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A worker at the Living Faith Church is down with COVID-19 after attending Shiloh 2020. His wife, daughter and domestic employee are exhibiting symptoms of the virus — even their dog!
Some pastors who attended Shiloh are down with the virus too.
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Some pastors who attended Shiloh are down with the virus too.
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This worker didn’t want to physically attend Shiloh, held from December 8 to 13, but had no alternative because the church made it compulsory for workers. As can be seen from internet videos, congregants mingled with one another without masks or social distancing.
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In the past, the church observed safety protocol such as social distancing, wearing of face masks and hand washing. However, at Shiloh, no precautionary measures were in place.
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Nigeria faces a huge testing problem as the 2nd COVID-19 wave hits home. In Abuja, the result of any test conducted today won’t be ready until Jan 2021. As of y/day, there were abt 7,000 samples in Abj that hadn’t been touched. NCDC urgently needs help.
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Some centres, such as the one at the N'Assembly, have stopped taking samples from the public, seeing that results of past tests haven't been sent by NCDC. Some have been honest by collecting but telling the owners of the samples not to expect their results until January.
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Others collect and tell the people to expect their results within four days. But it’s a lie.
For instance, in one centre, someone whose samples were taken yesterday was told to expect the result in four days.
3/12
For instance, in one centre, someone whose samples were taken yesterday was told to expect the result in four days.
3/12
A Wamos Air Flight PLM556 conveying more than 200 stranded Nigerians arrived in Abuja from London on Tuesday.
The passengers were meant to return for COVID-19 tests yesterday but, guess what? Many of them did not show up!
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1/11
The passengers were meant to return for COVID-19 tests yesterday but, guess what? Many of them did not show up!
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1/11
First of all, this was meant to be an Air Peace flight and should have taken off on Monday July 13 but landing permit issues prompted a rescheduling with Wamos Air for Tuesday.
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On arrival in Abuja, the passengers filled a form provided by the NCDC. They were also given six pieces of face mask, one bottle of hand sanitizer, a thermometer with which to check their temperatures morning and night and a sheet on which to record the figures.
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FMC Abeokuta, Ogun, is filled with patients exhibiting classical COVID-19 symptoms. Normally, this shouldn’t be a problem; it’s a hospital after all.
But these patients are at the Accident & Emergency and the Emergency Treatment Room of the hospital.
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1/11
But these patients are at the Accident & Emergency and the Emergency Treatment Room of the hospital.
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1/11
They may still be suspected but one notable red flag is that their names are registered in the hospital’s records in red ink.
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Admitting them at the A&E (both children and adult emergency) means they mix with their relatives and other patients, who in turn interact with hospital staff.
Relatives of the suspected COVID-19 patients, for example, use the same wash-hand basin as hospital staff...
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Relatives of the suspected COVID-19 patients, for example, use the same wash-hand basin as hospital staff...
3/11
For four months, all samples submitted for testing by the Cross River State Govt returned -ve for COVID-19.
However, just last week, ALL five samples independently collected by UCTH and tested at an NCDC-approved lab returned +ve.
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1/18
However, just last week, ALL five samples independently collected by UCTH and tested at an NCDC-approved lab returned +ve.
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1/18
To place this in proper context, it is not just that these five samples collected by the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) tested +ve, the owners of the samples had merely exhibited MILD COVID-19 symptoms.
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Since the symptoms were mild, doctors were expecting only one or two to be +ve. Turned out all five were.
Meanwhile, majority of the samples collected and declared negative by the state had exhibited CLASSICAL symptoms of the virus.
3/18
Meanwhile, majority of the samples collected and declared negative by the state had exhibited CLASSICAL symptoms of the virus.
3/18
Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, is COVID-1+ve but he’s hiding it. He claims to b -ve but he has been secretly receiving treatment in Abuja since last week.
I’m writing this because this secrecy has implications for the people of Abia State.
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1/11
I’m writing this because this secrecy has implications for the people of Abia State.
