutely, you can test everyone, until then, only those with symptoms are priority everyone else should adhere to the stay-at-home order until the curve flattens, or there is a vaccine (highly unlikely this year) or there's a treatment.

Tonyfx:
When Eldris Alba got tested, he wasn't feeling any symptoms even when the results came back positive he still wasn't feeling anything. Better get tested and isolate yourself before someone passes it to without showing any symptoms.

I don't know about Edris Alba's case, but you are right if you believe the rich and famous will somehow get their hands on the testing kits. It happens in Nigeria and the rest of the world. However, that's not the protocol, no symptoms, no test.