₦airaland Forum

Danielnino00:
You shouldn't have asked me then .. since u already know that the presidency is a comedy zone...

If u aren't willing to listen to the information being disseminated by the people in charge of the pandemic in this country,then I'm afraid you will miss the progresses being achieved in the fight against the virus. Like the 25 patients that have been discharged so far...

Danielnino00:
No,I don't get it .. explain how mass testing will be done without the lockdown...

You just applauded south Africa for their effort,yet South Africa itself is on a 21 days lockdown. And they are even planning to extend it to another 21 days..

How can Nigeria conduct mass testing please ??

chrisooblog:
convert that amount to dollars compare to what 1 state in the US is spending to battle the virus then you will know how inadequate it is

chrisooblog:
convert that amount to dollars compare to what 1 state in the US is spending to battle the virus then you will know how inadequate it is

Danielnino00:
You are the one who asked what the presidency is doing and I'm telling you that there's a presidential taskforce in place that's responsible for managing the pandemic...

If you want to know what they are up to,watch Channels and TVC news regularly..they do press briefing there everyday... But if you think they are just telling stories,why did you ask ??

Danielnino00:
You want us to conduct mass testing but you think a lockdown isn't necessary .
Do explain how a country like Nigeria can conduct mass testing a day without having to lockdown the country?

Danielnino00:
Lagos State government has built about 3 or 5 isolation wards.. I'm not sure how many but it's not only the one at Onikan stadium..
They plan to build more soon . 1000 bed isolation wards altogether .

If u wanna hear how far they have gone with everything, tune in to TVC or channels news regularly. The presidential taskforce on coronavirus are always there...

Danielnino00:
Lagos State government has built about 3 or 5 isolation wards.. I'm not sure how many but it's not only the one at Onikan stadium..
They plan to build more soon . 1000 bed isolation wards altogether .

If u wanna hear how far they have gone with everything, tune in to TVC or channels news regularly. The presidential taskforce on coronavirus are always there...

chrisooblog:
testing 4000 is not adequate but you just don't want to understand they are working with limited capacity. you are expecting Real Madrid output from a team that has the budget and equipment of enyimba

tbaba1234:
How much was your national health budget? The UN Sec general just recently praised Nigeria's speed of response.

Do you think, things get ramped up overnight? We have very few labs equipped to do these tests so in many cases, they are starting from scratch.

tbaba1234:
How much was your national health budget? The UN Sec general just recently praised Nigeria's speed of response.

Do you think, things get ramped up overnight? We have very few labs equipped to do these tests so in many cases, they are starting from scratch.

Danielnino00:
Your first paragraph is wrong... Tests were carried out on some of the contacts of the Italian patients... Not sure of the exact figure but about 20 contacts were tested and they were isolated .. . The other cases came from Nigerians who just returned from abroad..
The lockdown was declared on Monday,over 3 weeks after our first confirmed case. We did testing first before lockdown...

Danielnino00:
The health sector has been left to rot for too long... The people who are supposed to care for it don't care at all.. They can easily seek better treatment abroad and leave the rest of us to manage the sh**y hospitals they build...the same goes to the education sector where they send their children to the best schools abroad. Now we are all trapped here...

When Buhari government said they were prepared, they specifically meant that Lagos was half prepared.. cus Lagos was the only state with a functioning testing lab. They didn't build new labs ahead,neither did they build isolation wards... It's now that they are acting...

Danielnino00:
What about people who have been infected with the virus but haven't shown any symptom? Self medication is a very common practise in Nigeria households,so it's very likely that a good number of sick people won't bother to report to the health centre or hospital.. they would have infected several hundreds before they are discovered to have the virus..

IMO, the door to door testing that South Africa has adopted might be what Nigeria needs at the moment..

You are only complaining about the lockdown because government didn't provide the necessary palliative for the people before shutting down... That's understandable .. But in more sensible climes,the lockdown has proved to be very effective in combating the virus..

Danielnino00:
We now have the capacity to test up to 1500 people per day and more testing labs will be ready soon...

It's still low,but it's a start...

Danielnino00:
We now have the capacity to test up to 1500 people per day and more testing labs will be ready soon...

It's still low,but it's a start...

Danielnino00:
You can't carry out tests effectively on people if there's no lockdown,can you ?

tbaba1234:
It had nothing to do with criticisms. They have bee building up their testing capacity and opening more test centers.