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1/11
As you may already be aware, Solomon Ogunji, the state’s Commissioner for Environment, died on May 23 at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH).
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What you may not know is that contrary to the official announcement that he died “after a brief illness related to high blood pressure”, COVID-19 was indeed the cause. If there’s any proof of that, it is how, following Ogunji’s death, the Governor, his family...
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Last week, an elderly man who lives in Lokoja & had been sick without improving finally sought medical attention in Abuja.
His samples were collected; the result has come out +ve for COVID-19.
A full-fledged confirmation of Coronavirus in Kogi State.
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His samples were collected; the result has come out +ve for COVID-19.
A full-fledged confirmation of Coronavirus in Kogi State.
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The denial game is over...
The man and his family had thought the sickness was just normal.
But his brother invited him to Abuja, where he was sure of better medical care than what was available in the capital of Kogi State.
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The man and his family had thought the sickness was just normal.
But his brother invited him to Abuja, where he was sure of better medical care than what was available in the capital of Kogi State.
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An ambulance was sent from Abuja to fetch him from Lokoja, and he was taken straight to the National Hospital, Abuja.
It was here that healthcare workers noticed some COVID-19 symptoms, so they decided to take his samples for testing.
The result was positive.
3/5
It was here that healthcare workers noticed some COVID-19 symptoms, so they decided to take his samples for testing.
The result was positive.
3/5
In two months of running this series, Cross River is the 1st state where a sample was declared -ve and experts, shell-shocked, wondered: “How? That’s got to be +ve!”
This is due to questions about the speed, timing, storage & submission of samples.
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1/15
This is due to questions about the speed, timing, storage & submission of samples.
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1/15
As you may already know, Mrs M. T. O., a nurse working at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), died of SUSPECTED COVID-19 symptoms last week.
Although ill, the nurse had been very stable and was being managed for what looked like malaria.
2/15
Although ill, the nurse had been very stable and was being managed for what looked like malaria.
2/15
Then all of a sudden, 48 hours before her death, she developed very acute, rapid respiratory tract symptoms such as cough, fever and difficulty in breathing.
She was sent to the hospital’s isolation centre and her samples were collected on Wednesday.
3/15
She was sent to the hospital’s isolation centre and her samples were collected on Wednesday.
3/15
There're currently 78 COVID-19 cases at iSON cos a number of govt agencies did not do their job.
One of them is the Oyo State COVID-19 Emergency Response Team.
Twice — on March 30&31 — the team got a tip-off about the company, but it refused to act.
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One of them is the Oyo State COVID-19 Emergency Response Team.
Twice — on March 30&31 — the team got a tip-off about the company, but it refused to act.
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On March 30, a good Ibadan resident had called the Oyo State COVID-19 Emergency Response Call Centre to notify them of the convergence of hundreds of staff at iSON Xperiences, contrary to the state government’s ban on gatherings of more than 30 people.
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The complainant had specifically said the company just ran a shift of “over 200 persons” who had to apply their thumbprints to a machine before they’re allowed into the company’s premises”.
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A lot of people have been wondering how it was possible for 57 staff of one company in Oyo State to test positive for COVID-19 (Some have even doubted it.).
I may not have all the answers but I do have four.
Please come with me.
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1/14
I may not have all the answers but I do have four.
Please come with me.
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1/14
1. iSON Xperiences, the said company, is a customer service provider for the likes of Airtel and MTN.
Located at Old Kingsway Building, Dugbe (very close to CBN, beside Shoprite, opposite Radio Nigeria), it has more than 500 staff.
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Located at Old Kingsway Building, Dugbe (very close to CBN, beside Shoprite, opposite Radio Nigeria), it has more than 500 staff.
2/14
If just one of them tested positive, so many of them were always going to be at risk.
2. In a day, a minimum of 200 staff work across three shifts in a manner that sees 20 agents work directly with a unit head.
