The Nigerian Society For Microbiology (NSM) has advocated Population-wide social distancing with other interventions such as home self-isolation, school and business closures as measures to check the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The society said this is required for long periods to avoid rebound of viral transmission of the disease.
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Society Virologist Dr Ahmed Babangida Suleiman and sent to Solacebase on Friday.
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The statement said trust between people and institutions must be maintained or re-established so that local communities and individual would adhere to medical advice with confidence.
‘’ Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and religious country, and the most populated in Africa. It also has inadequate healthcare facilities and few experts. Therefore, extra measures are required to educate/sensitize this diverse nation in order to curb the menace of COVID-19, ‘’said the statement.
The Society in the statement applauded the many right steps of the federal and state governments in implementing strategies that will reduce the spread of the dreaded COVID-19.
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