Although the positivity rate of COVID-19 has declined in recent weeks in the country, scientists have warned that the scenario should not be thought of as the country that is reaching the peak of the pandemic.
However, scientists have advocated greater schooling among Nigerians about the COVID-19 pandemic as a component of methods for myths and misconceptions about the disease.
In his presentation to a virtual media roundtable organized through the Nigerian Academy of Sciences, NAS, a representative in obstetrics and gynecology, Professor Rotimi Jaiyesimi, said the country had not yet reached its peak, adding that it was to say that the country had reached the top. COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Jaiyesimi, Nigeria is far from flattening the COVID-19 curve.
In his presentation titled “COVID-19 in Nigeria: Knowing the Myths and Facts”, he said “Nigeria is not on top of the disease and far from flattening the curve. It is to dispel myths and incorrect information. “
Continuing, he explained that having the virus doesn’t mean you’re going to have a serious illness, the number of other people who end up having serious cases are the ones with comorability.
Jaiyesimi said the country needed more campaigns for others to perceive that COVID-19 is real.
He said the country has been facing a war against COVID-19 lately and that incorrect information surrounded by myths can hinder progress in pandemic control.
“There is no vaccine, no definitive treatment. The Covid-19 is genuine and Nigeria has not reached the peak of the disease and far from flattening the curve is dispeling myths and incorrect information. Combating incorrect information is a public service and the role of the media is key to success. “
He said that on the war front, it was imperative that other people know where the enemy is, the strike force and the one they have.
“These are important methods of defeating the enemy, and the same can be said of combat opposed to COVID-19. It’s a new disease, worry doesn’t dispel myths. Nigeria will be guided by evidence, collaborative work, learning others and educating the public, adding to schoolchildren. At a time like this, we want smart political leadership and accurate information,” he said.
Speaking, a professor of pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic chemistry, Chinedum Babalola on his subject, ”Known local remedies that would possibly be useful for COVID-19 and want more research’, said there are bioactive compounds in plants that are used as spices, vegetables, and culmination that can also only the immune formula opposed to COVID-19.
It called for more studies needed for further studies on certain bioactive compounds in plants used as spices, vegetables and culmination that may be the opposite immune formula to COVID-19.
For her part, Economics, Systems and Health Policy Professor Obinna Onwujekwe said COVID-19 is affecting all building blocks of the fitness system.
In his presentation entitled “Expenditures and Responses of the COVID-19 Health System: What Indicators for the Future,” he said: “Governance, leadership and accountability, as investment in aptitude and service delivery are approaches to the reaction of the system’s building block system.
Onwujekwe said: “The biggest challenge with this bloc is what accountability mechanisms we have for investment in Nigeria; I mean it’s not transparent what the purchasing systems are and the actual expenses. So I believe that the mobilization of resources, to be useful for citizens, will have to be accompanied by effective means of resources for responsibility, because if there are no such mechanisms of responsibility, I will tell myself precisely how cash has been used in any system. responsibility. “
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