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Free Agent | Director-General @NCDCgov Oct 18, 2021 - Feb 20, 2024. |Son|Husband|Father|Paediatrician|Epidemiologist|Change agent| Academic Editor @PLOSGPH
Jan 1, 2023 19 tweets 5 min read
🧵1/n The @NCDCgov follows global COVID-19 epidemiology including genomics data as part of the ongoing pandemic response. The NCDC COVID-19 EOC continues to function at level 2 alertness - includes weekly risk assessments to inform the need for action e.g., travel restrictions. 2/n Our COVID-19 EOC is tracking COVID-19 trends in China, US, UK, South Africa, India and other destinations with high volume traffic to and from Nigeria. The COVID-19 resurgence in China is not surprising giving their recent transition from a zero COVID-19 strategy against a...
Mar 24, 2020 7 tweets 9 min read
#COVID19NIGERIA We have all heard about how the @NCDCgov toll free number has been inundated with phone calls. So much so that it is difficult for them to attend to priority cases. Let's #TakeResponsibility for our #COVID19 response by cooperating with the authorities. 1/n #COVID19NIGERIA We now have more people who were exposed to newly identified #COVID19 cases. If you fall in this category, your first action is to please try to STAY CALM. Your next one should NOT BE to call @NCDCgov BUT TO #selfIsolate. This is how to #selfisolate👇🏾. 2/n