…Say containment efforts slow, suggest total lockdown
By Chioma Obinna
As state governments continue with adhoc measures, some medical experts in Nigeria have described the containment efforts of the Federal Government as slow and unproductive.
To this end, they demanded a total lockdown of the country to avoid escalation.
They specifically lamented that many critical health experts are lacking, adding that there are no purposely built isolation centres across the nation.
Speaking, National Chairman and College Vice President, West African College of Physicians, Prof. Abel Onunu, said the current Covid-19 infection crisis in Nigeria is self- inflicted.
He said: “Africa had enough warnings about the dangers but did not act with the decisiveness required to prevent importation of the disease into our nation.
“In Nigeria, we have failed in preventing importation of the virus into our country. We are in the phase of containment now, how successful that…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
