COVID-19 third wave imminent in Nigeria, expert warns
Published 21 April 2021
A professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, on Tuesday said the third wave of COVID-19 is imminent in Nigeria except the people change their attitude.
The expert, while speaking on the topic, ‘COVID-19 vaccines: To take or not to take,’ at the media round table organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science, said the testing rate of the country was not good enough.
He said, “According to the figures we have as of April 19, we’ve already passed the 1.8 million samples tested but there is nothing to be proud about that in a country of about 200 million people.
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Braide, who is the 19th President of the Academy, is the Academy’s first female President in 44 years of existence.
Braide, a professor of Parasitology/Epidemiology was a member of the national committee that achieved the laudable feat of guinea worm eradication in Nigeria. She has a rich professional experience as a researcher and an administrator.
She was honoured by the President of Nigeria in July 2010 with the award of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) for her contribution to disease control in Nigeria.
She was nominated by the Honourable Minister of Health to serve in the Ministerial Expert Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Health Sector Response (MEACoC-HSR).