The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has said January 2021 would be tough and that Nigerian would have to pay for disregarding health protocols as cases continue to rise daily.
The NCDC Director-General, Chikwe Iheakwazu, said this at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday.
He said, “We just faced the worst week since we started responding to this outbreak. We had more cases in Nigeria last week than in any other previous week since the beginning of the outbreak.
“Pictures and videos from across the country paint a very disheartening situation because it appears that our messages, our appeals to Nigerians over the last few months have not been heeded and we have gone ahead with business as usual.
“Events centres are full, social activities are full and so it is no surprises that cases are rising.
“January will be a tough month, no doubt about it. So, we have to brace ourselves for the consequences of the activities that we have decided to carry out in December.”
On Tuesday, the NCDC also announced that 749 new coronavirus cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 85,560 and total number of fatalities to 1,267. 71,937 cases have been discharged after treatment across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the outbreak of the virus.
