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Young03:
It can't survive in Africa

Do you know, not a single black man has been reported dead from it. I'm beginning to think that this may be right. Africans are immune to its worst effects. Maybe it might give us a mild cold.

eyinjuege:


1. Many hospitals even abroad lack the facilities to detect corona virus and the samples are usually sent to special centres for that. Same with ebola. There are also centers for that in Nigeria, for Lagos state , it is the IDH (infectious disease hospital) aka mainland hospital at Yaba


2. Incubation period is not more than a month. A simple google search would have shown that.
Go to the CDC website and confirm. Quarantine period is usually advised to be 2 weeks from last date of exposure, and not even one month.

The reddingnton man has been back from China since 7weeks ago, wayyy longer than the incubation / quarantine period. He probably has malaria. (Unless he has recently been with another friend who just came back from travel)

3. If he has been infected with corona virus and it's been up to 2-4 weeks, they will still be able to diagnose and confirm it in the laboratory.


To those who are panicking already, majority of those infected with the virus do not die. The recorded deaths are elderly individuals, the very young children and those with reduced immunity for one reason or another. Those are the most vulnerable groups. Their own immunity is usually lower than it should be.
If you are a young, fit person, your body should normally be able to fight it unless you've smoked away your immunity with cigarettes or drank it all away with excessive alcohol, or sexed it away with HIV.

so it initially thought that the incubation period was 14 days as mostly speculated but it was observe in Wuhan China the epicenter of this coronavirus outbreak that the incubation period is longer than than and they have actually extended thier quarantine period to a month,


please don't get me wrong, I am not agitating for a public panick rather for people to be very careful and precautious


you know someone can't be too careful

meanwhile you downplaying that the virus is not that deadly is laughable because advanced world have struggling to contain it now think what a third world country like Nigeria with no medical facilities

take a look at South Korea, and how its spreading rapidly

now imagine same in Nigeria

when the virus broke out in China, they also concealed it to save face which any corrupt Nigeria hospital will do like reddinngton hospital just to still attract patient


just be careful that all I am saying

deekseen:

And yet hundreds of people died from it in China that's far technologically advanced than us?

Just ordinary cough and catarrh you say, yet the whole world is on red alert for it. Being similar to regular cough and catarrh is in itself a problem. Imagine the common man not knowing when to get tested.

My point is, we are still barely surviving this government. We cannot accommodate another epidemy.

Sensitization should be done in naija.

eyinjuege:


1. Many hospitals even abroad lack the facilities to detect corona virus and the samples are usually sent to special centres for that. Same with ebola. There are also centers for that in Nigeria, for Lagos state , it is the IDH (infectious disease hospital) aka mainland hospital at Yaba


2. Incubation period is not more than a month. A simple google search would have shown that.
Go to the CDC website and confirm. Quarantine period is usually advised to be 2 weeks from last date of exposure, and not even one month.

The reddingnton man has been back from China since 7weeks ago, wayyy longer than the incubation / quarantine period. He probably has malaria. (Unless he has recently been with another friend who just came back from travel)

3. If he has been infected with corona virus and it's been up to 2-4 weeks, they will still be able to diagnose and confirm it in the laboratory.


To those who are panicking already, majority of those infected with the virus do not die. The recorded deaths are elderly individuals, the very young children and those with reduced immunity for one reason or another. Those are the most vulnerable groups. Their own immunity is usually lower than it should be.
If you are a young, fit person, your body should normally be able to fight it unless you've smoked away your immunity with cigarettes or drank it all away with excessive alcohol, or sexed it away with HIV.

That your last paragraph though. The first doctor to raise the alarm is dead. Another had died too last week. Both of them are young though I don't know if they smoke, drink or are HIV positive but I'm sure neither are you.
Also, the deaths may be low but so is the recovery rate. So far we have over 80000 infections, 2000 deaths and 6000 recoveries. So it's obviously not true that majority recover as you can see

oldman112:
I still don't know how the virus will survive here in Nigeria, this heat will kill it oooo,

Amen o

Captainrambo2:
Why did they allow him inside the country ? Test kill all of una

Today.... More Chinese will enter Lagos...
So brace yourself

Buhari is in power

One thing that baffles me is where Coronavirus was before today and where it emanated from .

