January will Be Tough, NCDC Warns Nigerians
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that January 2021 will be tough with an increase in new cases of covid-19. The warning is coming on the heels of the non adherence to social distancing protocol by people during the yuletide and holiday period.
The centre further stated that last week was the worst week ever since the beginning of the response to the pandemic because the country recorded more cases.
The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this during the Presidential Task Force on covid-19 briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said, “We have just faced the worst week since we started responding to this outbreak. We had more cases in Nigeria last week than in any other previous week since the beginning of the outbreak.
“Just looking at...