The President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Professor Innocent Ujah, has asked Nigerians to take the restriction of COVID-19 spread seriously and not wait to see dead bodies on the streets before they believe it actually exists.
Ujah said this on Monday after he appeared as a special guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program, in a response to those who claimed COVID-19 in Nigeria is a lie simply because people are not dropping dead on the streets.
“If we are waiting for people to die on the road before we intervene, then there is no need to have doctors.
“We have what we call preventive medicine. We want to prevent, we don’t want people to die. Doctors are trained not to be looking for dead people. Doctors are trained to prevent people from dying”.
“How many people have Nigerians seen dying even in the hospital, not to talk about a situation where the whole world is on its knees because of COVID? So, that statement, I think, is largely for those who are illiterates,” Ujah said.
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He has therefore called on Nigerians to adhere seriously to restriction measures in a bid to curtail the spread of the virus.
He further stated that, “Nobody should have the illusion that COVID-19 does not exist. Even policymakers are making statements that COVID-19 does not exist. It’s very painful when the whole world is on its knees because of COVID-19 and somebody will come out and say that it does not exist.
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