cRobo:




so it initially thought that the incubation period was 14 days as mostly speculated but it was observe in Wuhan China the epicenter of this coronavirus outbreak that the incubation period is longer than than and they have actually extended thier quarantine period to a month,


please don't get me wrong, I am not agitating for a public panick rather for people to be very careful and precautious


you know someone can't be too careful

meanwhile you downplaying that the virus is not that deadly is laughable because advanced world have struggling to contain it now think what a third world country like Nigeria with no medical facilities

take a look at South Korea, and how its spreading rapidly

now imagine same in Nigeria

when the virus broke out in China, they also concealed it to save face which any corrupt Nigeria hospital will do like reddinngton hospital just to still attract patient


just be careful that all I am saying

I haven't downplayed anything.
You said the incubation period is more than a month, and it isn't, unless you're part of a research we are not privy to.
I told you most of the deaths are elderly individuals and those immunocompromised from other conditions and that's no lie either.
I haven't downplayed how deadly it can be, afterall people have died from it, and are still dying from it. I completely understand being cautious.
However, you were trying to tell us in your initial post that diagnosis cannot be made in nigeria, which isn't true. Every country has their own infectious control unit , and when such epidemics or perhaps pandemics arise, they are supplied things to make diagnosis with.
You also said the incubation period is longer, which isn't true either. Like I mentioned earlier, the gentleman had been back from China for 7 good weeks, making it highly unlikely to just be presnting with corona virus, but reddington was still very cautious and got him quarantined and tested- meaning they're treading on the path of caution.
I'm not sure why you call reddington corrupt, but that's libel, and also very irresponsible of you.

The hot weather will burn out the coronavirus epidemic

I don't know why we don't have the gut to restrict their coming into Nigeria for some time now.


We don't really care in this country.

Crobo. Eyinjuege

Just to clarify. Reddington Hospital immediately informed the Lagos State Government about the patient (as they are meant to do) and the Lagos State Government moved him to the Infectious Diseases Unit at Mainland Hospital (the same unit that was at the forefront of the fight against Ebola).

The tests were conducted at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, not at Reddington Hospital.

Agboriotejoye:

That your last paragraph though. The first doctor to raise the alarm is dead. Another had died too last week. Both of them are young though I don't know if they smoke, drink or are HIV positive but I'm sure neither are you.
Also, the deaths may be low but so is the recovery rate. So far we have over 80000 infections, 2000 deaths and 6000 recoveries. So it's obviously not true that majority recover as you can see

The deaths of those Drs are controversial and I'm sure you must have heard conspiracy theories that they could have been murdered for whistle blowing.
Who are the 2000 deaths that died? Were they young people or elderly / immunocompromised ones?
Pls do not think I'm saying elderly people should be allowed to die ooo, the virus shouldn't be taken with levity either.
However, misinformation is worse than no information at all.
Neither am I saying those who drink,smoke, have HIV should die from the corona. I just raised possible points that could cause lowered immunity in fit young people, who we know have their own lifestyle.

oldman112:
I still don't know how the virus will survive here in Nigeria, this heat will kill it oooo,

shiesse is Nigeria more hot than Dubai ? UAE confirm its own 13th cases

Reduce inflow of passengers from some country dey wouldn't hear

Are we even sure these guys have the virus testing eqipment.

azimo:
shiesse is Nigeria more hot than Dubai ? UAE confirm its own 13th cases

Even China itself is very hot and that is where the main cases come from. Heat cannot do anything to covid-19

naptu2:
Crobo. Eyinjuege

Just to clarify. Reddington Hospital immediately informed the Lagos State Government about the patient (as they are meant to do) and the Lagos State Government moved him to the Infectious Diseases Unit at Mainland Hospital (the same unit that was at the forefront of the fight against Ebola).

The tests were conducted at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, not at Reddington Hospital.

And you think will they test a patient positive and scare away potential customer

azimo:
shiesse is Nigeria more hot than Dubai ? UAE confirm its own 13th cases

OK,

deekseen:

And yet hundreds of people died from it in China that's far technologically advanced than us?

Just ordinary cough and catarrh you say, yet the whole world is on red alert for it. Being similar to regular cough and catarrh is in itself a problem. Imagine the common man not knowing when to get tested.

My point is, we are still barely surviving this government. We cannot accommodate another epidemy.

Don't mind that fool

Young03:
It can't survive in Africa

Like Ebola abi

So many stupid comments. Na wa

fatymore:
I don't know why we don't have the gut to restrict their coming into Nigeria for some time now.


We don't really care in this country.

Not that we don't care. But it's a question of diplomacy. We need China more than China needs us. All the rails, roads, even oil now is China so you see why we can't afford to "run away" from them now that they have this kind of issue? It will look like a betrayal.

Agboriotejoye:

That your last paragraph though. The first doctor to raise the alarm is dead. Another had died too last week. Both of them are young though I don't know if they smoke, drink or are HIV positive but I'm sure neither are you.
Also, the deaths may be low but so is the recovery rate. So far we have over 80000 infections, 2000 deaths and 6000 recoveries. So it's obviously not true that majority recover as you can see

Recovery is now 31000

Young03:
It can't survive in Africa

The virus needs human beings to survive and there are millions of human beings in Nigeria.

That sounds like a perfect breeding ground for it.

China is hot too

eyinjuege:


The deaths of those Drs are controversial and I'm sure you must have heard conspiracy theories that they could have been murdered for whistle blowing.
Who are the 2000 deaths that died? Were they young people or elderly / immunocompromised ones?
Pls do not think I'm saying elderly people should be allowed to die ooo, the virus shouldn't be taken with levity either.
However, misinformation is worse than no information at all.
Neither am I saying those who drink,smoke, have HIV should die from the corona. I just raised possible points that could cause lowered immunity in fit young people, who we know have their own lifestyle.