The number of people tested was low but they are ramping up quickly. We have to understand that we lack infrastructure.

chrisooblog:
bro when did this virus gain global attention early January and it's not as if we had the complete picture of the virus something that was domiciled in China like wildfire it spread to Italy before you know it here we are. this is an unprecedented situation that every country is dealing with so saying ours is terrible when every country has a story to tell is a bit unfair. South Africa that you mentioned do you know 80% of the tests is through private sector? so you think the head of NCDC is a total ignoramus who doesn't know more tests need to be done? do you know how much it costs to do 1 test? the labs you mentioned will they drop from the sky? you say we have money when crude oil has been selling for $20 on average for close to a month now
this is not about praising anybody it's about being realistic we have limitations we are trying to work around all hands public and private sector need to be on ground this is not the time for what ifs that change nothing

we can do better yes but at the same time appreciate the little effort being made vis a vis the limited resources we have

tbaba1234:
NCDC has built up its testing capacity. They have the capacity for 1,500 tests daily now. There is also a drive by testing site in Yaba, Lagos now.

Obviously, more needs to be done but it is not terrible.

chrisooblog:
South Korea has how many test kits that should be your question even almighty a
america is struggling to get people tested so it's not a problem unique to Nigeria. the NCDC hopes to ramp up testing to 1000 tests per day which is still inadequate but it's better than nothing

chrisooblog:
bro when did this virus gain global attention early January and it's not as if we had the complete picture of the virus something that was domiciled in China like wildfire it spread to Italy before you know it here we are. this is an unprecedented situation that every country is dealing with so saying ours is terrible when every country has a story to tell is a bit unfair. South Africa that you mentioned do you know 80% of the tests is through private sector? so you think the head of NCDC is a total ignoramus who doesn't know more tests need to be done? do you know how much it costs to do 1 test? the labs you mentioned will they drop from the sky? you say we have money when crude oil has been selling for $20 on average for close to a month now
this is not about praising anybody it's about being realistic we have limitations we are trying to work around all hands public and private sector need to be on ground this is not the time for what ifs that change nothing

we can do better yes but at the same time appreciate the little effort being made vis a vis the limited resources we have

TheGoodJoe:
Thank you. It is pure madness telling them to self Quarantine themselves. They should be Quarantined by us for 14 days and stay hydrated all through the period.

chrisooblog:
I think you underestimate the efforts of the agencies dealing with this. for example do you know airports in UK and US are still open to some extent yet ours are completely grounded even domestic flights.
On the issue of testing yes more testing should be done but the question is do we have enough kits? mind you there's a global shortage occasioned by global demand. in terms of testing it's only South Korea that has done very well in that regard. Sadly for now Nigeria does not produce testing kits so we will have to rely on importing them in which cost money and will take time especially considering how global commerce has been badly affected.
on the issue of lock down as imperfect as it is the alternative is not much better. if you say you don't lock down the virus will spread uncontrollably tell people to stay at home hunger and crime will increase so no line of action is ideal. however I prefer we err on the side of lock down which potentially could save more lives.

komekn:
I am in God's hands, prayer first. but doing all l can do to stay safe.

Started self isolation in early February and now we have lock down. I go out of my house once in 7-10 days to Tesco, Asda, to buy groceries.

Everything else l do is online l even work remotely. I don't visit anybody it's all virtual if Eee too much video call.

I was in London in early February and what l saw was VERY SCARY, the misplaced bravado and attitudinal behaviour, was reckless. Nobody wearing masks jam packed like sardines.

I knew then that thousands will die first before people will become responsible then it will be too late. London could get much worse than Madrid.

I am almost scared to watch the news, l have not watched it today. But l will not be suprised if a thousand people were lost in the last 24 hrs. London could easily loose 30,000

Nigeria has not lost up to 5 people and we have taken serious action to prevent matters from escalating. Individuals and government.

somehow:
Follow ncdc periodic press briefings
They won't tell you here

VULCAN:
The test kits are loaded with the virus. Spain, Turkey and Netherlands are rejecting Chinese masks and test kits. Look Deep and stop believing what the authorities are telling you. There is a global and local game going on

somehow:
Is this also part of the donations we are talking about
Winch fund is NCDC working with if not what the FG gave them?