INFECTED young people within age 20 and 40 bracket are responsible for the rapid spread of Coronavirus in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday.
The agency also restated that the elderly are the most vulnerable and urged the youth to take responsibility by ensuring they did not get too close to the elderly.Director-General of the NCDC Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu stated this during Thursday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Control in Abuja
He said: “It is increasingly obvious that transmission among young people – between the age of 20 and 40 years – as far as we know, are really driving the spread of this virus. But those that are bearing the brunt of it are people aged 50 years and above.
“Three out of five people will die from COVID-19 at 50 and above. So, we have to work harder collectively to protect our elders.”
Chairman of the PTF Boss Musyapha warned that the Federal Government would not hesitate to change the course of its response to the disease, should the need arose.
Mustapha said the likely introduction of more measures to contain the virus was precipitated by observation that the gradual easing of restrictions globally had led a rise in positive cases .
The Nation
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