Interpersonal and group contact is impossible to avoid.
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2. In a day, a minimum of 200 staff work across three shifts in a manner that sees 20 agents work directly with a unit head.
Interpersonal and group contact is impossible to avoid.
3/14
Three days ago, an almost 60-year-old man died of SUSPECTED COVID-19 symptoms in Monotan, Ibadan.
When neighbours called @NCDCgov officials, they didn’t want to come. And when they finally did, they didn’t want to leave with the corpse.
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When neighbours called @NCDCgov officials, they didn’t want to come. And when they finally did, they didn’t want to leave with the corpse.
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They only did after more than an hour of three-way arguments.
Before that Wednesday, the deceased had been having “a headache and slight malaria” for days. But from Tuesday, whenever he tried to cough, he experienced enormous pain in the chest.
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Before that Wednesday, the deceased had been having “a headache and slight malaria” for days. But from Tuesday, whenever he tried to cough, he experienced enormous pain in the chest.
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By Tuesday evening, the coughs started to be accompanied by blood.
Very late in the night, just before 12am on Wednesday, he was coughing and vomiting blood.
He would subsequently knock on his brother’s door, rush to the bathroom...
3/9
Very late in the night, just before 12am on Wednesday, he was coughing and vomiting blood.
He would subsequently knock on his brother’s door, rush to the bathroom...
3/9
Two weeks ago, a sick staff member of Mushin General Hospital, Lagos, tested +ve for COVID-19.
What ought to have been proper contact tracing turned out just a haphazard selection of staff for sampling.
@NCDCgov, there’s more work to do in Mushin.
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What ought to have been proper contact tracing turned out just a haphazard selection of staff for sampling.
@NCDCgov, there’s more work to do in Mushin.
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Mrs B., the staff member, had called in sick and was admitted at the Accident and Emergency/Casualty Department.
The doctors didn’t detect it was COVID-19 — possibly because of familiarity with the ‘patient’ — until a trained nurse suspected and raised the alarm.
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The doctors didn’t detect it was COVID-19 — possibly because of familiarity with the ‘patient’ — until a trained nurse suspected and raised the alarm.
2/10
Her samples were taken; the result was positive. Dr. S, who treated her, turned +ve too.
After a week & some days, NCDC officials visited the hospital to extract samples from 15 out of almost 300 staff. At least 6 people — including Dr. E, Dr. A and Dr. O — turned out +ve.
3/10
After a week & some days, NCDC officials visited the hospital to extract samples from 15 out of almost 300 staff. At least 6 people — including Dr. E, Dr. A and Dr. O — turned out +ve.
3/10
In Katsina State, there are lots of COVID-19-positive people innocently roaming the streets.
Their samples were collected and they tested +ve for the virus, but the authorities have made no effort to contact them.
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1/18
Their samples were collected and they tested +ve for the virus, but the authorities have made no effort to contact them.
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1/18
For those who confirm their +ve status, it’s their responsibility to trace and bring their contacts to the test centre; nobody calls or visits them for contact tracing. And this is for people who are ‘lucky’ to even learn of their results in good time.
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This is big deal because Katsina is the state with fourth highest number of COVID-19 cases — and because it currently has 224 cases, unlike Lagos' 2,041.
Confusing? I’ll explain but only much later.
3/18
Confusing? I’ll explain but only much later.
3/18
On Thursday, a 36-week pregnant woman, for whom COVID-19 test had been requested but turned down, absconded from FMC Lokoja, Kogi.
Some in Kogi think the woman was Discharged Against Medical Advice (DAMA), but no; this was a clear case of abscondment.
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Some in Kogi think the woman was Discharged Against Medical Advice (DAMA), but no; this was a clear case of abscondment.
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When the woman arrived at the hospital on Sunday, it was with a temperature of 40°C.
The next day, it was 38.6°C.
She presented with community-acquired pneumonia, severe headache and serious respiratory distress.
2/8
The next day, it was 38.6°C.
