Nigeria Yet To Reach Peak Of Coronavirus Pandemic-NCDC DG, Chikwe Ihekweazu

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has revealed that Nigeria is yet to reach the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Ihekweazu, the country is still some number of weeks before reaching its Coronavirus peak.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’; Ihekweazu stated the NCDC is instituting different measures to ensure the nation’s health system does not get overwhelmed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

His Words: “From our projection, we are not near the peak yet; we still have a number of weeks to go.

“But we are trying to stretch out these weeks even further so we can push the peak a bit further out but make sure that the peak is not as steep as it would otherwise have been if no measures were put in place.”

“Of course, we are over-stretched … but we will not stop because we really don’t have an option.

“At the moment and from what we know, we will not be able to radically stop in a day or two, or even a few weeks but what we are trying to do is really to stretch out that curve so that the health system can cope with the number of cases coming in,” the NCDC boss stated.