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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A physician, Dr. Olakunle Omotemi has revealed that the sudden resurgence of harmattan especially in Osun State could be a sign post for increased positive cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.<\/p>\n

The physician, who made this revelation in a chat with DAILY POST, also explained that it has been backed up by research that COVID-19 thrives more in cold weather situations.<\/p>\n

According to him, Nigerians must take every precautionary action to shield themselves from getting infected as there is a tendency for a spike in the number of positive cases.<\/p>\n

He, however, stated that this could be prevented if citizens adhered to the COVID-19 guidelines as already laid down by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the provisions in the guidelines is the wearing of facemasks in public, washing of hands with running water and the use of alcohol based hand sanitisers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, Nigerians should learn to keep some level of distance and when the need arises, stay indoors and work from home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Omotemi advised anybody who has symptoms associated with COVID-19 to self isolate for the required number of days and in emergency cases visit the government designated health facility.<\/p>\n

While noting that the onset of harmattan could be a factor for other ailments to arise, he counselled nursing mothers to take extra care of their infant babies so as to prevent an outbreak of opportunistic infections.<\/p>\n

The medical practitioner also expressed delight that the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) had approved the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria, a decision which he termed as good development for the country.<\/p>\n

He maintained that the decision to choose AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was not just arrived at but it was a painstaking one reached after exhaustive research and investigation must have been carried out.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that residents of most towns in Osun woke up yesterday to a resurgence of harmattan and hazy weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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