₦airaland Forum

Unelephantable:
MTN, the best network!
I'm just steadily enjoying there 200 naira for 1gig data

Life savers during this period . Etisalat are the real data zappers

God do Nigerians even believe in their own degrees

Rikidony:
The only way to curtail Coronavirus is through massive testing, and up till today we are still conducting under 2000 test pay day, this virus has gone beyond Community transmission in the country, a lot of people are walking around with it, we will continue having low numbers today and an increase tomorrow, meaning we ain't reaching the curve soon, if we continue like this, many countries in Africa with massive testing will be done with this shit while we keep battling it daily.
At this point only a vaccine or a valid treatment can help Nigeria.

We're definitely gonna be left behind. I see why WHO predicts Africa to be the new epicenter by July

jayworld15:
Sincerely speaking I’m beginning to doubt this thing. First of all, we see them with empty isolation centres and none is even saying his/her people have been taken to the centres, we Nigerians need to pray (because you know Nigerians are religious) except the political class comes Minh out that its members are infected and the recent Almajiris ( whose existence has being compromised). In reality, I feel this thing is starting to be either be a hoax and non existence in Nigeria or is in existence but the figures are politically manipulated. Every state government wants to cash out big time.

Kogi doesn't like money I guess

ddippset:
Does This mean that people can stay asymptomatic for months?

this is probably what I suspect. Because even with the amounts of tests and measures done by the US they still record 20k cases per day

emeernest:
Can't make much meaning out of this raw & incomplete data...

Lagos =179; out of how many tests?
Kaduna= 20; how many tests?
...
Edo =1; how many tests?

Are the tests random?
Or are they based on contact-tracing with index case?
Or are they based on people who reported with symptoms?
Or people who just returned from Abroad?

NCDC Data Analysts should process these raw data to show if curve is Increasing, flattening or declining.

this is definitely needed. Because I don't understand how and why states keep having staggered results . The states that recorded 1 today how?

Playermayweda:
We are not looking at the big picture here, lockdown without testing is useless,will not work, and is a foolish waste of time, pls the 8weeks lockdown we had what was the outcome? Nigeria can't do anything unless we increase testing capacity, another lockdown is not wise

and besides with what's happening can they lockdown for 3 months?cos with what's happening Lagos and Nigeria at large will be with this thing till the end of the year

TONYE001:
I sincerely hope it doesn't.

[/b]Thing is, government should begin to look at measures that can be put in place to contain (and live with) the virus. No government should plan on completely eradicating this virus before schools and other affairs are recalled....this would be an endless wait.[b]

We must get our societies running again as soon as possible. Just like HIV, COVID-19 may not disappear.

Yes this is the problem. We hear they're changing strategy but they're still acting like its March 28 . Still testing above 1000 per day won't get the infection curve into any form of control, it's putting us behind it further. Add to the fact that the people aren't having it and can't maintain the guidelines (not our fault tho, unfortunately it's just how things are). Honestly Nigeria's fight to curb and manage this thing seems fruitless. I do hope they have something up their sleeves else this could cost us the rest of the year

TONYE001:
Exactly! How ironic!

All year long, I crave for some good time to spend with my wife and kids as I'm almost always away (I school outside my state of residence). Now, I've got all the time in the world and I'm crying to return to school.

Medschool is extremely stressful, perhaps the most stressful program in the university but most medical students would rather face the stress until graduation than enjoy a loooooong break.

I recall when we were writing our Path-Pharm MB. That exam was quite stressful, the most stressful for me since I got into the training. You'd imagine that students would plead for an extended break after the exam but I tell you, this wasn't the case. Some of my colleagues wanted just one week!

So, I agree with your submission. It may be the case. I only feel for those that are currently outside the state. Too bad.

Bro I tell you. I'm tired already. I've been at home since we finished our second MB and I dread thinking it's gonna last the whole year

We should ask what the FG has planned out for us to get back to schools. In fact for everything cos I don't understand what's happening in this country concerning covid anymore. What do they even say in their daily briefings

OVB123:
I Foreseen Lagos re-introducing lockdown to curtailed d situation, why other states should introduce stringent measures to reduce d spread. May God grant us d wisdom to overcome this IN JESUS NAME.

It's too late for that. The effects of the last two weeks will last for months to come unless Nigeria suddenly turns to Wuhan in terms of management

Well with Nigeria more less back to default, it's either we become like Sweden ie managing it without completely shutting down or we become a major world hotspot. The presidential task force should explain why we're still testing like 2 months ago . Maybe we're paying for the decay of laboratories and research institutions since 2000

Adekunlebright:
We are in a total dilemma.
Easing the lockdown is exposure to risk, extension of lockdown leads to severe hunger and crime rate.
This is a mess.
Lord intervene to 9ja matter.

Is there still any lockdown in Nigeria?

[quote author=tgirlblaze post=89592763][/quote]yet he allowed them to hold his family for two weeks now

tgirlblaze:
Wait ooo! Must they reply to everything ni

You want them to allow the assertions from dokpesi continue?

lampido22:
From what is happening now I think WHO and any other country trying and maybe wasting resources for coronavirus vaccine should try and get a cure first and then continue with the research for a vaccine..
Just like malaria without vaccine but there is a cure. It's quite obvious coronavirus is here to stay and we should learn to live with it. Furthermore lock down won't solve our problems rather it will definitely make it worse.

Vaccine is definitely more important if we ever want to have our lives back. A cure right now would only slow down the fatalities

Ladyhippolyta88:
It is because corona does not have a high death rate that is why people still think it is a scam.

If it was killing like black death and other deadly diseases these people shouting scam up and down will keep quiet and enter house.

