COVID-19 IN NIGERIA: WE SAY NO TO CHINA INTERVENTION

Can the world ever trust China again? Would Nigeria romance with the prime suspect of the current global crisis (COVID-19)? How can we? In 2012 China handed over a fully funded and built headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to the African Union (AU). A great gesture of friendship and solidarity, perhaps. But not long after, it was alleged to have been bugged, leaking vital, confidential information of the Union to China in faraway Shanghai! True or false, the Union had to change its computer servers to check the alleged mischief. But issues of health are different. Misfiring means losing a life, or even lives. On a national scale, that can amount to thousands. Painful loss. Avoidable loss. The authorities must tread with caution here. Face masks, test kits, ventilators, vaccine and doctors - all from or of China. Hmmmm, caution we must exercise. Until now we have been using our indigenous doctors, and they have been doing well. WHY CHANGE THE WINNING TEAM? Please let us DISCARD this idea of Chinese intervention. WE DON'T NEED IT. Let us stay safe Stay indigenous. Stay Nigerian We shall overcome

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Ebola kills 5th doctor in Sierra Leone


A doctor infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone has died.

Dr. Godfrey George tested positive on Sunday and died Monday overnight.

He is the fifth local doctor in the country to be killed by the disease. Doctors and nurses have been particularly vulnerable, as the virus is spread through body fluids.

Some 523 health workers have contracted Ebola, and about half of them have died.

On Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a press conference in Vienna there shouldn’t be unnecessary extra restrictions on the movement of health workers. The comment came as some US states imposed quarantines on health professionals returning from the three West African countries hardest hit by Ebola.
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