Africa Press-Nigeria :
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to bear the pains of restriction of movement to curb coronavirus, saying no one is coming from outside the country to defeat the virus for us.
Buhari spoke on a day two deaths were recorded from the virus in Lagos while seven patients were discharged.
This brings to 50 the total number of patients successfully managed and discharged from Lagos isolation facilities, according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
13 new cases of the virus were announced yesterday by the authorities to bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 318.
Also yesterday, Kano State recorded its first case of coronavirus.
Reports from Anambra indicated that the state’s index case discovered on Friday visited Awka and Onitsha before travelling to his home town, Adazi in Anaocha LGA, where he was admitted in hospital.
President Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Shehu Garba, was quoted as saying that the defeat of coronavirus in Nigeria rested squarely in the hands of Nigerians.
Shehu did not mention where his principal spoke.
Buhari said, “But at this darkest hour, it remains our duty to offer you the full and unvarnished truth: This is a global pandemic. 210 countries and territories across the globe are affected. We cannot expect others to come to our assistance. No one is coming to defeat this virus for us.
“Instead, the defeat of the virus in our country will be in our hands, alone. We cannot wait for others. We can only depend on ourselves now. And so we must – and we will – end this outbreak ourselves as Nigerians, together.
Lagos deaths
One of the deaths recorded in Lagos was in a private hospital while the other happened at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
Announcing the deaths in private hospital on twitter handle -@ProfAbayomi – the state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, stated: “We are however saddened by the death of another patient from #COVID – 19 related complications in a private hospital in Lagos. Please keep obeying #SocialDistancing rules to #StaySafe #For AgreaterLagos.
