Nigeria records 184 new COVID-19 cases as WHO warns cure may never be found for the virus

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 184 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease, bringing the country’s toll 4971.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a Tweet said the new infections were recorded in Lagos, Jigawa, Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, FCT, Rivers, Kwara, Delta, Kaduna and Sokoto.

Other include, Oyo, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Osun, Ondo, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Anambra, Plateau and Niger.

The health agency further stated that Nigeria so far has confirmed 4971 cases of COVID-19 with 1070 patients discharged and 164 deaths.

The tweet read, ”184 new cases of #COVID19;

51-Lagos
23-Jigawa
16-Bauchi
16-Katsina
14-Kano
10-FCT
10-Rivers
9-Kwara
5-Delta
5-Kaduna
4-Sokoto
4-Oyo
3-Kebbi
3-Nasarawa
3-Osun
2-Ondo
1-Ebonyi
1-Edo
1-Enugu
1-Anambra
1-Plateau
1-Niger

4971 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.”
Discharged: 1070
Deaths: 164

-WHO warns COVID-19 may have Come to stay

As the number of coronavirus cases c0ntinue to climb globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the virus may have come to stay with mankind.

Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization health emergencies programme who made the disclosure on Wednesday said the disease may just become one of the viruses around the world that kill people annually.

He said, “This virus just may become another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away. HIV hasn’t gone away.”

“We’ve come to terms with the virus and we have found the therapies and we have found the prevention methods, and people don’t feel as scared as they did before.

“There are no promises in this and there are no dates”.

According to Ryan, HIV/AIDS was first clinically observed in 1981 in the United States and has killed nearly a million people and has infected over 38 million others across the world but no vacine has been found for it 30 years on.

He continued, “We may have a shot at eliminating this virus but that vaccine will have to be available, it will have to be highly effective, it will have to be made available to everyone and we’ll have to use it.

“I’m not comparing the two diseases but I think it is important that we’re realistic. I don’t think anyone can predict when or if this disease will disappear.

“This disease may settle into a long-term problem or it may not be.”