COVID fourth wave: Isolation centres are beginning to fill up, NCDC warn Nigerians
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says isolation centres for persons sick with COVID-19 are starting to fill up in some states.
Ifedayo Adetifa, NCDC director-general, said this today while speaking on AIT’s Kakaaki programme.
Speaking on the programme, Adetifa said the Omicron variant is more transmissible than the Delta variant and appears to have a shorter incubation period.
“It is responsible for the increase that we’re seeing in COVID-19 cases, but it is also important to note that even as that is happening, the existing Delta variant is still persisting. It’s either slowly being replaced or has already been replaced by Omicron,“ he said.
“In addition to the wave, isolation centres and treatment centres in some of our cities, especially those that typically have the highest burden, are already beginning to fill up.”