She presented with community-acquired pneumonia, severe headache and serious respiratory distress.
2/8
COVID-19 was SUSPECTED so a test was requested but — just as with the previous cases I reported on Tuesday — it was turned down.
The woman had been on oxygen at times in isolation at the FMC.
3/8
The woman had been on oxygen at times in isolation at the FMC.
3/8
Over the last 9 days, 12 people connected to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Bauchi, have tested +ve for COVID-19.
They’re 5 healthcare workers & 5 family members, plus 2 patients.
I’m writing this because the hospital has been grossly negligent
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1/11
They’re 5 healthcare workers & 5 family members, plus 2 patients.
I’m writing this because the hospital has been grossly negligent
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1/11
On April 28, the hospital recorded three confirmed Coronavirus cases: a doctor, a nurse and a patient in the employ of PHCN who had been on admission in the ward for a week.
The doctor hadn’t travelled out of town for weeks, meaning this was a case of community infection.
2/11
The doctor hadn’t travelled out of town for weeks, meaning this was a case of community infection.
2/11
Therefore, it was hugely surprising that the hospital did not conduct proper contact tracing; the known primary contacts of these confirmed cases were not isolated.
Instead, the hospital management told them to continue working as usual!
3/11
Instead, the hospital management told them to continue working as usual!
3/11
On Saturday, a patient died at FMC, Lokoja, Kogi, after exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms. His samples weren’t taken.
That was the 4th such death at the FMC last week alone. Not once was the patient’s samples taken, dead or alive.
A familiar cover-up
1/17
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That was the 4th such death at the FMC last week alone. Not once was the patient’s samples taken, dead or alive.
A familiar cover-up
1/17
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March 22 was the first time this scenario occurred.
A patient who came into Kogi from Lagos required a CS. The patient exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, prompting the hospital to request for her to be tested. It was turned down.
The patient was isolated for some time...
2/17
A patient who came into Kogi from Lagos required a CS. The patient exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, prompting the hospital to request for her to be tested. It was turned down.
The patient was isolated for some time...
2/17
...surgery was done and she was discharged without testing.
Last week, there were some patients in the O&G ward who manifested respiratory issues, inability to breathe and other COVID-19 symptoms.
Three of them died.
3/17
Last week, there were some patients in the O&G ward who manifested respiratory issues, inability to breathe and other COVID-19 symptoms.
Three of them died.
3/17
Unless something is urgently done by the Ekiti State COVID-19 Task Force and the management of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, a 26-year-old woman could lose her life.
And this is after already losing her nine-month-old pregnancy.
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And this is after already losing her nine-month-old pregnancy.
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This woman, admitted as a case of Fetal Distress on Wednesday, also presented with fever, which may or may not have been COVID-19.
She was supposed to immediately undergo an emergency CS, which, of course, required the healthcare workers to don the PPE.
2/7
She was supposed to immediately undergo an emergency CS, which, of course, required the healthcare workers to don the PPE.
2/7
However, due to the late provision of PPE, the CS was delayed by about five hours. By the time it was done, the baby had died in the uterus.
There is strong medical argument that the baby would have survived had the CS been done immediately.
3/7
There is strong medical argument that the baby would have survived had the CS been done immediately.
3/7
The mass deaths/illnesses in Kano, I’ve seen X-rays that show 90% certainty that some of them were due to COVID-19.
I cannot say for everyone of them. But for 23 of the people who either died or sought medical help in that time, it was COVID-19.
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I cannot say for everyone of them. But for 23 of the people who either died or sought medical help in that time, it was COVID-19.
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These 23 ppl presented themselves at some diagnostic centres for chest X-rays; the results bore close resemblance to what was seen in the X-rays of ppl who previously tested +ve for COVID-19.
They showed classical features of COVID-19 on chest radiogram.
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They showed classical features of COVID-19 on chest radiogram.
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In pneumonia and other ailments, you’ll see a consolidation of white patches.
