“Polio, for example, has a variant called vaccine-derived poliovirus that can also cause infection. The same polio vaccine that was manufactured a long time ago is still in use; another vaccine was not manufactured to take care of that mutant. It is the same way that the Delta variant is a mutant and a common characteristic of the RNA virus is to mutate as they move from one individual to the other.
Also, the Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, and virologist, Prof Oyewale Tomori, said that disregarding the preventive measure against contracting and spreading the virus would put many in danger. He added, “First, the second wave lasted as long as the first wave, about eight months. However, the first wave produced 62,830 cases and the second wave made 104, 730 people sick. For every sick person in the first wave, we had 1.6 times the number in the second wave. From what we have seen the Delta variant doing in other countries, and should the third wave come in Nigeria, it will be a miracle if we do not see a doubling of the number of cases as we saw in the second wave.
Ilori said, “The Delta variant stays more in the atmosphere compared to the previous variants we have had. The implication is that the number of people that could get infected could be more. A person infected with the previous variant could infect two or 2.5 persons at a time. But this new variant can get four to five people infected at once because it stays more in the atmosphere.
“People survived the first and second waves; people have actually got to a stage where they said there was no COVID-19, so going back to taking precautionary measures was like going back to what they thought was over. Some had dropped their face masks and other preventive measures. For them, going back to it would be a challenge, especially because they don’t see it as a risk.”
The state Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, said it was a general problem, noting that the state was doing everything to reinforce the consciousness. “For now, we are just using persuasion, especially because of the Delta variant in the country. Though we have yet to record it in Edo State, that’s the more reason why we would intensify efforts in the near future to ensure that these guidelines are followed to prevent a further explosion of the spread of the virus.
Don't be stupid. Northern Nigeria is the subject.
Ogah nothing the rise jor. Make una no the lie. They won't give Buhari govt any international relief funds again
How i wish you people focused on bandits and Boko Haram than covid 19.
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