COVID-19: People In South- East Don't Believe Virus Exists - Dr. Sani Aliyu
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Jun 23, 2020
The Nigerian government has revealed that most people, especially in the South- East region, do not believe in the existence of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr. Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF), while addressing the press on Monday, said at least 60% of the people in the region believe COVID-19 is a scam.
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He also said that some states denying the existence of the virus were putting their citizens at risk.
"There's also significant disbelief in the danger and impact of COVID-19, in parts of the southeast where we did a recent survey, 60 per cent did not believe that COVID-19 was an issue at all. We clearly are not taking the pandemic seriously enough,ÔÇØ he said.
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The PTF called on citizens to challenge those who appear in public places without their face masks.
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"There's partial to total non-compliance with face mask and physical distance in protocols by the public as earlier mentioned by the DG NCDC,ÔÇØ he said.
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He lamented that many people only wear their face mask either to avoid being harassed by security agents, or when they are compelled to do so.
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