Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health
Organisation (WHO), has commended the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
on how it is managing coronavirus in the country.
Writing via his Twitter handle on Saturday, Ghebreyesus said
Nigeria was swift and transparent in sharing the sequence of the infection
code-named COVID-19.
He described the gesture as “a true act of solidarity”,
adding that it would help curb the spread of the virus.
The WHO DG wrote: “Thank you @NCDCgov & the Government
of #Nigeria for the swift & transparent way you have shared the #COVID19
sequence from the country’s first case.
“This a true act of solidarity and an important step in
stopping the #coronavirus from spreading further.”
Nigeria has published the first African SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence, from the #COVID19 case in Nigeria— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 6, 2020
This was carried out in collaboration, by:@nimrnigeria@acegid_lab@LUTHofficial
With coordination by:@LSMOH@NCDCgov @WHONigeria
https://t.co/iytsWoxRzb
Responding, Chikwe Ihekweazu, NCDC director-general, thanked
Ghebreyesus for “recognising the collaborative efforts of Nigeria”, adding that
the journey is still far.
Thank you @DrTedros for recognising the collaborative efforts of Nigeria - @ProfAkinAbayomi of @LSMOH, @LawalSalako of @nimrnigeria, Prof Omilabu of @LUTHofficial, @christian_happi of @acegid_lab and our #NCDCTeam.— Chikwe Ihekweazu (@Chikwe_I) March 7, 2020
Still long journey ahead.... https://t.co/RAebI127lJ
The sequence, which was published here, was carried out in
collaboration with the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious
Diseases (ACEGID), The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) and Lagos
University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
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