Anyway thank God corona is not a death sentence because if it was people will not be claiming it is a scam

This is true

nairavsdollars:
1k? Its more than that

Average. I know it's more than 1k but it still doesn't take away the fact that we still test 1000s Why is our peak testing still 2070

When we still carry out average of 1k tests per day nationwide

FFS people still don't understand what's happening . Due to the manner of infection, yes it's not going anytime soon. Even countries that have flattened their curve can always have a resurgence of the virus.

Now for us to move on and manage it we need preventive measures i.e a vaccine so our immune system gets a heads up. A cure that's been touted everyday here can only help reduce the fatalities but doesn't help if the infection is widespread like it is now.

Lexusgs430:
A country of over 220,000,000....... Only 35,000 samples tested.......

A giant of Africa, my ass.......

That giant thing is another discussion . We just hit the 30000 mark yesterday . It's like they're on to something we don't know cos I still don't understand their strategy in combating this thing . I remember before community transmission really set in everywhere, they were still holding onto their smart testing but that can't continue now. Honestly I don't know what they dish out in their daily press updates but they need to answer why our highest test per day so far is 2k and why since then it's still an average of 1k despite new testing centres

boookworm:
Baba did you conduct autopsy to know the cause of their deaths? Or have people not been dying mysteriously before the coming of Covid? Is North the only place with the virus? Why are people not dropping dead in Lagos, or u think lagosians that are known to be very stubborn are adhering to the social distancing and hand washing rule? If Covid is what is Covid is what's killing people in the North then a lot of Lagosians ought to have died mysteriously too cos u need to see how Lagosians crowd themselves. Once again, reason am

I agree with this assertion. Sometimes I think the media just wants to stir up fear in the north when reporting on this so called mysterious deaths. So Lagos the epicenter isn't recording mysterious deaths? How . What was the death pattern of the state before tagging them mysterious

Babapyro:
Your ignorance is on another level,usa has tested more than 50million people, in case you don't know that is more than 1000 times the number your safe country has tested.
It is ignorance like yours that makes me fear for what is about to befall us in the long run,I mean if a youth cannot even think constructively what is the country's hope then.

USA has definitely not tested 50million people

Lexusgs430:
It's only when testing is ramped up, before you can say for certain..........

What did NCDC do with the lockdown period? Simply wasted it......

I tell you bro. Wasted the 5 weeks lockdown. Threw away little gains made and still wasting time now . Can someone ask the dg why we still conduct around a thousand tests per day despite increased laboratory network

VickyRotex:
lol some are actually really smart and some are open to learning. I've had great conversation with some folks here. But to your point, some refuse to learn.

Yea I should have said some rather. I've also gained a lot here . I guess when it comes to corona like you said they refuse to learn

VickyRotex:
Both of you should look up the meaning of pandemic.

it looks like nairalanders aren't that smart

meggi4:
Covid19 patient when we no dey see na so so number them the give us

show me the one million covid patients in the US or the 10k in south Africa or let's get closer the 5k covid patients in Ghana . You want pictures? you can always take your phone and do independent investigative journalism. I'm sure the whole of Nigeria would love to see the person who dissolves the corona scam in the world don't you think

Investnow2017:
Thanks for your painstaking explanation. But because we have their type in millions here in Nigeria be prepared to repeat this your explanation at least a billion times before it can sink into their brains if only they will allow it.

The way some display their stark ignorance on this matter in NL is not only annoying but bitterly disappointing. You begin to wonder what planet these ones came from. Could they be aliens, you wonder.

Just watch out for comments of seasoned dullards here when the NCDC releases their result tonight. Some accuse that they inflate the figures to embezzle money blah, blah, blah. Others say the governors make money from Covid-19. This last accusation suggests that some governors in Nigeria then are allergic to Covid-19 money!

If you have nothing to comment why spew out stupidity in a public space? Their minds are so warped that they do not know that their publicly expressed doubts can put others in clear danger. That is my pain. Results are released and you jumped up to say, 'it's audio', 'it's a scam', 'it's inflated', 'I don't care any more', blah, blah, blah. You don't care and you are reacting to the result! Their thinking is so limited that they don't know that intelligent minds know so well that such prideful comments signify nothing but FEAR!

Don't be surprised that some may not read your explanation, or may choose to misunderstand it because the mind is already set - and foolishly negatively at that
.

Thank You. Like I'll keep saying your comment should be among the first not buried in the last page Not just Nairaland, on twitter also. Now some people I know personally have started parroting this thing . It's sad situation but I don't blame them, Nigeria is just about vibes now .

mvem:
No!...more than 80% show no symptoms or mild symptoms and recover very well. Those you see on TV in the ICU with ventilators are those whose cases become severe and critical leading to pneumonia which requires breathing aid. This mostly affect the old and those having a compromised immune system. There is Covid 19 everywhere in the world and I personally know someone who is a doctor here in Nigeria that tested positive. His only symptom was Anosmia which is loss of smell and taste, he was very healthy and active and recovered few days ago in the isolation centre. And mind you those in the isolation centre and not admitted, they are just isolated to prevent spreading it to vulnerable ones that might fall sick. Covid has a very high recovery rate, I don't know why people think if you have it you must show breathing problems, when healthy young individuals might show no symptoms at all or mild symptoms mimicking malaria or cold flu

Like I always say these comments should be among the first. Nigerians are tiring

Erastuslove:
the earlier we get the cure the far away the virus will be from the masses...… vaccine carry the virus so why injecting the virus back into ur body? instead of prevention

umm did you read the write up at all

Bless you OP. People will still misunderstand tho . Suddenly we have woke and anti-vaxxers in Nigeria

Erastuslove:
ALL YOUR GRAMMARS ARE TOO MUCH WE DONT NEED THE VACCINE, WE NEED THE CURE FROM MADAGASCAR GBAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Not when the virus spreads out of control