The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control blamed youths for the rapid COVID-19 spread within the nation. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the NCDC Director-General acknowledged this in the course of the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday, July 2, in Abuja.
He stated youths between the ages of 20 and 40 answerable for the spread of COVID-19, whereas nearly all of those that succumb to the killer disease are older people from 50 years and above.
He said, “As more people are infected across the world, you would have seen the numbers; it is increasingly obvious that transmission among younger people really, not children, but people aged between 20 and 40 as far as we know, are really driving the spread of this virus, but those that are bearing the brunt of it are people age 50 and above.
“Three out of five people who died from COVID-19 are 50 years and above; so we have to work harder, all of us collectively, to protect our elderly. We are on the verge of opening our airports, we have relaxed intercity travel.”
As of July 2, 27,110 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country. 10,801 patients discharged and 616 deaths recorded.
