₦airaland Forum

Kogi State government have started tracing people that came in-contact with the reported COVID-19 patients.

The commissioner of Health, Dr Haruna Saka, disclose in a statement, that was released in lokoja on Saturday, He said, the state government in-conjunction with the World Health Organization officials (WHO), tested the individuals that came in-contact with the COVID-19 cases recorded by NCDC, and all came back negative.

NCDC recorded index in Kogi state is Ridiculous, its not true.

Dr Hurana Saka, also asked NCDC what they stand to gain by manufacturing COVID-19 results.

The statement reads:

“NIgeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) claims a 62 year old man and his son from Kabba LGA of Kogi state tested positive to Covid-19. According to the son, his father, who is hypertensive and diabetic, had attended a burial ceremony where he was stung by bees. He then developed facial problems from the sting and was taken to the Hospital. The facial swellings subsided but the body weakness persisted where eventually the managing Doctor discovered he had High Blood Sugar, which the Doctor continued to manage. “The Doctor confirmed that there was no time the patient presented with fever, cough or difficulty in breathing. The only complaint was that of general body weakness. The Doctor had no reason to refer the patient to FMC Lokoja except on the insistence of the patient because they felt he was not getting better. “On reaching FMC on the 24th of May 2020, FMC claimed the patient was referred to them on account of 1 week history of fever, cough and difficulty in breathing with high suspicion of Covid-19, a claim the referring Doctor has vehemently refuted.

“The ideal thing to do, if there are no hidden agenda, is for the State’s Covid-19 management team to be invited to pick up the patient to the the State’s holding area for testing and onward management.

“According to management of FMC Lokoja, the patient declined the intervention of the state case management team and was said to have left for Abuja for further treatment by 6am the following morning. However, the letter the Kogi State Epidemiologist eventually received from NCDC informing the State of the fictitious claim showed that the patient was referred to Abuja from FMC using FMC’s ambulance. “On reaching Abuja, a Covid-19 test was hurriedly conducted and returned positive within 24hours! It’s ridiculous. “It should be mentioned also that the patient’s relation initially cried out to us to help evacuate them from the National Hospital but on arriving there to evacuate them, and conduct a confirmatory test using a private molecular laboratory as well as Kogi State rapid test kits, the patient eventually denied us the opportunity to get it done, siting fear of receiving punishment from the Federal Government (NCDC). Being able to carry out this independent verification will have put to rest this matter once and for all. “We also wish to categorically state that though NCDC has consistently refused to support the State in her fight against Covid-19, WHO had been part of our team till date. Although, NCDC refused to follow their own protocols on visiting the State, WHO staff who traveled out of our State and returned have always obeyed the rule of self isolation for 14 days,” He concluded.

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I'm surprise that Kogi government can trace the contacts after denial of the existence of this virus in Kogi state.
Anyway, this virus should be given another names in Africa . It may retain it's name , Corona virus or Covid-19 , in the West. The reason is simply that African virus is totally different from Covid-19 in terms of symptoms, infection and transmission.
The advance countries with their stringent measures record thousands of case everyday. Nigeria which lockdown declaration was abuse flagrantly by citizens only records 9000+ till date.
I want learned colleagues to convince me that we have the same virus called Covid-19.

jidamsel43:
I'm surprise that Kogi government can trace the contacts after denial of the existence of this virus in Kogi state.
Anyway, this virus should be given another names in Africa . It may retain it's name , Corona virus or Covid-19 , in the West. The reason is simply that African virus is totally different from Covid-19 in terms of symptoms, infection and transmission.
The advance countries with their stringent measures record thousands of case everyday. Nigeria which lockdown declaration was abuse flagrantly by citizens only records 9000+ till date.
I want learned colleagues to convince me that we have the same virus called Covid-19.

The only country that is testing widely is south Africa and now with the easing of lockdown there they're are recording high numbers now. That's the thing with Africa compared to other parts of the world;tests. I will admit transmission rate seems damp here.

SirWarlock:
The only country that is testing widely is south Africa and now with the easing of lockdown there they're are recording high numbers now. That's the thing with Africa compared to other parts of the world;tests. I will admit transmission rate seems damp here.

To support your points, Africa has low infection rate because:

1. The UV from the Sun which is in abundance here kills the virus within 2 secs according to a US research.

2. Africans have developed immunity against malaria over the years, which is also vital for Covid-19.

3. Our daily diet also plays an important factor too.

Let me shock you a bit, with our communal lifestyle in Africa whereby we live and mingle everywhere and on daily basis is a veritable reason for widespread infections and complications. But the outcome is not very devastating like the Western countries.

God used mostly those factors listed above to save us.