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A brief history of the entrance of coronavirus into Nigeria

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARs-CoV-2) was identified in Wuhan, China early December, 2019, however The novel coronavirus was reported in Nigeria on February 27, 2020 when an Italian citizen visiting Lagos, Nigeria tested positive for the virus.

On the day of the announcement of the first covid-19 case in Nigeria the public accused Government of keying into or have devised a scheme to loot public fund as usual. The announced covid-19 case made a lot of ripples across all social media pools, still unfortunately the public do not still see the fact that the coronavirus is with us now in Adamawa State and unless we take conscious steps to control its spread our land of beauty may be no more than an empty ruin from the deleterious impact of the virus as seen in the United States of America, Spain, Italy and the host of other countries.

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Our world at war    

We are at an unconventional war, as primitive pathogenic parasitic biological organisms unable to live outside a host even though primitive have devised a sustainable game plan to ensure their reproduction and survival at the expense of humans.

The covid-19 warfare is simple, it is not bound by alliance, imperialism, militarism and nationalism as was in the First World War in 1914, nor is it bound by a political takeover narrative of the Second World War in 1933 yet the coronavirus has caused grieve in the heart of billions cutting the four edges of the world.

The toll of the coronavirus is has caused fatigue and  struck fear in the heart of the best of us forcing silence in the busy streets of Shibuya Tokyo to the busy streets of Regent- London to the busy streets of Lagos to the busy streets of Galadima way Jimeta-Yola.

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The change we need

Bryant H. McGill wrote, Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

The battle against the novel coronavirus has been fierce, brave men and women of Public Health Agencies, including Medical doctors, nurses, midwives, human and animal health technologists and the brave men and women of the press have been infected and others have lost their lives in this battle. Until the wealth of knowledge gathered so far about the coronavirus which is conscious arm against the virus is put into conscious use, then and only then can our race survive and prevail beyond this times.

The will of man will prevail now just as it has in the past and the unbroken spirits of Nigerians will thrive victorious now as in subsequent disease outbreaks of the likes of HIV, Tuberculosis, Polio Meningitis, SARs and the most recent Ebola virus amongst others viruses.

The most crucial rule guiding the prevention of the spread of coronavirus is the need for the change in hygiene practice of Nigerians, which includes; washing hands properly with soap under running water and or the use of hand sterilizer where affordable, applying social distancing-avoiding social gatherings, disinfecting of surfaces exposed to public use and since conscious knowledge is power, share this content with one other person.

There are helplines available to the public from Nigerian Commission for Disease Control on diverse social media platforms as well as the Adamawa State Covid-19 Containment Committee Situation Room helplines.

Let us take responsibility and protect Adamawa, Nigeria.

lets protect the world.

 

 


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