Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for
Disease Control (NCDC), has given reason the lockdown will not be called off
anytime soon.
Ihekweazu, who spoke at the presidential task force briefing
on COVID-19 on Friday, said due to the increasing number of cases in the
country, exiting the lockdown phase will take a while.
Calling on Nigerians to be patient as efforts are being made
to ensure the eradication of the virus and to restore normalcy, the NCDC boss
admitted that the lockdown was having negative effects on the economy.
According to him, there is need to be patient with the
lockdown in order to ensure a safe and healthy society when the economy would
be reopened.
He said, “We will eventually exit this stage and restart our
normal life but that stage is still a while to come and I ask for your
endurance, support and patience. Lots of efforts are going on across the world
to find new therapy, to find vaccines.”
Ihekweazu further stated that the NCDC are working hard to
reach a point where some measures can be relaxed adding that an unprecedented
level of caution is needed to continue to carry out these preventive measures.
He maintained that the sacrifices of Nigerians are
recognized and to achieve the goal we have to encourage each other to continue
to a position where some of the lockdown can be relaxed.
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