Poverty kills faster than COVID-19, says Falana
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja
The interim Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), says poverty kills faster than COVID-19.
He, therefore, stated that while the government goes ahead to purchase vaccines to tackle the disease, it must invest in initiatives that will alleviate poverty and curb the spread of other diseases.
The senior advocate said this at a webinar on Wednesday titled, ‘Citizens’ Response to COVID-19 Second Wave and the State of the Health Sector in Nigeria’.
“There is a medical emergency, but for the majority it is not COVID-19. For many years now, the poor majority have been suffering a major health disaster. In 2018 the World Health Organisation estimated that there were perhaps 20,000 deaths each week in Nigeria which could have been avoided if the necessary medical care had been provided.
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