The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has come out to say that no state in Nigeria is free of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
He revealed this at a recent media briefing today.
According to him, no state can claim to be free of the disease, because it is common knowledge that viruses tend to spread wildly.
He added that states should desist from separating themselves from the rest of the country amid the pandemic because it is only natural for viruses to keep spreading.
His words, “No single state in Nigeria is COVID-19-free. Not one. No country in the world is COVID-19-free.
“We can’t separate ourselves from the rest of the country. We live in a context. Viruses spread, it’s the nature of them.
“So, right now, no state is COVID-19-free. That’s why We've to keep doing this work that we’re doing.”
“We can only start thinking and talking about any state or any community being disease-free when We've an effective tool to fight that disease.
“That’s when We've a vaccine.”