[BREAKING NEWS] 'We Are Running Against Time With No Laboratories, Ventilators' – NCDC talks

The Director-General, Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said that the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 is running against time since Nigerians need to come back to ordinary life.

He additionally clarified that Lagos State has more testing limit than Kano State in light of the fact that the first COVID-19 episode occurred in Africa's biggest business city.

Ihekweazu talked during a virtual press preparation by the World Economic Forum/World Health Organization on Thursday.

He said:-

“We will be transferring some of our knowledge from states to states. We are running against time because people are pushing to live normal life.

“At the same time, we are confronted with the escalation phase of the figures. So how to balance this will be very a difficult decision to be made in the coming week.

“We wished we had the laboratories and ventilators we need, but we simply don’t, and the supply chain of these things are fragmented at the moment, so we will have to make do with what is available,” he added.