March 2020. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has a case count of fewer than 50 coronavirus cases. But what’s become increasingly clear is that low number is not because the country has been lucky or particularly effective with preventing the spread of the disease—it’s more likely because local authorities are simply not testing enough people. The latest available report by Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows the country had tested only 152 people as of Mar. 22. That’s compared with South Africa which has conducted over 15,500 tests so far despite recording its index case a week later than Nigeria. It’a obviously Easy for a Government to keep the Coronavirus stats down low if you’re not Testing that much. Doesn’t sort Nothing. Ignoring the Problem won’t work.
Mar 2020. Coronavirus in Nigeria