Controversial how? I don't know where you're getting your info from but the first doctor died in hospital and was recognised by the Chinese govt as a national hero which is even rare for China to do. Don't bring conspiracies that don't exist. China have been as open as anyone else with the virus. There's nothing to suggest only old people have died from it or people with other health issues. The fact is, it kind of agitates the body's immune system especially in severe cases such that it begins to kill off infected tissues and organs itself not just the virus alone.
This leads to organ failure and in extreme cases death. The best bet is early detection so the body's immune system does not reach that point.

naptu2:
This is in response to rumours that a Chinese national at Reddington Hospital has the Corona Virus. The patient does not have the virus.

LSMOH @LSMOH



https://twitter.com/LSMOH/status/1232849148761837569

But it is said the results will be out by Friday. So who has the true end of the story.
It is just a matter of time before it hits Nigeria. I have given up hope it could at least wait till the rainy season when airborne infections drop but here we are.

My concern now is for the aged parents who are more vulnerable medically and will be more difficult to quarantine.

I don't think we have fully appreciated the magnitude of this impending disaster. Was speaking to a well versed doctor yesterday but the medical community in general appears a bit too relaxed for my liking. Granted this is just like any other flu outbreak and the mortality for the common cold is even worse but the sheer economic impact is worrying.

For folks like us who operate nuts and businesses how exactly do you work from home. We literally operate 24/7 in close, dense proximity. There are expensive materials that will be ruined if unused for just a matter of hours not even weeks that are stocked in quantity for production economic reasons.

I just don't know how this willwork and the government isnot coming out withdefinitive plan policy statements on how it plans to handle this matter in the eventuality of a serious outbreak. Will there be ar run on banks for cash. Will there be travel or journey restrictions between and within states for those moving goods, will the markets remain open. Will there be voluntary or mandatory quarantine measures. How much domestic or industrial stocking. What will the game plan be.... What is the Nigerian government planning....

Because it is coming.

cRobo:



And you think will they test a patient positive and scare away potential customer

What potential customer? I repeat, it wasn't Reddington that tested him. He was tested at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba. That is a government owned hospital and it is the best hospital, with respect to infectious diseases, in Nigeria. That was where the Ebola Containment Centre was situated and it was further upgraded by international agencies after the Ebola crisis.

cRobo:




so it initially thought that the incubation period was 14 days as mostly speculated but it was observe in Wuhan China the epicenter of this coronavirus outbreak that the incubation period is longer than than and they have actually extended thier quarantine period to a month,


please don't get me wrong, I am not agitating for a public panick rather for people to be very careful and precautious


you know someone can't be too careful

meanwhile you downplaying that the virus is not that deadly is laughable because advanced world have struggling to contain it now think what a third world country like Nigeria with no medical facilities

take a look at South Korea, and how its spreading rapidly

now imagine same in Nigeria

when the virus broke out in China, they also concealed it to save face which any corrupt Nigeria hospital will do like reddinngton hospital just to still attract patient


just be careful that all I am saying

Well said. I will take any information out of a Government agency and definitely a private hospital with a pinch of salt.

Godsage:

Recovery is now 31000

Yes. But that's because most of the new cases are detected early before it becomes severe which reduces the risk of playing on the body's immunity like the severe cases.

Reference:


But it is said the results will be out by Friday. So who has the true end of the story.
It is just a matter of time before it hits Nigeria. I have given up hope it could at least wait till the rainy season when airborne infections drop but here we are.

My concern now is for the aged parents who are more vulnerable medically and will be more difficult to quarantine.

I don't think we have fully appreciated the magnitude of this impending disaster. Was speaking to a well versed doctor yesterday but the medical community in general appears a bit too relaxed for my liking. Granted this is just like any other flu outbreak and the mortality for the common cold is even worse but the sheer economic impact is worrying.

For folks like us who operate nuts and businesses how exactly do you work from home. We literally operate 24/7 in close, dense proximity. There are expensive materials that will be ruined if unused for just a matter of hours not even weeks that are stocked in quantity for production economic reasons.

I just don't know how this willwork and the government isnot coming out withdefinitive plan policy statements on how it plans to handle this matter in the eventuality of a serious outbreak. Will there be ar run on banks for cash. Will there be travel or journey restrictions between and within states for those moving goods, will the markets remain open. Will there be voluntary or mandatory quarantine measures. How much domestic or industrial stocking. What will the game plan be.... What is the Nigerian government planning....

Because it is coming.

Who is the "it" that said that the results will be out by Friday? The competent authority on that matter has stated what the results are, but you said that, "It is said that the results will be out by Friday", so who is the "it" that said that the results will be out by Friday??