But that of COVID-19 patients was totally different; the white patches looked very bizarre on both sides of the lungs, mostly on the bilateral middle lobes. And they were big.
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But that of COVID-19 patients was totally different; the white patches looked very bizarre on both sides of the lungs, mostly on the bilateral middle lobes. And they were big.
3/10
There're at least four major reasons for the recent mass deaths and slow COVID-19 response in Kano: Three classes of ppl tested +ve for the virus, then the state govt played needless politics.
But it’s not all gloom; there’s some good news, too.
1/11
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But it’s not all gloom; there’s some good news, too.
1/11
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1. At least three lab scientists at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) got infected with the virus, so the lab was closed down.
That you already know. But you probably didn’t know that:
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That you already know. But you probably didn’t know that:
2/11
2. Some members of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) — answering calls and going from house to house to retrieve patients with a mobile ambulance & convey them to the hospital for testing & subsequent relocation to the isolation centre — also tested positive for the virus.
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@ArbiterzNigeria asked me to do a Premier-League-like ranking of the major actors of Nigeria's COVID-19 containment efforts.
I titled it: The COVID-19 League Ranking: IDH Nurses In Premier League, Private Hospitals In Relegation Zone
A long thread.
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I titled it: The COVID-19 League Ranking: IDH Nurses In Premier League, Private Hospitals In Relegation Zone
A long thread.
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Four straight weeks of lockdown and 1,337 confirmed Coronavirus cases down the road, Nigeria’s continuing battle with a virus that emanated from China has spotlighted the very best and the worst of us — from individuals to hospitals, politicians and even the Armed Forces.
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This ranking is based largely on developments I have personally investigated or witnessed. But four weeks is such a long time in a country of 923,768 km2 by land mass and an estimated population of 200million. This exercise, therefore, is nothing close to exhaustive.
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Last week in Lagos, a septuagenarian tested positive for COVID-19. She got the virus in a strange way.
Although this woman and her family had strictly obeyed a leg of the lockdown by staying indoors, they let in a visitor, a healthcare worker.
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Although this woman and her family had strictly obeyed a leg of the lockdown by staying indoors, they let in a visitor, a healthcare worker.
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Days into the visit, the healthcare worker was identified as someone who’d come in contact with a now-confirmed COVID-19 patient.
Tests were done. The HCW and the woman tested +ve; thankfully, everyone else was -ve.
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Tests were done. The HCW and the woman tested +ve; thankfully, everyone else was -ve.
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Lesson: Obeying this lockdown is a two-way street.
If you stay indoors but you let in visitors, there’s a fair chance you’ve lowered the immunity provided by the weeks you’ve spent indoors.
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If you stay indoors but you let in visitors, there’s a fair chance you’ve lowered the immunity provided by the weeks you’ve spent indoors.
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Oyo State’s 1st COVID-19 death, a Kano-based Assistant Comptroller at Customs, lied about some basics.
He hid his travel history; he hid his testing by the NCDC; he flouted isolation instructions.
But there’s quite a lot this death can teach us...
1/15
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He hid his travel history; he hid his testing by the NCDC; he flouted isolation instructions.
But there’s quite a lot this death can teach us...
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2/15 — if we want to learn, that is.
The 50-something-year-old would probably not have travelled from Kano, where he works, to Ibadan, where his family lives.
But someone in Kano had told him how he travelled from the North-West to the South-West despite the lockdown.
The 50-something-year-old would probably not have travelled from Kano, where he works, to Ibadan, where his family lives.
But someone in Kano had told him how he travelled from the North-West to the South-West despite the lockdown.
3/15 Therefore, when he started feeling unwell, he opted to travel to Ibadan.
This was last Friday -- April 17, 2020.
He managed to expose more people to the virus than he would have, had he remained in Kano.
This was last Friday -- April 17, 2020.
He managed to expose more people to the virus than he would have, had he remained in Kano.
